Back to Basics - Twisted Stitches

I've discovered that I was a Prudish Knitter. I always kept my legs closed.

It took a bottle of wine to get me to see the error of my ways ...and dare I say be a slutty knitter and open my legs. o.0

Okay, y'all anyone else see the whole open legs talk when it comes to stitches kinda pervy? No just me. Eh. *hangs head in shame*

Anyway recently someone told me my stitches were twisted. I had NO idea what that meant. I scoured my books and the Internet and came to the conclusion I did indeed twist my stitches, my legs were closed.

Here's some photo proof of my good girl knitting ways:

See the legs of my V's are closed up tight and crossed a bit too. Prim and Proper. *L*

I looked back through all my knitting to see what was going on. Turns out I've twisted the stitches of everything I've knit so far. Although these socks were done half and half. I do seem to recall when I was knitting these that I found a faster way to knit that looked better. But then I promptly forgot during the bunny bag. :/ It's weird over here.

Here are some slutty open leg correct stitches on these same socks:

Notice how they are invitingly open? Shocking isn't it! o.0

Now the problem that I arrived at was first figuring out what I was doing wrong. That's where the bottle of wine comes in. I put the sock on the wine to spread out the stitches so I can examine them? (I find this talk kinda creepy. o.0)

Once I had them spread I could see that they bunched up in some places and were open in others. Ding! So that's what a twisted stitch was. I knew my knitting wasn't the same as Cookie's on the knit items she sent me. I just figured it was so tight and constricted because I'm a tight knitter. *sigh*

Last night I tried to knit in a variety if ways to duplicate the proper open stitches. I finally got it. :D

Edit Cause Cookie asked and I forgot to say why : Turns out I was wrapping my yarn the wrong way. Instead of coming under and between the stitches and then going over  on the wrap I was going up from the back and down between the stitches and coming out the bottom at the back. I was placing the needles in right. I was just reversing how I was wrapping. - in other words knit like a normal person. If you look at any book on basic how to knit just look at how they have you wrap the yarn. ;)

So here are some slutty correct open stitches:

Notice how the V's legs kinda meet up at the bottom instead of being one on top of another. :D

Here they are open and spreading their legs. (o.0 SHOCKING!)

So now that I am doing this properly does this mean I'm not a Knitting Virgin anymore? *L*

Oh and the socks that I first made are way too short and the tight stitches make them uncomfy and way too tight at the toes and heals. (Unless you were a toeless gnome or something. *L*) So rather than frogging and starting over I have a cute set of wine socks. *L*

The wine is from Nevada and Yummy!

Incidentally I'm listening to Keith Carradine singing I'm Easy. I feel extra pervy now. *L*

Comments

[Cookie]

What were you doing wrong?

I'm a fairly tight knitter, btw. Part of why my hands always hurt. :p

I am so glad you figured out how to be a sluttier knitter... or something...

Btw, love the sock on the bottle.

[Dave Daniels]

OMG, you Knitty Tramp, you! CLOSE THOSE STITCHES RIGHT NOW!
There will be none of that loose stitches talk. There are ladies around here.
Ok, well...maybe not.
Glad you finally got it figgered out. I was worrying about you there for a few days. Now I'm worried about you listening to Keith Carradine. I mean...are you listening to him on purpose? Like, do you actually have his album (or CD)? Or, would a radio station really play that? It must have been late.
I can get a collection going to get you a TV if you'd like.

[Barbp]

You aren't the only one who twisted her stitches. I did the same thing and discovered it on my first sock when the result looked like I was K2tog at the beginning of every row and M1 at the end. I was referring to myself as a Twisted Sister. (I know, I'm the only one who thinks that's funny). Good for you for fixing it.

Love the wine bottle pose!

How could your secret pal not love what you made? It was too cute.

[Devorah]

Congratulations on figuring it out! I know that there is an entire style called "eastern uncrossed" where the knitter crosses on the knit and then uncrosses on the purl but I guess that does not work in the round. Enjoy those open legs -- much fun is to be found that way. ;-)