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For this patttern, I have to do frequent right twists (RTs) and left twists (LTs). I dislike the method that has me taking a stitch off the needle, so I looked up another way of doing it. From this video:
RT:
- Put right needle through next two stitches as if to k2tog.
- Instead of doing a k2tog, slip 'em onto the right needle.
- Slip them directly back onto the left needle. (Straight through, not a k2tog again.)
- Knit the next two (twisted) stitches through the back loop, so that they don't get twisted.
LT:
- Slip 1st stitch knitwise, then 2nd stitch knitwise.
- Do a sort of k2tog motion backwards, of those two stitches, back onto the left needle. (Don't actually do a k2tog.)
- Knit the next two stitches through the front loop as normal.
The Anteal pattern also has a lateral braid, which is basically doing a LT all the way across a row, but collapsing the twist on itself. It's hard to describe. But, thankfully, doing LTs the above way makes this a cinch:
Lateral braid:
- Knit [n] border stitches that your project calls for.
- Cast on one stitch onto the left needle.
- Perform one completely normal LT, as above, yes using that cast-on stitch.
- For each subsequent LT, only slip the second stitch. You are assuming that the first stitch is already on your right needle.
- Do this to [n + 1] stitches before the end of your row.
- K1, then pass the previous stitch over.
- Knit [n] border stitches to finish the row.
There! No stitches off the needle (an act that gives me heart failure), no giant loops, none of this "knit through the back loop of the second stitch, right foot green" horseshit, and a very lovely braid pattern.
RT:
- Put right needle through next two stitches as if to k2tog.
- Instead of doing a k2tog, slip 'em onto the right needle.
- Slip them directly back onto the left needle. (Straight through, not a k2tog again.)
- Knit the next two (twisted) stitches through the back loop, so that they don't get twisted.
LT:
- Slip 1st stitch knitwise, then 2nd stitch knitwise.
- Do a sort of k2tog motion backwards, of those two stitches, back onto the left needle. (Don't actually do a k2tog.)
- Knit the next two stitches through the front loop as normal.
The Anteal pattern also has a lateral braid, which is basically doing a LT all the way across a row, but collapsing the twist on itself. It's hard to describe. But, thankfully, doing LTs the above way makes this a cinch:
Lateral braid:
- Knit [n] border stitches that your project calls for.
- Cast on one stitch onto the left needle.
- Perform one completely normal LT, as above, yes using that cast-on stitch.
- For each subsequent LT, only slip the second stitch. You are assuming that the first stitch is already on your right needle.
- Do this to [n + 1] stitches before the end of your row.
- K1, then pass the previous stitch over.
- Knit [n] border stitches to finish the row.
There! No stitches off the needle (an act that gives me heart failure), no giant loops, none of this "knit through the back loop of the second stitch, right foot green" horseshit, and a very lovely braid pattern.
