Knit Talk - Ep 24 - Converting W&T Short Rows to the German Short Row Method

[@snicholdoodle3647]

This is a great video! Your explanation of how to convert from W&T to GSR really helped me to "get it". Thank you!

[@noreenmcneely9261]

Watching your videos is like taking a college course. I have to listen to the video two or three times and jot down some notes. This is right up my alley as I love to learn and you are an incredible teacher! I’m so very happy that you have a long list of questions to answer because I learn so much from every single video you produce! Thank you for the resources that you provide and the schematics. I also love that you say “I don’t know”. Louise Penny, a famous Canadian author, writes that the ability to say “ I don’t know” leads one to achieve wisdom. No one knows everything about a particular subject matter, and I applaud your ability to state that.

[@TheUnapologeticKnitter]

Thanks so much for watching and learning with me! I'm so happy to be able to share it with folks who are excited about it. ❤

[@lainieepstein7753]

I just found you! Not sure how it took so long. I was looking for instructions how to lengthen the back of a cardigan. And then using GSR rather than W&T. Your explanations and diagrams are the best. So, thanks. I am now a subscriber!

[@TheUnapologeticKnitter]

Welcome, welcome! Thanks so much for watching and joining the channel!

[@coralthompson753]

Hi there just found your video and its fantastic. I have just knit up your German short row method and it worked for me. I am new to Short rows. I completely get it now. Thank you. x

[@TheUnapologeticKnitter]

Wonderful!

[@anneallen9947]

Thanks so much for this video. I always get confused trying to substitute gsr in a w&t pattern 🙃 Your explanation is great.

[@TheUnapologeticKnitter]

Yay - I'm glad it was helpful!!

[@jonellesandel1066]

I saw this and was like yes please🎉🎉 I love German short rows but am never sure of converting.

[@TheUnapologeticKnitter]

Yay! I'm glad it was helpful!

[@deniseengel1451]

Thanks for the tutorial. I’ve only done the wrap and turn method. Good to know a new technique. Looking forward to the converting bottom up to top down tutorial.

[@TheUnapologeticKnitter]

You're welcome!

[@elizabethzmetana6229]

Thank you very much. I prefer GST so from now on in I can convert thanks to you.

[@juliakeens8793]

Wow! Thank you so much for this video, it's helped me a lot!

[@TheUnapologeticKnitter]

You're welcome - I'm so glad it was helpful!!

[@leslied.2926]

I really enjoyed your 2 at a time magic loop method for vanilla socks. I'm an avid sock knitter now on 9" circulars and Flexi flips. Thank you for clear and concise instructions. 😊

[@TheUnapologeticKnitter]

You're most welcome! Yay for sock knitters!

[@suzannemethot6353]

Great video ! Your explanations and charts are so clear ! Thank’s a lot 😊

[@TheUnapologeticKnitter]

You're welcome! I appreciate that kind feedback.

[@lisahamilton3380]

I was so excited to see you start on this subject! I have a burning question about putting some short rows near the bottom (not the ribbing) of a sweater to make the front hem a little longer than the back. I often shorten the back/lengthen the front on my sewn dress bodices. I want to do that on my sweaters. Mostly just 1 inch in the front. Short rows was the only thing I could think of. Might you have any advice on this? Thank you so much! I have learned so much from you!

[@leslied.2926]

I'm viewing this video carefully as well, as I knit sweaters too.

[@kmul79]

Would it be beneficial to say that during the conversion and the resolving of stitches in your example is done on a flat piece of knitting? You might have mentioned it and I missed it. If you were doing these short rows while working in the round, your 6th row would continue knitting in the round and resolving the “purl” short rows on the next knit round, correct? I’m loving these videos and have been bingeing them the last couple of days and learning some really helpful information that I plan to use at the yarn store I work at. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@everystitchaprayer6268]

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[@robinphyfe5047]

Goodness, I love your videos. I have a question about short rows just before the bottom hem. Why would a designer have the short rows go into the front on each side of the underarm? They are knitted across the back of the sweater with shirt row turns starting at the center of underarm and going into the front on subsequent rows.

[@TheUnapologeticKnitter]

Thanks, Robin! I'm happy to have you here! This is likely just to taper the shape of the lower hem. If you were to do the short rows JUST on the back, stopping at the side seam, you'd get a curved hem more like the sweater I show in Episode 25 (kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWmzlZhup7KBjtUsi=3uXT1sINwaKDnGQf), but just on the back of the sweater. By having the turning points move into the front of the sweater, it gives you more of a seamless high/low hem. Does that help? Let me know if I didn't answer the question fully.

[@robinphyfe5047]

@@TheUnapologeticKnitter yes! This helps tremendously!!!

[@patmillett8056]

Can you substitute GS rows when the pattern calls for W&T when it is 2x2 ribbing?

[@TheUnapologeticKnitter]

Yes! You'll still want to use the instructions in this video to adjust the turning point location, but as you resolve each stitch, you'll just resolve it as a knit or a purl to remain in the ribbing pattern.