Swatching for Paper Dolls is finally behind us and ribbing (corrugated ) has begun. Â Corrugated ribbing is a beautiful design feature but persnickety to say the least--one of its many quirks is a tendency to curl at the bottom edge. Â Special cast on methods can be used to take care of the problem and, thus, Paper Dolls begins with the lovely but slow-going i-cord cast on (Annie Modesitt talks about her own dark history with i-cord here and suggests really tightening up on the M1 in the cast-on to get a neater edge). Â We had a few false starts but we're all now moving ahead with the ribbing. The pattern calls for a 1x1 rib but Venessa chose a 2x2 rib for her sweater. Â Nice!
Here's an interesting discussion of the i-cord cast on technique. Â Check back for continuing progress notes as we move upwards toward the paper dollies.
http://www.maggiesrags.com/corrugated_ribbing.htm
