Double gum: application and knitting technology

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

Many needlewomen are faced with the need to decorate the edge of the product with a double rubber band. For those who are just starting to master knitting, double elastic can be difficult to perform. But actually tying it is quite simple.

Double gum: its functions and purpose

Double (or even it is called hollow) gum plays almost the same role as a regular one: it gives the product elasticity and “compresses” it in the required area. Often this is used when knitting the edges of jumpers, the neck of sweaters or cuffs. But the functions of the double elastic band do not end there. The specificity of this type of knitting is such that the compression of the web is much more significant than with a regular elastic band. Therefore, knitters often resort to this pattern when they need to fasten the already elastic edge of the product.

Double gum is called hollow for a reason. After all, in fact, it is two knitted fabrics, between which an empty space is formed. This creates additional opportunities for finishing. For example, through such an elastic band, you can easily pull a drawstring orlace, insert an elastic band for the cuffs or a decorative ribbon. And if you use yarn of two different shades and textures, then you will get two things in one: if you turn the product inside out, it will play in a completely different way. In addition, the double elastic eliminates unaesthetic and uncomfortable seams.

Double ribbing: step by step instructions

For work, we need yarn, knitting needles with a number corresponding to its thickness, as well as an auxiliary thread. Experienced craftswomen advise taking knitting needles a little thinner than those that you would need when knitting a regular front surface. So the elastic will be more elastic and more beautiful.

1. Calculate the number of loops. To do this as accurately as possible, first we knit a control sample with the front surface (one row - all facial, the second row - all purl, etc.). We count the loops in a section 10 centimeters long and multiply the resulting number by two. For example, we got 20 loops - this means that a double elastic band will consist of forty. Needless to say, as with any elastic, the number of loops must be even.
2. Memorize the resulting number and type half the amount on the knitting needles with an auxiliary thread (in our example - 20). After that, the thread can be set aside: we will use the main yarn.
3. In the first row we knit alternately: front, yarn over. Repeat until the end of the row.
4. The second row will require you to turn the product over, and we will have the wrong side of the gum in front of us. Now everyone needsyarn over, made in the previous row, knit the front loop. And simply remove each knitted loop on a knitting needle so that the working thread remains before knitting.
5. The third and all subsequent rows fit the same way. We knit the front loop that we shot in the previous case, and remove the knitted front one in the same way as in the second row. As you can see, nothing complicated.

After making several rows in this way, you will soon notice that the double elastic really becomes hollow inside. Continue to the desired height, and then knit with the main pattern. The auxiliary thread, which we collected at the beginning, can be carefully unraveled. Done!