Thanks Kelly! It took me a try or two, but finally I got it! This is so much quicker! Beautiful finish for socks! Thanks so very much. You made my day!
Kelly, this method is fantastic thank you for the awesome tutorial. I have knitted many many pairs of socks using the Kitchener stitch . I will use the Finchley from now on. You are a fabulous teacher.
Thank you for this Kelly. This was great. I find, like you’ve said in the podcast, that the Kitchener leaves a bump at one side. Not only is this easier, but it looks better too. Thank you. I like the way you go slow and do it several times over. Big thumbs up. 👍
The ridge you're getting comes from pulling the yarn too tightly as you work the graft. You can always adjust the tension in the graft afterwards, but it's easier to take slack out if you've worked too loosely than it is to put it back in if you've pulled the yarn to snugly. If your graft tension matches the surrounding rows of knitting, you won't have a ridge on the inside of the work.
Hello Kamilia! There is always at least one pair of socks on my needles and happy to hear you’ve started knitting them as well….they’re quite addictive. Thank you for the lovely feedback.😊
Thanks for the great tutorial on the Finley stitch. I have found this is so much easier than the Kitchener stitch. Can I ask what is the name of the sock pattern you are using in this video.
At 7:43, you say that this graft will result in garter stitch on the WS but will look like stockinette on the RS. This is incorrect. (Garter stitch would give you a ridge on both the RS and the WS.) The Finchley Graft will give you reverse stockinette on the WS and stockinette on the RS (which is EXACTLY like Kitchener on both sides). The reason you got a ridge is because you were pulling the stitches much too tightly.
