and, truly, I’m feeling quite stupid.
So I learned that ssk is exactly the same as k2tog tbl. This just dawned on me today as I was working a lace pattern from the book Omas Strickgeheimnisse and wondering why she never uses ssk and only k2tog tbl and then, DUH.
And I only know this because I’ve been painstakingly translating all her German instructions, so you’d think I’m really not that stupid, but—you’d be wrong. I have further evidence.
“Are you faster?” I’d say that’s a safe bet. Can you beat 1772289/1772289?
WTF?
I realized that I’d typed with entire thing with CAPS LOCK on, but still–it’s a little harsh, don’t you think?
Carole said my blogging “raised her consciousness.” I don’t think she was referring to posts such as today’s.
*headdesk*
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*mwah!*
Posted 15 Apr 2008 at 3:38 am ¶Well. You may have raised other people’s consciousness about ssk. I already knew that, though.
Posted 15 Apr 2008 at 4:59 am ¶What? You think you need to know everything there is to know? I didn’t think anyone could know it all.
Posted 15 Apr 2008 at 5:30 am ¶I did’nt know that about my friend ssk. Although, I do Margene’s little s1 as if to p, s1 as if to knit and then k through the back loops, so I can’t just take the easy way out!
Posted 15 Apr 2008 at 6:51 am ¶Yeah, I didn’t know that. In fact, I am still questioning if that is true. Must go see if you are right…
Posted 15 Apr 2008 at 7:56 am ¶Not to be contrary, but they’re not exactly the same. The k2tog tbl twists both the stitches; the ssk untwists them so the resulting stitch is flatter.
Posted 15 Apr 2008 at 8:06 am ¶http://ayearinstitches.typepad.com/a_year_in_stitches/2006/11/ssk_k2_tog_tbl.html
Susan is never contrary. *gigglesnort*
Posted 15 Apr 2008 at 8:26 am ¶She is, however, always right - of course.
354 points, so you achieved position 89921 of 1780606 on the ranking list
You type 449 characters per minute
You have 83 correct words and
you have 0 wrong words
heh heh
Posted 15 Apr 2008 at 8:27 am ¶Yes. I think it’s harsh! You still typed words, after all.
You type 468 characters per minute
You have 87 correct words and
you have 1 wrong words
I didn’t realize the SSK thing, either. Thanks!!
Posted 15 Apr 2008 at 12:01 pm ¶I think you need to feel wonderful about learning something new every day:)
Posted 15 Apr 2008 at 5:52 pm ¶I’m so relieved to find out that someone else thinks that they are basically the same thing. I always get a guilty little charge from doing k2tbl, thinking that some people will say it’s wrong but almost no one will really actually notice. It’s a silly way of feeling like a I got away with something, but it works. Oh, and it’s like 3 times faster.
Posted 11 May 2008 at 11:18 pm ¶Hi - how’re you going with the Oma’s translation? I’d love to see where you’ve got to with it…
And I use K2togTBL instead of SSK all the time, agree it’s more or less the same and SO MUCH LESS HASSLE at least for me!
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