Yarn: Fleece Artist Merino
Needles: 2.5mm bamboo
Gauge: 7 sts in stockingette
Pattern: Vertical Drop Stitch
Stitch Count Repeat: Multiple of 8 sts
Book: A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 219
Notes: Easy as pie. Reverse shows a slightly bowing rib. Easy to work in the round as I did here for these fingerless mitts. Would look incredible with beads placed on the ‘rungs’. I found that the knit sts on either side of a ‘ladder’ opened and looked less tidy than the ones that Walker was able to do in the book.
Knit by: Poppins
August 10, 2007 at 1:13 am
This is pretty! I’m drooling over your yarn! It looks very elastic–is it loose or is it more like a ribbing?
August 10, 2007 at 8:47 pm
Because the ‘ladder’ sections alternate, it really does behave much like regular ribbing. It’s stretchy, not floppy.
August 17, 2007 at 12:27 pm
tsk! just when i thought my swatch was nice enough to send here you beat me to it :D congrats, looks neat.
August 21, 2007 at 7:01 pm
This blogger knit the stitches on either side of the ladders through the back loop (a la Clapotis) to tighten them up:
http://kidsandknits.blogspot.com/2006/11/knitting-add.html
December 21, 2008 at 11:11 pm
I did this in Sea Silk and it is just just lovely.
November 10, 2009 at 3:48 pm
editorgrrrl, thanks for the tip. I have been knitting this pattern to and have been very disappointed at the way the stitches on either side get fat and droopy.