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Information on Tuck and Tuck Lace: • set russel levers to I • knit at MT-1 • a tucked stitch is formed when the needle does not go back far enough to pull the new yarn through the old stitch; both remain on the needle until the leading russel lever is set to II, then a knit stitch is formed over all the loops • two adjacent needles can not tuck on the same row • the more tucked stitches, the wider, shorter and thicker the fabric will be and the more yarn will be needed • in tuck lace, the more needles removed from work, the narrower the fabric will be • the purl side is usually the right side; but sometimes the knit side is better, especially in multi-coloured tuck • do not tuck on the edge stitches • before binding off, fill any empty needles with a bar from an adjacent stitch and knit 1 row over it to keep the bind-off edge the same width as the cast-on edge • when binding off, be sure to knit all the stitches on the row before
Hints on knitting Tuck Stitches: • tuck stitches require more weight than most stitches; be sure to use the cast-on comb • if going into tuck right at the beginning of a piece, it may be necessary to knit at least one inch of waste yarn and one row of ravel cord to provide more weight • it may be necessary to pull all the needles to D position on the first knit row of each pattern repeat so that all the stitches knit off properly
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