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I had this cardboard from my ravel cord and will probably work until the bottom edges get worn down, am going to try and make another one later on.
First I had to cut a straight edge on one of the sides.
I then noticed that the edges lined up perfectly with the parts between the needles. I marked each line then cut out the parts you see. I did not cut them tall enough so then just went back and cut the top points so that it will only bring out EON. This will be good for reforming to rib or as I am trying to show the mock seed stitch.
I keep the end needles to WP, as I do not like to reform those and it won't matter much anyways. So I bring out EON to HP as shown. Knit across 1 row.
With a straight edge (my metal Marcia Lynne measuring tool) I bring the needles from HP back to FWP.
Now I bring all needles from WP, except the end needles, to HP. Make sure the latches are open, if they will not stay open then pull the needle forward a smidgen until they do. Knit 1 row. I will continue doing the 2 rows for as long as I need.
Here is a small sample of what I did get but did drop a couple stitches also. You do need to make sure that those latches are open before moving the carriage across.
But notice that the material is not curling. Again I may have to go to KP4 with this yarn (Vanna's Choice). I would suggest trying this on a sample of maybe 20 or 30 needles to see how it works for you.
I am still getting the 4 stitches per inch but now it looks like it is either 6.5 or 7 rows per inch but it has not rested for at least an hour. Again this is not where gauge is a factor, but to get it as wide as you want or close to it is what I am trying to do.
Last night I took a thinner pink yarn, forget what it was, but here is my sample of it, I was not dropping stitches as much and also did not have to open up the latches every row.