Secure Large Scale Stitch
The secure large scale stitch works with a scale added in a previous row to add additional support to hold it more securely in place. This helps stop large scales from easily flapping around under their own weight. As with the purl scale stitch, it is well suited to working flat or in the round.
The stitch is worked similar to a purl stitch, lifting a scale from a previous row up and onto the needle between the old and new loops as you work the stitch. Once the stitch following the secure large scale stitch is completed, this results in two additional bars on the front of the work securing the scale, giving a total of two each over the left and right sides of the scale, attaching it in four places.
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Secure Large Scale is always performed in a stitch directly above a large scale from a previous row.
Insert the needle into the back of the stitch as you would for a normal purl stitch.
Lift the large scale attached to the fabric directly below the current stitch until the hole of the scale can be hooked over the right hand needle.
With the scale on the right hand needle, yarn over as you would when doing a purl stitch.
English knitting style is shown here, but if you work continental style wrap as you usually would.
Pull the new yarn through both the scale and the old loop.
The scale can make this process slower and more fiddly, especially at first.
Once you have pulled the new yarn through both the scale and the old loop, drop the old loop from the left-hand needle similar to purling a normal stitch.
The scale will now be partially reinforced, with a second bar over the right side.
Start working the next stitch - insert as you normally would (the exact stitch may vary based on the pattern).
Completing the next stitch completes the reinforcement of the scale, resulting in each large scale being held with two strands of yarn going through the hole to each the left and right, holding them securely in place.
