Ribbing & Knitting with the Color Guys

I'm sure you are all familiar with ribbing and the aspect of ribbing.  The most common is 1x1 ribbing (K1, P1) or 2x2 ribbing (K2,P2).  When you are making your next sweater, socks or any project that uses ribbing, consider doing something a little different.  Try a 2x3 (K2, P3) or 3x2 (K3,P2) or a 3x1 ribbing.  You probably don't want to make the ribbing to be more than a combination of 6 (K3,P3) or (K4,P2) and remember that the number of stitches you have must be divisible by the number of stitches in the pattern.  Such as if you choose to do a K3,P2 ribbing, the amount of stitches must be divisible by 5, or K2,P2, must be divisible by four and so on.......
Elizabeth Zimmerman says that the 2x2 rib is the rib that has the most stretch, so you might want to take that into consideration when you are planning which ribbing to use.

We just got in yesterday "Knitting With The Color Guys" by Kaffe Fassett & Brandon Mably.  For those of you who have always admired Kaffe Fassett's color sense, he really breaks it down in this book and shows you how to put the colors together.  It's a wonderful and colorful book with lots of fun patterns.