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What does it mean if you have holes in your knitting?
it means you have either added yarn overs or dropped stitches. it might mean you are a beginner or it might mean you are knitting lace and want the holes. or that you are knitting on needles slightly larger than you would use for a not holey fabric. P.S.: You are supposed to have holes in your knitting! The hole size is because the size of the needle. (ex: large size needles=large hole, small needle= small hole) Understand now?
What are the knitting needles called which are connected and how do you use them?
They are called circular needles and they are used in exactly the same way as straight needles.
What size of needles do you use for knitting blankets?
Your answer depends on the yarn you choose for your project.
Do 2 pencils work the same as 2 knitting needles?
Yes, if you want to knit. However, your knitted fabric will be full of graphite if you use pencils to knit. Knitting needles, however, are useless for writing.
Who knows the australian equivilant sizing of knitting needles and crochet hooks to americian sizing?
They use metric.
Using plastic storage bins for your knitting notions?
A craft store, like Hobby Lobby or Joann's Fabrics has a variety of items for organizing knitting needles. Depending on the length of the various knitting needles, you might be able to gather them in a Pringles can if you don't want to purchase a roll-up organizer.
How do needles affect the stitches?
I think what you are asking is how do the different size of needles affect the type of stitches you will get when knitting. Basically, the larger the needles the larger the stitches. Also, if you use smaller needles, the fabric you create will be stiffer than if you knitted with a large set of needles.
Why do people use different sized knitting needles?
To increase the number of stitches per inch. That is, smaller needles produce a tighter woven piece, while larger needles produce a looser, more open woven piece.
What will happen if you use knitting needles that are larger than the yarn instructions call for?
Your gauge will be different and the size of the garment will be different, unless you accommodate the larger needles with a new gauge, and recalculate the fit.
Can you bring knitting needles on Icelandair?
I think you are allowed knitting needles in your luggage that goes into the plane hold (main luggage), but you are not allowed them in your hand luggage because they can be classed as dangerous. If you want to knit on the plane, I have used pens before. If you use some thin pens or pencils, that should work.
Can you use round needles in place of double pointed needles of the same size?
Note: round needles are almost always called circular knitting needles. In some cases, circular needles will work just as well as double pointed needles. But more often than not, only double pointed needles will work. Why? With double pointed needles, one can knit with as few stitches as they want. This makes them ideal for knitting the tops of hats, which are decreased to a very few number of stitches, and other items where few stitches are knitted. However, if one is knitting with a large number of stitches, then circular needles will work fine, maybe even better, but circular needles have a "minimum stitch limit." Thus, they only work if the pattern works with lots of stitches. So in order to figure out whether circular knitting needles will work for your pattern, read through the instructions, and determine the point at which there will be the least number of stitches on the double pointed needles. Try to estimate the lowest number of stitches that will work comfortably on the circular needles, and decide if the stitches in the pattern will fit on the circular needles.
What are the best needles to use for knitting?
For me it's the easiest to use the metal metallic straight needles but when it comes to circular needles I'd probably prefer wooden ones. Hope this helps! ---- i definitely think that bamboo are the best needles. they are light weight which is great because they don't fall and drop stitches very often and they are soft so they don't hurt your fingers when you push on the tip, also they are a little bit textured so stitches don't slip off like they do with metal needles. and as for straight or round needles if you're making something tubular like a hat, socks, mittens, round needles are easier to use, but if you're making a scarf or a bag straight needles are better. but I much prefer round needles, because you don't have to keep switching hands, you can just keep on knitting. and if you use only the knit stitch you will get a pretty stockinette stitch, but if you use only the knit stitch on straight needles you will come out with garter stitch.
