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you are basically doing an increase, creating two new stitches from one old one.
Start your knit stitch by inserting your needle right to left and out the front of the stitch, wrap your yarn and bring your right needle back out with the new stitch on it, but don't drop the stitch on the left needle yet. now insert the right needle into the back of the stitch from left to right, wrap the yarn and now you may drop the stitch from the left needle.
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∙ 10y agoThis is how you do the twist part of a cable stitch without a separate cable needle.
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∙ 11y agoNormally when you knit, you knit through the front loop of the stitch. Some patterns call for knitting through the back loop as a variation.
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Should one knit into the front or back of a stitch when the previous row contained both knit and purl stitches?
There are at least two ways to interpret this question. Taken literally, you're talking about whether to insert the needle into the stitch knit-wise (from front to back) vs purl-wise (from back to front). Whether to knit into the front or back of a stitch is not related to what stitches occurred in the row below, but to what stitches you want to create in the current row. If you wish to make a knit stitch, insert the needle from front to back into the stitch to be worked. If you wish to make a purl stitch, insert the needle from the back to the front. You are allowed to put purl stitches on top of knit stitches and vice versa. It all depends on what pattern or effect you are looking for. For example, many garments begin with a couple of inches of ribbing, such as 1 x 1 ribbing which is done by alternately knitting a stitch, then purling the next stitch. On following rows you simple knit those stitches that were previously knit and purl those stitches that were previously purled. But at the end of the ribbed cuff, hem, or neck, you will need to switch from ribbing to stockinette or some other pattern stitch. Switching to stockinette would mean knitting all the stitches all the way across, even if some of them had been purled in a previous row. ----- The other way to interpret the question is whether you knit into the leg of the stitch that sits in front of or behind the needle, rather than whether you insert the needle from the front of the work or the back of the work. When you wrap the yarn around the needle, you might wrap it counter-clockwise if you are a western knitter (Western Europe and the U.S.), or clock-wise if you are an eastern knitter (Asia). Some knitters wrap CCW on the knits and CW on the purls (called "combination" knitting) because this is the most ergonomic technique. How you wrap the stitch determines how the stitch is placed on the needle. For most American/European knitters the stitch is placed so that the "leading leg" or the branch of the stitch closer to the tip of the needle, is in front of the needle, and the trailing leg is behind the needle. If you knit into the front (leading) leg, you will get a flat stitch. But if you knit into the back (trailing) leg, you will get a twisted stitch. It can be tempting to simply say "always knit into the front of the stitch," but as you can see that would only be true for half of the world's knitters. It is more accurate to say "knit into the leading leg for a flat stitch or the trailing leg for a twisted stitch." This is always true, regardless of whether the stitch being knit is a purl stitch or a knit stitch and regardless of the knitter's style of knitting. Each row is treated as a whole new beginning. The stitch would be made the same way each time no matter where you make it, according to what the pattern says. Some advanced knitters do prefer to start and end every row with the same stitch, regardless of what the pattern says because it makes a kind of seam which makes stitching a garment together.
What is the knitting pattern of alternate knit and purl stitches?
If you are alternating each stitch (knit, purl, knit, purl) the pattern is called ribbing. If you alternate each row (row 1 knit, row 2 purl) it is called stockinette stitch.
What is difference between knit and rib yarn?
A plain knit is simply knitting each stitch on the front or public side of the fabric and purling each stitch on the back or private side of the fabric. This stitch is called stockinette stitch. Garter stitch, where each and every row is knit across, regardless of whether you are working the front or back side, produces horizontal ridges that are somewhat similar to ribbing turned 90 degrees and somewhat stretchy, but not as stretchy as ribbing. Ribbing is created by knitting a sequence of knit and purl stitches to create raised vertical ridges in the fabric which are especially elastic and well suited to cuffs and necks. The most common ribbing patters are 1 x 1 and 2 x 2. For 1 x 1 ribbing: *K1, P1, repeat from * across For 2 x 2 ribbing: *K2, P2, repeat from * across There are other combinations possible, such as 3 x 3 or 2 x 3 or what ever your heart desires, but 1 x 1 and 2 x 2 are the most commonly used rib patterns. A plain knit is simply knitting each stitch on the front or public side of the fabric and purling each stitch on the back or private side of the fabric. This stitch is called stockinette stitch. A rib knit is created by knitting 2 stitches, and purling 2 stitches, over and over. Example: cast on 10 stitches. knit 2,purl 2, knit 2, purl 2, knit 2 next row: purl 2, knit 2, purl 2, knit 2, purl 2 Repeat these rows for about 4 inches, and you'll see the rib knit pattern. Another version of rib knit, is, knit 1, purl 1, knit 1, purl one. You'll get the same pattern as above, just in more narrow rows. Rib knit is commonly seen on sock cuffs, and sweater cuffs.
What does slip 1 mean in knitting?
There are two ways to slip a stitch, knit-wise and purl-wise. When in doubt, generally you should slip purl-wise. Insert the needle into the stitch to be slipped either as if to knit (knit-wise) or as if to purl (purl-wise). Then slide it off the left needle without pulling a new stitch through it. That's all there is to it. Here are some applications: For a tidy selvage edge, slip the first stitch of each row purl-wise. For a decrease that is the mirror image of a K2TOG, do an SSK (Slip, Slip, Knit). Slip one stitch knit-wise. Slip another stitch knit-wise. Slipping knit-wise gives the stitches a half twist. Now slip them both together back onto the left needle, passing them with the needles held tip to tip. Knit them together through the back loops.
How do you knit a triangle?
Their are two ways to knit a triangle...A. In order to knit a triangle, begin by casting on the desired number of stitches. This will be the base.ROW 1: Knit the first row.ROW 2: Decrease on EACH end of the next row by knitting two together (K2tog).Repeat rows 1 and 2 until you have only 1 stitch left. Cast off.B. Begin by casting on one stitch, this will be the point of the triangleROW 1: Knit the first rowROW 2: Increase on EACH end of the next row by knitting into the back and front of the stitchRepeat rows 1 and 2 until you have the desired size of triangle. Cast off.
What is an ssk?
It's a left-leaning decrease. Here are the steps: 1. slip a stitch knit-wise from the left needle to the right 2. slip a second stitch knit-wise from the left needle to the right 3. slip both of the stitches you just slipped back to the left needle and knit them together through the back loops. Each stitch you slip knit-wise is twisted. When you knit through the back loop you twist them back. Why go through all these gyrations instead of just knitting them together? A K2TOG creates a right-leaning decrease. A SSK creates a left-leaning decrease. When you do shaping, say of a sweater's shoulders, using paired decreases makes each edge of the shoulder a mirror image of the other. It gives garments a more finished, more tailored look.
You are knitting a scarf using knit one row purl a row it keeps rolling up at the ends is there a way you can fix it without changing the pattern?
When you alternate between knit and purl rows (knit one row, purl one row, knit one row, purl one row, etc.) it is called the Stockinette stitch.Unfortunately, the stockinette stitch always curls at the edges, and worse, there is no easy or perfect way to fix this problem. If you have a knowledge of crochet stitches, you could crochet an edging around the scarf, but this would change the whole look of the scarf, and there is no guarantee that it would work.The best way to avoid this problem with future scarves is to knit it in garter stitch (knit every row), or another stitch that will not curl. Also, if you like the look of the stockinette stitch and would still like to use it, then work in stockinette, but at the beginning of each purl row, knit the first three stitches and the last three stitches. If you do this, remember to change the yarn to the back or front of the work depending on whether you are changing to the knit or purl stitch.
You are a beginner knitting a dishcloth consisting of knit and purl stitches on each row Instructions say to end by working a wrong side row Does this mean to purl all stitches in the final row?
If you are alternating rows (knit one row, purl one row), the purl row is typically a "wrong-side" row. If it is a pattern stitch, it should state somewhere in the pattern what is the front and what is the back. The back is the "wrong-side" http://handmadebyjody.blogspot.com http://handmadebyjody.etsy.com
How do you tell whether you have been doing knitting or purl when you start in the middle of the row?
follow the pattern and knit the amount of stitches stated, then turn your needles and knitting completely around so the side that was facing you is now facing away from you carry your wool over the needles to the other side of your work as you do it, you are now about to knit across the stitches you have just knitted..........it makes one side longer than the other
How do you pick up a dropped stitch when knitting?
Generally in crochet, you don't have "dropped" stitches, that is a knitting term for stitches which have been skipped (accidentally), or which have actually dropped off the needle when you weren't looking.To pick up a knitted dropped stitch, you knit to where the "hole" is in your current row, then using a crochet hook, hook each stitch to the row above. (see the videos I have attached as links to this question).In crochet, there are no "dropped" stitches, there are stitches that you missed or skipped. If you realize that you have managed to skip over a stitch, there are a couple things you can do.One would be to decide if having skipped over the stitch are you okay with just leaving it skipped? If so, continue with your project, figuring that if the stitch is skipped, it just shows that it was hand-made, because of the boo-boo's.If you can, you might think about adding a stitch to the current row that you are on. You do that with an "increase." Increase by having the base of two stitches come out of one stitch from the row below, this will increase the current row by one.If you really think that you need to go back and re-work from the skipped stitch, then you can go ahead and frog back (rippit, rippit--get it?), to the skipped stitch and go on with your pattern from there.
How many kinds of stitches?
There are many different types of sewing, and each has different stitches. When sewing fabrics together for clothing, you would use Straight Stitch, Overcast Stitch, Hem Stitch, Zig Zag Stitch, and Overlock Stitch. There are several variations on these also. For cross stitch projects, the main stitch is Cross Stitch, but there are also Half Cross, Vertical Cross, quarter cross, and some others. For needlepoint there are hundreds of stitches. some of the main ones include outline stitch, continental stitch, satin stitch, and enough other stitches to fill a complete stitch dictionary: http://www.needlepointers.com/ShowArticles.aspx?NavID=825 Here is a list of some of the more common types of embroidery stitches, with many variations in each category; Straight stitches, back stitches, chain stitches, buttonhole stitches, feather stitches, cross stitches, knotted stitches, and couching stitches. In Knitting there are just two basic stitches - knit and purl - but they can be employed in many different ways, and instructions for knitting also contain many other terms, such as yarn-over. In Crochet there are also just a few basic stitches, but many variations.
How do you take down a row of knitting?
There are two main ways to undo a row of knitting: tinking and frogging. The term "tink" is "knit" spelled backwards. In this technique, each stitch is undone one stitch at a time. Insert the tip of the left needle front-to-back into the center of the stitch just below the first stitch on the right needle. Drop the first stitch on the right needle and gently tug the working yarn so the loop of the unwanted stitch is pulled out. Repeat with each individual stitch to the point where things first went wrong. The second technique, "frogging," is generally used when more than one row of knitting must be ripped out. It's called "frogging," because "rip-it, rip-it" is the sound a frog makes. It is faster than tinking which is both good and bad. It doesn't take long to frog but it is easy to go too far. Simply drop all the stitches off the needle and pull the working yarn until all the offending rows are gone. Then re-thread the needle through the remaining live stitches. A little pre-planning can make frogging safer. Find the row you wish to rip back to and carefully insert the left needle into the stitch of the last row you wish to keep. Always insert the needle starting with the left most stitch and always insert it from the front to the back. This will orient the stitches on the needle normally so that none are accidentally twisted when knitting is resumed. Another technique for controlled frogging involves inserting a "safety line." When you have completed a row that is correct, thread a piece of scrap thread through each stitch without removing the stitches from the needle. Use a very smooth thread, such as mercerized crochet cotton in a contrasting color.
