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Learn To Knit
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Knitting Instructions: Learn How To KnitLearning to knit is rewarding, fun and addictive! Whether you're just starting to learn to knit or want to expand your knitting skills, you'll find lots of help and tips here.Learn To Knit: The BasicsCast OnThis is how you begin in order to get stitches on your needle before you can actually knit. There are several ways to cast on. The Knit Stitch Learn the continental version of the knit stitch with step by step instructions and illustrations. The Purl Stitch Learn the continental version of the purl stitch which step by step instructions and illustrations. Bind Off When you've completed your knitting, you need to remove it so it won't unravel. This is called binding off. Learn how! Beginner Stitches After you've learned to knit and purl, learn what is meant by stockinette, reverse stockinette, and garter stitch. Gauge Gauge is very important in order to ensure your project will be the intended size. Learn why it's vital and how to knit and measure your gauge swatch. Decreases Knitting can be shaped by decreasing, or subtracting stitches. There are several different ways to decrease. Learn how to knit two together (k2tog), slip slip knit (SSK), and other ways to decrease as well as how to choose the correct decrease. Increases Knitting can also be shaped by increasing, or adding stitches. Just as with decreasing, there are various ways to increase such as knitting into the front and back of a stitch and yarn over (yo), which you'll learn about here. Abbreviations Knitting patterns use many abbreviations. Here is a list of commonly used abbreviations and what they mean. Glossary Commonly used terms in knitting patterns and their meaning such as work even and reverse shaping. Learn To Knit: More Help And InformationAdding An Eyelash Yarn When FeltingYou can add an eyelash yarn or other novelty yarns to felted bags or hats. Make sure of how it will look and hold up first. Barbara Walker's Stitch Pattern Books Database Both a text file and a spreadsheet are available for the stitch patterns in three of her books. They include the stitch name, the number of stitches and rows required for the pattern, and other information. Buttonholes Patterns generally give you instructions on how to knit buttonholes but some are better than others. Decreasing And Increasing Evenly Many knitting patterns will ask you to evenly decrease or increase a specific number of stitches over one row. But they won't tell you how often to decrease or increase, just to do it evenly. Here's how. Design Your Own Scarf Pattern By understanding a few basic concepts, you can design your own scarf pattern using any yarn. French Knots French Knots are an easy embroidery technique, useful in knitting to embellish projects. I-Cord These tubes or snakes of knitting have many uses and are easy to knit. Keep To Pattern When you are knitting a project that uses a stitch pattern and then decrease or increase, your rows will no longer begin or end in the same way. You will need to keep to pattern and here's how you do it. Knitting Needle Sizes Equivalent knitting needle sizes for US, metric, and UK/Canadian needles. Making Changes To Sweater Patterns You can make very simple adjustments to sweaters so that they fit your unique measurements. Picking Up Stitches How to pick up the correct number of stitches so your work doesn't pucker or flare. Reading Knitting Patterns Knitting patterns are written in code but it's not a secret. Here's help on understanding what the pattern is telling you. Selecting The Right Stitch Pattern There are thousands of stitch patterns available. If you are going to use one for your next afghan, scarf, or other project, here are some things to consider. Selecting The Right Yarn If you're not using the same yarn as a pattern or you are designing your own, there are a number of factors to reflect on when choosing the yarn you will use. Substituting Yarn As you branch out, you'll often find you want to substitute the yarn called for in a pattern for any number of reasons. Here's how to determine what yarn you can use instead of the one called for. Take Care Of Your Hand Knit Projects Take care of your knits properly so they last. Twisting And Slipping Stitches Learn how to twist a stitch by knitting or purling through the back loop (tbl) and how to slip as stitch as if to purl and as if to knit. Unravel Knitting And Use The Yarn Again Unravel a sweater or other project you don't wear and use the yarn again. Weights Of Yarn Yarn weight refers to how thick or thin a yarn is. There are weights or classes used to define each of them. These are the standard yarn weights used, the appropriate needle size for each weight and the approximate gauge. The Complete Idiot's Guide To Knitting
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