Complete the row by purling each stitch. What to learn next? Now you know how to knit a row and purl a row, why not put them together to create a stockinette stitch or maybe even try your hand at moss stitch. As you try out different styles of knitting, you will see how by cha...
1 Begin the first row by purling one stitch. 2 Create a slip stitch for the second stitch in row one. Place the yarn in front, insert the right needle into the next stitch from back to front and slip the stitch off. Repeat until the end of the row. 3 Begin the second row by pl...
I assumed that you are not knitting a sock as your very first knitting project and know how to increase, decrease, slip a stitch, knit and purl. There isn’t much else to knitting a sock, other than keeping track of the number of stitches on your...
KNITTING INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE A STITCH- Bring the thread in front, as if for a purled stitch, so that when you knit one the thread will pass over the needle, and will make a hole in the following row. This diagram shows the manner of making three stitches, and any other number could...
Knitting when you should be purling (or vice versa) can create an uneven fabric or break up a pattern. How to Fix: If you catch the mistake immediately, you can simply undo the last stitch and fix it. If the mistake is further back, you can “tink” (knit spelled backward) by un...
Brioche stitch is a fun way to add color and texture to a knitting project. It's super warm and springy, and lots of fun to knit, too. After knitting a few basic projects in a single color, you might be ready to move on to something a little more challenging. That's when two-col...
Gauge: This is how many stitches and rows you should have per inch when knitting with the recommended yarn and needles. You’ll often see something like “Gauge: 18 sts and 24 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch.” It’s important to match the gauge so your project turns out the rig...
Things are a little different for stockinette stitch in the round. Because knitting in the round has no wrong side rows, there is no purling involved. That means you just have to knit all the way around every row! This part of the pattern is super relaxing. Put on your favorite show,...
created by knitting every row, BUT when you are working in the round it is created by knitting one round and purling the next. So your sock will look like mine, pictured below: a panel of garter stitch surrounded by stockinette stitch. You can learn more about basic stitch patterns here...
stockinette stitch (knitting all sts on the RS, purling all sts on the WS), the chart key will typically describe whichcoloursto work each stitch with, rather than thekindof stitch to work. So when you see a square that corresponds to CC1, you will knit one stitch with contrast colour...