You may want to wrap it through your fingers to control its tension as you knit.Step 4: Pick up your other knitting needle with the hand holding the yarn.Step 5: Take the tip of the needle you just picked up and insert it into the first stitch under the needle with the stitches on...
A faux wrap dress in an A-line shape is a great fitted option to give you a defined shape without drawing all the attention to your waist. Elongating Tops Exposed necklines such as a V-neck or scoop neck will elongate your short torso. A great way to camouflage a short torso is to ...
Learning how to do a slip stitch technique will help you build the foundations of crochet. For our GH Stitch Club, we're showing you how to work and use slip stitch.
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The stitch on right needle is the newly formed purl stitch. As a purl stitch faces you, it looks like a grain of rice; its reverse side looks like a V. 09 of 14 How to Pick Up a Dropped Stitch Amanda Mustard Illustrations If you drop a stitch while knitting, don't panic; ...
If you’re a beginner but want to jazz up your knit stitch opt for variegated yarns which will add a dimension of colour to your knitting project!
Froggingisa lot faster than tinking, but the downside is that it's easy to rip too far down, thus creating more work for yourself in the future, when you're reknitting the stitches you pulled out. The solution to this is to use lifelines while knitting. Lifelines are basically pieces of...
Knit the First Stitch To begin a knit in the front and back increase (KFB knitting) you simply make aknit stitchbut don't slide the stitch off the left-hand needle. Sarah White Knit the Second Stitch You now have one stitch on the right-hand needle and the old stitch still on th...
Now, you’re ready to meet its doppelgänger, the purl stitch. The knit and purl stitches make up the foundation of knitting. Master these two stitches and you can take on a world of stitch patterns! Cast Off With the cast on, knit and purl stitches under your belt, you’ve probably...
Knitting is Becoming Trendy! Knitting is a great way to use what I call dead time. I knit on the train, while watching tv or during car trips (when I am not the one driving of course). I find it relaxing and it allows me to exercise my creative side. I knit baby stuff (cause ...