Step 2 Pick up one stitch in each stitch or loop along one edge. Start at a corner with the right side of the blanket facing you and work from right to left. To pick up stitches, insert the knitting needle from front to back into the first stitch or loop. Wrap the edging yarn arou...
Before you start knitting the very first step to knitting is learning how to tie a slip knot andcast onthe number of stitches you will be knitting in your row. See ourstep-by-step guide and video on how to tie a slip knotor follow these simple steps!
How to Knit Your First Sock is aimed at someone who would love to knit socks but has never tried them before. However, 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 ...
The last part of any knitting project is called finishing, when all your hard work comes together into one magnificent creation! Debbie covers some of the most common finishing techniques – including seaming pieces together, the Kitchener stitch, workin
Use a lawn roller to push sod firmly against soil beneath. A tight connection between sod and soil is the secret to roots knitting quickly into soil. Limit traffic on the sod for the first three weeks while it’s establishing. This includes children and pets. ...
Short-row shaping is literally knitting a “short,” or partial, row before turning and working back in the other direction. It allows you to knit three-dimensional shapes or curved edges. I use it in these patterns to shape necklines and hemlines. There are many methods of knitting short...
Well, we were institches. That’s not to say we werelaughing, though we might have been, but we were beingstitched, as inphoto stitched. Once I realized, I apologized for ruining hisvisual knitting. He simply smiled and said he was usingMicrosoft‘sPhotosynth™ application. He went on ...
When knitting top-down sweaters the neckline can end up looking clunky. Either you cast on all of your neckline stitches at once, and you get a boat-neck style horizontal line which doesn’t look great on everyone. Or you cast on stitches over several ro
This BO pulls the stitches together for a gathered edge. Vogue Knitting says this BO is ideal "[for] pattern stitches that have a great deal of lateral spread, such as allover traveling cables or openwork stitches." Work 3 stitches. *Insert the left needle into the first stitch. Pass the...
Subscribe to ourYouTube Channel Technique Instructions Prep Row 1:Knit the knits and slip the purls with yarn in front. Prep Row 2:Knit the knits and slip the purls with yarn in front. NOTE:You will need a tail that is 3-4 times the length of your finished edge. ...