In knitting there really are just two stitches that you need to master - knit and purl. Every stitch pattern you use in knitting is a combination of these two stitches with increases and decreases thrown in to make different patterns in the knitted fabric. Learn those two stitches and a few...
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As soon as you start to knit anything more complicated than a scarf you are likely to need to know how to increase and decrease the number of stitches you are working with. In this article, we will show you different methods on how to decrease stitches. Your pattern will usually tell you...
There are so many ways to increase stitches in knitting — you can knit twice into the same stitch (often notated as KFB — knit into the front and back), you can do a yarn over and treat it as a real stitch on the next row (which leaves a hole in your work — this can sometim...
Learn how to master the knit front back increase (KFB) with this helpful video tutorial. You can seamlessly increase your knitting project with this technique.
Use the stitches-per-inch figure to determine how many stitches you need to increase. For example, to increase the waist five inches at a gauge of six stitches per inch, you need to add 30 stitches to the finished piece at the waist. Make these calculations for all the measurements. ...
You now have one stitch on the right-hand needle and the old stitch still on the left-hand needle. To finish the increase, knit into the back of the old stitch on the left-hand needle. This stitch is made in exactly the same way you'd make a stitch on the front part of the loop...
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A method for operating a conventional circular knitting machine, provided with indepenent and continuously operating pattern wheels, to develop patterns including knit, tuck, welt and terry stitches in the same course(s). By synchronizin... ...
How to make a simple cast off 1 Knit your first stitch, as if you were beginning a new row. 2 Knit the second stitch so you have two stitches on your right needle. 3 Use the tip of your left needle to insert underneath and into the first stitch on your right needle. ...