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...
With the yarn at the back, insert the point of the right hand needle in front of the first stitch from left to right in left hand needle. With your right index finger bring the yarn under and over the top of point of the right hand needle. Draw a loop through the stitch then drop ...
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.
1.Simple Garter Stitch ScarfUsing your new skills, knit a garter stitch scarf by casting on a number of stitches and knitting all of them, back and forth, until you’re happy with the length. Then, cast off. Once you’ve cast off, weave in your yarn ends.Then, you’re officially do...
Place your loop around your needle and adjust size to secure if you need to. Hold in your left hand. 5 Insert right-hand needle diagonally underneath and into the stitch. 6 Take the working yarn and wrap around the front of the right needle. 7 Bring the right needle back and pla...
The purl stitch is the knit stitch, backwards. Instead of starting from the front and pulling a loop from the back of the work through to the front, you start from the back and pull a loop through from the front. Here's a video: Pic 1 shows the position of the left-hand yarn, in...
The yoke of the Flax sweater is created by increasing (using a ‘knit front and back’ increase, or akfb) at 8 points on the sweater, 2 stitches increased on each sleeve and 2 stitches increased on the front and the back. You will be increasing on either side of the 4 raglan markers...
Below we will look at how to knit this stitch pattern flat (back and forth on straight needles) and in the round on circular needles. In some pattern abbreviations you may see this: WYIF – With yarn in front WYIB – With yarn in back ...
How to tightening up: When the air is especially dry, as when knitting in front of my wood stove, sometimes that wrap around my pinky isn't enough to maintain tension and I start feeling like I'm loosing control as I work my stitches. In this case, in addition to wrapping yarn around...
This video knitting tutorial will help you learn how to knit through the back loop. This technique is used to twist your stitches and is often done in decreases. It can also be used to great effect to create a wavy fabric as an alternative to stockinette