Most knitting is made up from knit and purl stitches, so on your journey as you learn to knit, it’s important to master these two easy yet foundational techniques. Here, we'll be learning the purl stitch (p) and soon you'll be able to purl a row! What is the purl stitch?
Most knitting is made up from knit and purl stitches, so on your journey as you learn to knit, it’s important to master these two easy yet foundational techniques. Here, we'll be learning the purl stitch (p) and soon you'll be able to purl a row! What is the purl stitch?
Learn how to knit with these knitting instructions videos. This knitting for beginners video from Woman's Weekly shows you how to knit and purl
Are you scared of knitting socks? So many knitters’ knees knock at the thought of ‘turning a heel’ or managing the magic loop, but the best way to conquer a fear is to jump in and have a go! To knit a basic sock, all you need to be able to do is knit and purl - and the...
So if you are knitting in stocking stitch (stockinette) the last row you work is a purl row so that you are ready to knit the next row. Is the cast on row the right side? When you cast on stitches with the cable cast on method, the stitches are on the left needle at the ...
Directly underneath it is the mother. When you tink, you insert your needle into the mother stitch. Why? Because we want to get the daughter off of the needle; that’s the one we are un-knitting. To do that, we need to go through the mother. ...
Start by learning the knitting basics such asLong Tail cast-onand theknitandpurlstitches. Those three techniques make up the vast majority of any knitting project, so pat yourself on the back. From there you'll probably want to learn a couple ofincreasesanddecreases, and check out ourknitting...
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
The simplest BO for ribbing, or other pattern stitches. Simply knit the stitches you should knit before binding them off, and purl the stitches you should purl, to stay in your pattern stitch. Knit-One Purl-One Bind-Off A very nice BO for ribbing ...
There is a big knitting community in Czech Republic and a lot of Czech knitters still don’t understand English. Anonymous October 08, 2020 Hi Vivian, It means that you purl the stitch. Front means the stitches for the left front, and at this point you only have one. The markers ...