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Lesson Three: Making a knit stitch |
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Written by Erin
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Friday, 29 April 2005 |
Knitting uses only two basic stitches - the
knit stitch and the purl stitch. It is the variations and combinations
of these two stitches that create all the different stitch patterns
which are possible in knitting. First you will learn the knit stitch.
The knit stitch is one of two fundamental movements in knitting; it forms a flat vertical of fabric face.
There are two basic styles of knitting-English and
Continental; and the difference between the two is in how you hold the
yarn. In the English method the yarn is held in the right hand. In
continental knitting, the yarn is held in the left hand. Whatever your
natural hand-preference, you should be able to master either method
because the nature of knitting is basically ambidextrous. The right
hand technique prevails in English speaking countries. In this approach
yarn is drawn around the right needle with the right index finger.
Tension is maintained by wrapping yarn in various ways around the hand.
It is helpful to know continental knitting when you knit with two or
more color yarns.
- The needle with the stitches is in your left hand, the first
stitch near the tip. With the empty needle in your right hand, wrap the
yarn around your fingers as shown.
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- Inset the right needle from
front to back into the first stitch on the left needle. Keep the right
needle under the left needle and the yarn at the back.
 knitting stitches
- Bring
the yarn under and over the right needle, and pull it gently between
the two needles. Use your right index finger to manipulate the yarn.
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- With
the right needle, catch the yarn and pull it through the stitch on the
left needle. Slip the stitch off the left needle, leaving the new
stitch on the right. Repeat step 2 to 4 until all the new stitches are
on the right needle.
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