Wednesday, May 7, 2008

how to knit directions

As we know, all knitted fabrics are made using two basic stitches, knit and purl. Knitting is worked in rounds (the equivalent of rows in flat knitting) in a spiral.

It takes an hour to knit a sock. Different methods of casting on are used for different effects: one may be stretchy enough for lace, while another provides a decorative edging Provisional cast-ons are used when the knitting will continue in both directions from the cast-on. Plied yarns may themselves be plied together, producing cabled yarns or multi-stranded yarns.

It is not done like knitting on needles, it is done on your fingers. Knitting has been around for thousands of years, and probably always will be. If the fibers are first aligned by combing them, the yarn is smoother and called a worsted; by contrast, if the fibers are carded but not combed, the yarn is fuzzier and called woolen-spun.

Dpns are somewhat shorter (typically 7 inches) and are usually sold in sets of four or five. The dye lot specifies a group of skeins that were dyed together and thus have precisely the same color; skeins from different dye-lots, even if very similar in color, are usually slightly different and may produce a visible stripe when knitted together.

It will just some time at the beginning, but you will learn and get experience. But, that's the essence of knitting.

pattern for mittens knit on two circular needles - knitting made easy zigzag knit fingerless mitten pattern - what you need to know

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