Basic Knitting
Every where I turn at the moment people seem to be talking about knitting. If its not on Kirstys Home project on Thursday night channel four, its on Britain’s go talent lats night. God did you see it the three old women were hardly an advert so I thought I’d get on the band wagon
Knitting dates back as an ancient craft with Queen Elizabeth I known to have worn knitted stockings very vogues. So what do you do?
When you purchase your wool / yarn ask what they recommend with needles rule of thumb the thicker the yarn the thicker the needles a super chunky and simple yarn no bobbles, light colour so can you see and nice and chunky.
Getting started
If looking at knitting books and patterns you will find that there are many different ways of doing the same thing.
Right-handed knitters, the needle that makes new stitches is held in the right hand whilst the needle which holds the finished stitches is held in the left. And opposite if left handed
Garter stitch
Two or more rows of knit stitches are called garter stitch perfect for a scarf
1.Put right-hand needle into the stitch loop and lay the yarn across
2.Hold yarn over the forefinger, under the middle finger, over the last finger and then loop it around the little finger, this give tension and will help you to knit more quickly later on.
3.Pull a new loop through the first loop and then slide it onto the left-hand needle.
4.You now have two stitches on the left-hand needle. All the rest of the stitches are made the same way. Don’t worry if your stitches are slightly different sizes,
5.Make a series of 29 new stitches .
Casting ofF
1.Have the first two stitches so that they are now both on the right-hand needle and tip left-hand needle into the first stitch you knitted.
2.Lift it over the top of the second stitch you knitted and let it come off the tip of the next It will now be around the neck of your second knitted stitch. Knit the next stitch and repeat.
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