Friday, October 3, 2008

how to knit in the round

I wanted to set out some basic knitting in The process of knitting has three basic tasks: (1) the active (unsecured) stitches must be held so they don't drop; (2) these stitches must be released sometime after they are secured; and (3) new bights of yarn must be passed through the fabric, usually through active stitches, thus securing them.

The color-scheme of a yarn is sometimes called its colorway. Some of the complicated patterns become, if not simple or easy, less intimidating once you have a few easy projects under your belt. She will be talking about knitting and taking some of the mystery out of knitting terms and patterns.

People who knit are skilled at juggling both these tasks and also switching yarn in order to add color to their blankets. Extra curvature can be introduced into knitted garments without seams, as in the heel of a sock; the effect of darts, flares, etc. The new stitch is now on the right needle.

You will have only one new stitch from two. Keep looking around this site for lots of tips, patterns, resources and ideas.

Hot To Knit Mittens Video - these are the essentials

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