Friday, April 10, 2009

how to finger knit

For many people one of the most enjoyable aspects of the craft is browsing through the many yarns available in a knitting shop. Sock-knitting machines are used to make socks.

You should always use the same tape measure when making a garment. Having a smoother surface, metal needles tend to produce faster knitting but stitches are more likely to slide off by accident. Although knitting may be done with ribbons, metal wire and more exotic filaments, most yarns are made by spinning fibers.

As far as the patterns are concerned you should remember that the pattern and the ply should be the same, so use four ply yarn for a four ply pattern and Aran' yarn for an Aran' pattern. The lower red course is knit into the white row below it and is itself knit on the next row; this produces stockinette stitch. Knitting yarns do not have to be expensive.

To do a yarn-over after a knit stitch, just bring your yarn across your work from the back to the front. Most new knitters should start with some of the basic patterns listed above and work on mastering basic stitches.

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