Ten Tips About Knitting For Beginners

After you find the model you want to knit and you will have to decide what color of yarn you will use to knit the sweater. Now , we will go to the store to buy the yarn we need for knitting.

Tip 1. If you want to knit a sweater with Intarsia motif, choose a yarn which is not fluffy. During knitting the fluffs can stick together and you will have to break the thread and tie the thread again in order to continue your work.

Two different threads.

Tip 2. Always buy more yarn ! If you'll need 600 g of yarn for a sweater, buy one more role because you might needed it later.

Tip 3. Choose your needles !

No, this is not a duel but you will have to choose the proper knitting needles . Look at the yarn's label. Usually the manufacturer indicates the number of needles that you have to use at knitting.

I must admit that I seldom follow the manufacturer's indications. I usually use thinner needles that is indicated to knit because in this way your work will be denser and will stretch harder after several washes.

Tip 4. If you will use thinner needles that is indicated on label you will need a bigger quantity of yarn in order to finish your work.

Now, we have yarn and we chose the needles. It's time to begin the work. Put the proper number of stitches on needle ( be sure that the number of stitches fits with the size of what you want to knit).

Tip 5. Before you start to knit the model , you will have to calculate how many motifs will be in your work .

For Example: I am knitting a cap for my daughter and I have 156 stitches on needle. I'd like to knit in the cap a snowflake motif and cable motifs/patterns. For the snowflake I need 21 stitches and for the cable motif I need 6 stitches.
Let's see what we obtain if I divide the 156 stitches on paper.

So, I can knit four snowflakes and three cable motifs in my work.

And this is how my work looks .

My work ,closer .

Tip 6. When I knit a cable motif/pattern I use a circular needle to permute the stitches; in this way it's easier for me to knit the stitches from needle after they are permuted.

Tip 7. When you knit Intarsia you need one or more colors in order to make the motifs. Be sure that every thread has the same thickness. If one of the thread is thinner, the motif will not be nice.

Tip 8. You will not have holes in your work if you will twist the yarns.

Tip 9. When you knit Intarsia the thread on back of your work must not be tensioned.

Tip 10. Try to choose a simple motif if you are knitting Intarsia for the first time.

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* Correcting mistakes
* Finishing
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Knitting is a method by which thread or yarn may be turned into cloth. Knitting consists of loops called stitches pulled through each other. The active stitches are held on a needle until another loop can be passed through them.

Knitting may be done by hand or by machine. By hand, there are numerous styles and methods. Flat knitting, which can be done on two straight needles or a circular needle, produces a length of cloth, while circular knitting, which is done on circular or double-pointed needles, produces a seamless tube.

Different yarns and knitting needles may be used to achieve different end products by giving the final piece a different colour, texture, weight, or integrity. Using needles of varying sharpness and thickness as well as different varieties of yarn adds to the effect. Read more in Wikipedia