Knitting Basics
Are you looking to get started in knitting? Some say knitting is a dying art. I sure hope not. There is nothing like home knitted garments. This lens has some great knitting resources and tips to help you on your way.
I recommend this Knitting book to get you started
The Knitting Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask
Every avid knitter has faced this dilemma: deep into a project at midnight, just trying to finish one more row, and, then . . . oh no, a dropped stitch three rows back! Help! If only there was a 24-hour hotline to answer every question a knitter might encounter.
How Do I Cast On?
Step 2: Place this needle in left hand. Hold other needle in right hand to control the yarn. Insert point of right needle, from front to back, into the slip knot and under the left needle.
Step 3: Hold left needle still in left hand, and move left fingers over to brace right needle.
Step 4: With right index finger, pick up the yarn from the ball.
Step 5: Release right hand's grip on the needle, and use index finger to bring yarn under and over the point of right needle.
Step 6: Return right fingers to right needle, and draw yarn through stitch with point of right needle.
Step 7: Slide point of left needle into back of new stitch, then remove right needle.
Step 8: Pull ball yarn gently to make the stitch fit snuggly on needle. You have now made one stitch (called casting on), and there are two stitches on left needle (slip knot is counted as a stitch).
Step 9: Insert point of right needle, from front to back, into stitch just made, and under left needle. Repeat Steps 5 through 9, 26 more times, until you have 28 stitches on the left needle. This completes the cast-on row, which is the way all knitting is begun.
Great Knitting Books
Are you a knitter?
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- Debmarie Debmarie Jul 7, 2008 @ 2:24 pm
- Besides being a massage therapist, I am also a knitter always looking for patterns. I just knitted a mouse, with catnip inside, for my friend's kitty, some bookmarks, and now am working on a purse. As Vicki Howell says on the DIY program "Knitty Gritty" -- "Knit On!"
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- riff999 riff999 Sep 14, 2007 @ 6:06 pm
- Nice lens. Makes me want to take out the old knitting needles!
Best wishes ~Jane
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