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Y Wednesday, June 06, 2007

The Knit Stitch


There are basically 2 stitches to learn in knitting - the knit stitch and the purl stitch. For starters, we will learn the knit stitch first. Just as there are many ways to cast on, there are also many ways to do the knit stitch. The most commonly used ones are the American and the Continental methods. Following video shows how to do both methods. Once again, this is a personal preference. For me? I am used to the American method.



Left handed? No problem. Check this out ...

Have you started on casting on yet? Don't wait anymore. Get started because many things can be done with just the knit stitch.

How to get started?

first: select the yarn and get your knitting needles ready.

second: measure one arm's length of the yarn and that is where you start your casting on. To get a hang of it, start off with about 30 stitches or as many as you can do with that one arm's length of yarn. One loop on the knitting needle is one stitch.

third: done with casting on? Now you can start to knit. Hold knitting needle A with the cast-on stitches on with your left hand and the working needle B with your right. Ready? Go!!

When done, all the stitches would have been transferred to needle B on your right. This will be Row 1. Now do a swop. Hold needle B with your left hand and needle A with your right. Start to knit again. This will then be Row 2. Continue doing this and you should see this design forming....






We call this the Garter Stitch.




Congrats and give yourself a pat on the back because continue doing this and you are on your way to working on your first project. On it's own, this can be a scarf. Sew up the sides and it becomes a pouch or sew up both ends to form a circle and it can be a hairband. The options are unlimited.

Will be posting some other stuff you can do with Garter Stitch. For now, keep practising. Need clarification? Send me a message. Ok? Will be back soon....

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