You can create a tube of knit fabric with double point needles (DPNs). This is done by casting your stitches onto three or four needles, then joining the ends of the cast on. Working around these needles in continual spirals…
Switch Needle Sizes on Flat Knits
You will occasionally find a knitting pattern that asks you to switch needle sizes when you already have live stitches on the needles. Designers usually include this instruction when they want you to change your stitch size and knitting tension.…
The Magic Knot – Joining a New Ball of Yarn
As you knit, you will often find yourself coming to the end of a ball of yarn without your project being finished. This will be especially true with larger knitted pieces, like scarves and blankets. When your ball of yarn…
sl1kw – Slipping Stitches to Add Texture to Knitting
In an earlier lesson you learned how to slip stitches purlwise at the edges of your work. Recall that slipping purlwise does not twist the stitch, but simply moves it from needle to needle. Slipping a stitch purlwise with the…
ktbl – Knit Thru the Back Loop to Twist Knit Stitches
Occasionally, patterns will ask you to “knit through the back loop” (ktbl) or “purl through the back loop” (ptbl) of your stitch. This is one way to twist your stitches to add texture to the pattern. Working into the back…
sl1pw – Slip Stitches to Neaten the Edges of Knitting
Slipping a stitch means moving a live stitch from the right needle to the left needle without working into it. You have already learned that this can be a mistake you need to correct. But, sometimes, a pattern will ask…
Frog
If you find a mistake that is too far back to easily correct, you can “frog” or unravel your knitting to reach and fix the mistake or to completely start your project over. What is Frogging? Unraveling worked yarn is…
Fix Slipped Knit Stitches
Before you can fix slipped knit stitches, you will need to know what they are and how to spot them. If you move a live stitch from needle to needle without working into it, you have slipped a stitch. When…
Tink
Before you will be able to correct your mistake, you will need to get to the column in which your mistake was made. You can continue working until you’ve come back to the column of stitches in which the mistake…
Fix Dropped Knit Stitches
Dropping a stitch simply means a stitch has fallen off your needles at some point. This is one of the most common knitting mistakes for beginners and advanced knitters alike. When a stitch slips off your needle, don’t worry. Even…
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