Beginning Knitting Instructions
Part 3 of 3
Beginning knitting instructions seperated in three parts which show you what the
abbreviations mean, how to hold the knitting needles and wool and step by step
instructios on how to learn the art of knitting!
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Beginning Knitting GRAFTING:
The best method for joining, without a ridge, the stitches contained on two
separate needles. It is used with advantage in place of the casting-off of two
needles together (as in the case of the square toe of a stocking), or the sewing
up of two cast-off edges (such as, for instance, the two shoulder seams of a
vest).
Divide the stitches equally on two needles, with the wool at one end and with
the right side of the work facing you. Break off the wool, leaving a length
of several inches, and thread this with a wool needle.
*Inserting the wool needle, as if for knitting, into the first stitch of the
front needle, draw it through the stitch and slip the latter off the needle;
inserting the needle, as if for purling, into the second stitch of the front
needle, draw the wool through and let the stitch remain on the needle;
taking the wool under the front needle and inserting the wool needle, as if
for purling, into the first stitch of the back needle, draw the wool through
this stitch and slip the latter off the needle; inserting the needle, as if
for knitting, into the second stitch of the back needle, draw the wool through
and let the stitch remain on the needle; bring the wool forward under the needle
and repeat from * until all the stitches are worked off, darning in the end
of the wool securely when finished.
Beginning Knitting JOINING THE WOOL:
Lay the wools together, the two ends pointing in opposite directions, and
knit 6 or 7 stitches with the double thickness, afterwards continuing with the
single thread a new wool.
To avoid the double thickness caused by the above joining, split the 2 ends
of wool and removing half of the number of strands from each for several inches,
join as described above. In either case darn in the ends to finish off.
Beginning Knitting PURLING:
Cast on the required number of stitches.
1st row – Holding the wool to the front of the work (this being essential
when purling), insert the right hand needle from right to left through the 1st
loop then, passing the wool round over the point of the right hand needle, draw
it through the loop and retain it on the same needle, while slipping the 1st
loop off the left hand needle. Work into each loop in this manner.
If every row be purled, the same effect will be obtained as by plain knitting
or garter stitch. By using the plain knitted and purled stitches together, many
useful and pretty patterns can be formed.
Beginning Knitting DECREASING –
Method no1 - Used for shaping inwards from the end of the needle. Knit 2 stitches
together.
Method no 2 – used for shaping inwards from the beginning of the needle.
Slip a stitch, knit the next stitch, pass the slipped stitch over the knitted.
(The same effect will be obtained by knitting 2 stitches together through the
back of the loops).
Method no 3 – for decreasing 2 stitches. Slip a stitch, knit the next
2 stitches together, pass the slipped stitch over the 2 knitted together.
Beginning Knitting INCREASING:
Method no 1 – knit into a stitch and before slipping it off the needle
knit again into the back of the loop.
Method no 2 – Make an extra stitch by knitting through one of the loops
of the row beneath.
Method no 3 – This should only be used in a fancy pattern, or where holes
are required for threading ribbons, button-holes, etc.
If the fabric be in plain knitting, bring the wool between the needles to the
front of the work, then knit the next stitch while taking the wool back over
the needle. This method is generally described as ‘wool forward’
and when the next row is knitted, produces a hole in the fabric as mentioned
above.
If the fabric be purled the wool is already at the front of the work, so pass
the wool over and around the point of the needle, bringing it again to the front
and continuing the purling along the row. This method is described as ‘wool
round the needle’.
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