Book: Knitting for Dummies by Pam Allen, Shannon Okey, and Tracy Barr
Often times, you may encounter knitting projects that requires more than the basic continuous purl and knit stitches. For more complicated projects, you may need to manipulate stitches by making increases and decreases.
Slipping Stitches
If your directions tell you to slip a stitch (abbreviated sl st), they mean for you to move a stitch from the left-hand needle to the right-hand needle without knitting or purling it and without changing its orientation. Slipped stitches are used in a number of ways. This technique is used as a method to decrease the number of stitches on your needle. They also form the basis of a family of stitch patterns like the garter stitch (Allen, Okey, Barr 88).
Steps of slipping stitches:
1. "Insert the right needle, as if you were going to purl, into the first stitch on the left needle.
2. Slip the stitch off the left needle onto the right needle" (Allen, Okey, Barr 88).
Yarn Overs
A yarn over (abbreviated yo) is a way of making an extra stitch on your needle and creating a deliberate little hole in your fabric. This technique are used for lace knitting, decorative increases, buttonholes, and novelty stitch patterns(Allen, Okey, Barr 88).
Between 2 knit stitches:
To make a yarn over between 2 knit stitches, follow these steps...
1. "Knit the first stitch
2. Bring the yarn forward between the needles into purl position.
3. Knit the next stitch on the needle" (Allen, Okey, Barr 89).
Between 2 purl stitches:
To make a yarn over between 2 purl stitches, do the following...
1. "Purl the first stitch
2. Wrap the yarn around the right needle front to back to front so that it ends up in purl position again.
3. Purl the next stitch" (Allen, Okey, Barr 90).
Although my project did not require me to use these skills, it was fun expanding my knowledge of knitting. I hope to place this knowledge into use with a future project. As I'm learning more about knitting and knitting techniques, I've realized that knitting is actually very flexible. There are multiple ways you can accomplish a look and missing a step or making a mistake wasn't that grave. I recommend experimenting and exploring after you've felt comfortable with the basics. I myself am beginning to experiment with different knitting techniques and methods. What would you like to explore in your real life?
Between 2 knit stitches:
To make a yarn over between 2 knit stitches, follow these steps...
1. "Knit the first stitch
2. Bring the yarn forward between the needles into purl position.
3. Knit the next stitch on the needle" (Allen, Okey, Barr 89).
Between 2 purl stitches:
To make a yarn over between 2 purl stitches, do the following...
1. "Purl the first stitch
2. Wrap the yarn around the right needle front to back to front so that it ends up in purl position again.
3. Purl the next stitch" (Allen, Okey, Barr 90).
Although my project did not require me to use these skills, it was fun expanding my knowledge of knitting. I hope to place this knowledge into use with a future project. As I'm learning more about knitting and knitting techniques, I've realized that knitting is actually very flexible. There are multiple ways you can accomplish a look and missing a step or making a mistake wasn't that grave. I recommend experimenting and exploring after you've felt comfortable with the basics. I myself am beginning to experiment with different knitting techniques and methods. What would you like to explore in your real life?
Works Cited
Allen, Pam. Knitting for Dummies. John Wiley, 2014.
My Nana knits nearly everyday, I showed her this post, and she actually had a question I though you would enjoy, what part of the brain is stimulated when you are knitting and how do you think this impacts your overall mood?
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