There are many ways for someone to start knitting with needles and “cast the first stitches” on their knitting. Below we will provide a brief guide for those who want to get involved with yarn and needles.
Our basic tools to start knitting are needles and yarn. The needles have a number and on the yarn the needle number that should be used is indicated. It is good to have this base, that is, this correspondence between needle and yarn, but if there is not, then there will be no terrible problem. What will happen is that if we have a thick yarn and thin needles, the knitting that we will create will be tight.
In the video below you can see how to cast on stitches in crochet.
Basics we need to learn to start crocheting
- We need to learn how to cast on stitches, that is, to make a loop around a needle.
- Then we must continue with the good point, which is the most well-known.
- Then follows the upside point which is the opposite of good
- Something we need to deal with is jersey knitting , which gives two sides to our fabric.
- Another technique we need to learn is the 2x2 rubber band.
- After doing all this we need to knit our first project for practice. The easiest one is a scarf.
To analyze the above a little more and delve deeper into knitting and each of them.
How to become a good Pontos in knitting
The good stitch is the one that appears most often in knitting. With our left hand we hold the needle that has the stitches (that we just cast on-created) and with our right hand the free needle. We pass the free needle through the first loop – stitch, wrap the yarn around it and remove both together (needle with yarn) from the loop.
The Upside Down Pontus
The reverse stitch is the exact opposite of the good stitch. The only difference is in the way we pass our right needle through the stitches of the left. Another difference is the position of the thread when we knit the stitch. The needle should be pointing from right to left and the thread should be in front of the right needle.
Jersey Knitting
Many people refer to this knit as a stocking stitch. We knit a good row and a purl row alternately. This results in a knit where on one side we have only good stitches while on the other side we have only purls, as in the photo.
2x2 tire
Usually when we say rib knitting we mean the 2×2 rib version (or 2×2 ribbing) . To knit this version I need stitches that are a multiple of 4 (e.g. 16, 24, 40 etc.).
You knit all rows with 2 knit stitches and 2 purl stitches alternately. If you have actually put multiples of 4 stitches on your needle and everything has gone well, you should end your row with 2 purl stitches and start the next row with 2 knit stitches again.
You can't say that this knitting is economical in yarn as it consumes a large amount of yarn.
Below you can see a video that will help you with knitting.
Let's Start Knitting
All of the above is a good start for a beginner to take their first steps in knitting. As we said in a previous article, knitting has beneficial benefits for our health and for those around us. Start knitting and in our store you can find everything you need to achieve the result you dream of from needles , yarn , and knitting aids.
