Needles: KnitPro Zing Fixed Circular Needles. Faridehfa wrote: Cast on-turkish aka eastern'knitting videos(12)27. You will be knitting on the inside of the piece. The benefit of this is that your socks will always be the same length, and when you're done with one sock, you're done with both socks. Once all stitches are grafted, weave in the loose ends. Undoing stitches: 'tinking'. Produces a stretchy edge that stretches to fit over your leg. Want to avoid cables of different lengths. I find Turkish cast on to be simple, straightforward, and it produces a nice seamless, continuous stockinette stitches. Just wind the yarn over 2 needles anti-clockwise and then knitting the loops. Some people do not like leaving long tails at the beginning of their work. Finishing the top of a circular piece knitted flat. The stitches created on the cast-on row just blend in with the rest of the fabric, and you can't tell which way is up and which way is down.
The Turkish cast on is a great technique for avoiding the bulk of traditional seams. Working in the round on double-pointed needles. Or you can just hold the yarn against needles. Or you can use a row counter (and hope you do not forget to use it at the end of each row). Counting Cable Rows. Now, instead of having to pick up the stitches, you can just slide the live stitches to the needle.
Gauge and Measurement. Das zählt eine Masche. Knitters using double pointed needles often use this technique to avoid ladders. So if your patterns calls for eight stitches in total, you will need four stitches on each needle. Try this to make it a lot easier: Run a lifeline through your stitches and slip them off the needles. Here are three ways to invisibly increase. Practice makes perfect: give yourself the chance to learn this technique of casting on, you will certainly appreciate it once acquired! I found this technique so brilliant I thought I would share it. For these instructions, the thumb yarn is the strand that goes from the thumb to the needle, and the index yarn is the strand that goes from the needle to the index finger. Brigitte wrote: Verwende diese Anschlagsart bei allen Strickstücken. Alternately, if you are working in the round, this is where you would join and continue to work with RS facing.
Increases can be done using any methods. This will add an i-cord to the selvedge to a finished piece. Step 2:Wind the yarn around the needles. The DPNs come in a set of 4 or 5. Maricarmen wrote: Videos muy logrados en captar la imagen. 75mm double pointed needles (optional). In this video, Corrina Ferguson explains how to work this cast on method for a toe-up sock when using magic loop. The result of this cast-on is very similar to Judy's magic cast-on.
You cast on one more stitch than is called for. STEP 3: With your right hand, pull the bottom (bamboo) needle to the right so that the wrapped loops are now on the cable of the needle. Bind off: in pattern. If you get a vastly different gauge with different types of needles, it would be best to use two of the same kind so your garment is even. It doesn't require any complicated yarn wrapping. This will help secure it when working across the second needle.
This motion is a lot smoother than it sounds. You might need to start the project with circulars and then move on DPNs. The cast on is complete. 5 - Pull on lower the needle to work on the stitches on the top. It comes in a variety of colors. To avoid this, when changing color, on the right (public) side, knit all of the stitches with the new color. Keep track of your place in a pattern: There are many ways to keep track of your place in a pattern or chart on which you are working. 16 – You will double the stitches of the second half.. 17 – That's your finished cast on! You do not have to pick them up all at once. This open-source software has one disadvantage. As I want the handles to face the sides and not the corners of the bag, I need to reposition the 4 sections. With the working yarn coming from the last stitch on the silver needle knit across the loops with the bamboo needle. 10 – Push the upper needle on the stitches and pull on the lower needle to work on the upper stitches. The extra twist also makes this edge more durable.
Step 4: On upper needle, insert the needle knitwise (wrong to right side), drop off; insert needle in next stitch purlwise (right to wrong side), leave on. Save your gauge swatch until your project is completed. This cast-on can be used for a wide range of projects and not just for socks. ° When you have finished knitting, move your stitches to the other needle. If the instructions say to cast on 12 stitches total, cast on six loops; if the instructions say to cast on six stitches to each of two needles, make six loops. When setting in a sleeve, to help make the seam smooth, begin seaming in the middle leaving a long tail and working outward. Prevent heads on stuffed toys from wobbling. This video is in french with english subtitles and is followed by illustrated explanations in pictures. Then you're ready to begin your toe increases!
Weaving in ends: as you go. I have slim arms, so 10 inches is good enough to hang it on my arm. When knitting with double-pointed needles, the stitch between the needles becomes stretched and creates what looks like (and is refer to as) a ladder.
Every few rows, work a thread through all the stitches on the needle. Pay attention to the direction: you want to come over the top from the back, down in front of both needles, then up behind them. In this tutorial, I used the 4 mm (US 6) size with a cable length of 80 cm (32 inches). Keep the tail yarn over the bottom needle and between the needles to stop the stitches loosening.
Bumps are on the bottom. Double-pointed needles (Printable Page). I may sew a bunch of colourful buttons to the body just like my Buttons Ahoy Knot Bag. Now count the ladders. You should have a loop of yarn on the top needle.
In one motion, bring the yarn front to back between the needles, *up and over from behind the top needle, down the front of the top needle and between the needles again, from front to back, around the bottom needle, back to front, up, then then between the needles, front to back*. Once that's mastered, the rest is no trouble at all. For example, 16 stitches for the first round of socks in the pattern means 8 times wrapping around the 2 needles. Eileen Lee has a textile background, working with Levi Strauss & Co. for eighteen years where she was responsible for product development, design, and merchandising.
Quicker than moving a marker and more reliable than using a row counter! If you overblock the ribbing, it may not function as desired. If you'd like to get started with this cast-on technique right away, check out Ann Budd's toe-up pattern, On-Your-Toes-Socks. If you're working flat, put point protectors or wrap rubber bands around the tips of the needle in Step 9, and continue working with the needle in Step 10.
This puts a yarn over on the needle. ° Horizontal Reverse Stockinette to Vertical Stockinette Seaming. The yarn lent itself better to a plain or cable pattern than to a lace pattern, so I decided on cables. Here is an article about how to create a swatch. Ladders can occur when using any of the circular techniques. But whether you work your stitches on double-pointed needles or circulars, knitting in the round remains an essential skill for handknitters. You will do this half as many times as the number of stitches you need.
It's also much easier to do than to explain. —added January 26, 2019. Then one day, I discovered highlighter tape. This will create firmness and give body to garter-stitch edges.