Teach Yourself Visually Knitting

3 Use your left forefinger to wrap yarn around the right needle from front to back. Note:This is a small, quick motion involving ...

When you have mastered the knit stitch, you are ready to try the purl stitch. Purling is the opposite of knitting. You hold the ...

3 Hold the crossed needles between your left thumb and forefinger and bring the yarn behind the right needle, or between the cro ...

When you purl using the Continental method, you not only hold the yarn and control tension with your left hand but also hold the ...

3 Use your left forefinger to wrap the yarn around the right needle from front to back, between the needles, and back to the fro ...

Have you run out of yarn yet? If not, there will come a time when you run out or want to change color. At that time, you’ll need ...

IN THE MIDDLE OF A ROW Sometimes you have no choice but to join a new yarn in the middle of a row. If you’re knitting in the rou ...

Binding offis what you do when you want to get your stitches off the needle permanently, without allowing them to unravel. You m ...

This method is just like the knit bind-off, except you purl instead of knit. You use it to bind off purl stitches. 1 Purl until ...

Basic Stitch Patterns Now that you have accomplished knitting and purling, you’re ready to move on to learning some basic stitch ...

Start with Simple Stitch Patterns.......................... 34 Learn Rib Patterns....................................... 38 Try ...

Here are a few basic stitch patterns that you can try. For some of them, you knit or purl different rows, and for others, you kn ...

GARTER STITCH STRIPE This pattern is essentially made up of two rows of stockinette stitch and two rows of garter stitch. It can ...

DOUBLE SEED STITCH Double seed stitch is a four-row pattern that is similar to seed stitch in appear- ance but with larger textu ...

SIMPLE SEED STITCH Simple seed stitch is a good allover pattern for sweaters, vests, and dresses. You work it over a multiple of ...

Ribbingis used primarily for cuffs and hems because it is very elastic and won’t stretch out or lose its shape. But ribbing patt ...

BROKEN RIB STITCH This is an easy two-row pattern that looks very different on the front and on the back but is attractive on bo ...

SEEDED RIB Seeded rib pattern is very attractive, and it results in a highly textured fabric. You work it over a multiple of 4 s ...

TWIN RIB Twin rib pattern looks the same on both sides, even though the two rows that make up the pattern are different. It is g ...

You have already worked with some simple knit and purl combinations. Are you ready to try your hand at a few more? You can creat ...