Teach Yourself Visually Knitting

Learning to Read Written Instructions chapter 6 S selvage An extra stitch (or stitches) that will be used for the seam. slip sti ...

A knitting pattern contains all the information you need to make a certain design. In addition to the instructions, a pattern sh ...

TAKING BODY MEASUREMENTS To take body measurements, you need a tape measure. Measure the bust or chest by placing the tape measu ...

At some point, you will come across a stitch chart or color chart on a knitting pattern, particu- larly if the design employs co ...

Learning to Read Written Instructions chapter 6 READING A STITCH PATTERN CHART When a chart is used to represent a textured stit ...

Knitting in the Round Knitting in the round, or circular knitting, is what you do when you want to knit a tube. Hats, socks, mit ...

Cast On with Circular Needles............................. 90 Knit Using Circular Needles............................... 91 Cast ...

Circular needles are basically needle tips connected by a plastic or nylon cord. Used mainly for knitting tubular items, they co ...

Knitting in the Round chapter 7 When you knit on circular needles, you knit in rounds,not rows. Every round is a right side row, ...

Before circular needles were invented, circular knitting was done on double- pointed needles. Today, double-pointed needles are ...

Knitting in the Round chapter 7 Knitting on double-pointed needles can feel awkward at first, but once you work a few rounds, it ...

More Complicated Stitch Patterns: Bobbles, Knots, and Cables This chapter covers the more advanced stitch treatments you need to ...

Knit with Bobbles and Knots.............................. 96 Make Simple Cables..................................... 98 Learn Mo ...

Bobbles and knots add an exciting three-dimensional quality to your knitting. Bobbles and knots can be used for effect in many w ...

KNOT STITCH This is a textured stitch pattern that works well for sweaters, jackets, and bags. You work it over a multiple of 2 ...

Cables look more complicated than they actually are. If you can knit, purl, put stitches on a holder, and count, you can make a ...

Making a front cross cable will be easy now that you have done the back cross cable. The only difference is that for this cable, ...

Now that you have seen how you can move stitches and cross them in your knitting, you are ready to try some other cable patterns ...

More Complicated Stitch Patterns: Bobbles, Knots, and Cables chapter 8 WAVE CABLE (10-STITCH PANEL) This cable is similar to the ...

Learn More Cable Patterns (continued) HONEYCOMB CABLE (20-STITCH PANEL) You can widen this interesting cable by adding multiples ...