Lets_Knit_Issue_143_April_2019e

KNOW-HOW

Knitter’s

l PRACTICAL GUIDES l ABBREVIATIONS

l STEP-BY-STEP TECHNIQUES l PATTERNS FOR YOUR LEFTOVERS

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PRACTICAL GUIDES

How to cast on (two needle method)

1

Create a slip knot on your left hand needle, pulling

it taut (but not too tight). Carefully insert the right

needle into the knot from front to back, passing

under the left hand needle. Wrap the ball end of yarn

anticlockwise around the point of the right needle.

2

Pull the loop that forms back through the original

stitch (knot) and insert the tip of the left hand

needle into the new stitch from underneath to transfer

it from the right hand to the left hand needle. There

should now be two stitches on the left needle.

3

Repeat Steps 1 and 2, knitting into

the top stitch on the left needle and returning

the new stitches from the right to the left needle

until you have the required number of stitches.

Essential

info from

FAUX CABLE STITCH

Cast on a multiple of four sts

plus four

£ Set-up row: k1, p2, * k2, p2, rep

from * to last st, k1

£ Row 1 (WS): k3, * p1, yrn, p1, k2,

rep from * to last st, k1

£ Row 2: k1, p2, * k3, p2, rep from

* to last st, k1

£ Row 3: k3, * p3, k2, rep from * to

last st, k1

£ Row 4: k1, p2, * k3, pass irst of

three sts over last two and of

needle, p2, rep from * to last st, k1

£ Rep Rows 1-4

We cast on 24 stitches. Our square

is knitted in DK yarn on 4mm

needles and measures 12cm x

12cm

Square of

THE

MONTH