Friday, May 9, 2008

how to knit a snake

Let's start with some basic patterns. I wanted to set out some basic knitting in

The local yarn store will often provide assistance if you are having trouble with your pattern, regardless of whether you purchased your knitting supplies from them or a competitor. Different factors may be more significant than others for different knitting projects, so there is no one "best" yarn. Skeins and balls are generally sold with a yarn-band, a label that describes the yarn's weight, length, dye lot, fiber content, washing instructions, suggested needle size, likely gauge, etc.

If they are not secured, the loops of a knitted course will come undone when their yarn is pulled; this is known as ripping out or unravelling knitting. I read somewhere that if it's mild enough but effective enough for my hair it must be good enough for my knitting. A second potential difficulty is that the knitted piece will slide off the tapered end of the needles when unattended; this is prevented by "point protectors" that cap the tapered ends.

If a knitter buys insufficient yarn of a single dye lot to complete a project, additional skeins of the same dye lot can sometimes be obtained from other yarn stores or online. Transformation of a hank of lavender silk yarn (top) into a ball in which the knitting yarn emerges from the center (bottom).

Brainstorm, and figure out which way of teaching would be best for you and your students! Even if you're a pretty proficient knitter, this isn't the time to learn a new technique or work with a skinny fingering-weight yarn that will take forever to knit up.

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