Tuesday, June 3, 2008

how to knit leg warmers

I wanted to set out some basic knitting in Now it's a fun, creative hobby for anyone.

Other simple textures can be made with nothing but knit and purl stitches, including garter stitch, ribbing, and moss and seed stitches. The two stitches are related in that a knit stitch seen from one side of the fabric appears as a purl stitch on the other side. I love the new kids needles that are about 7 inches long.

Your knitting pattern whilst looking attractive needs to be suitable to the garment you want to knit. In general, yarns become stronger with more twist (also called worst), longer fibers and thicker yarns (more fibers); for example, thinner yarns require more twist than do thicker yarns to resist breaking under tension. Once you have cast on, hold the knitting needle with the cast on stitches in your left hand.

These five stitches, I believe, form the very foundation of knitting. Transformation of a hank of lavender silk yarn (top) into a ball in which the knitting yarn emerges from the center (bottom).

But, that's the essence of knitting. All it consists of is knitting one row, then purling the next, and so on, and so on.

knit airplane pattern - - have fun while knitting.

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