The elves at glücklich have been enjoying their knitting as they recently recruited 3 new little knitty elves. Today was their first knitting session. I must say, these elves are truely fast learners.. though a little eager, they seem to be coping well. We had fun today going yarn ball shopping and getting our hands to do the work!
To ensure you truely enjoy your knitting process i feel that are important things to take note of:
1) Get a simple yarn with normal thickness (not to slim or thick)
2) Make sure that if you are getting a few balls of the same yarn, check that the dye lot number is the same - ths is to ensure that your color is even
3) check your yarn ball for commended needle size, but i believe you can increase or decrease the needle, the bigger the needle size the bigger and looser the holes.
4) try not to start with needles that are too small, when u are more experience and comfortable then use smaller needles.
Casting on:
Like when you construct a building, you will need a foundation for your knitting. This step is call
casting on. Casting on is the process whereby you construct your first layer of stitches. I belive there are many method to cast on , one of the methods is called long tail cast on method. If you want to make a scarf, cast on the number of loops your require. depending on the thickness of your yarn, the thinner the yarn, the more loops. I did about 18 - 20 for a big wool yarn.
English Knit Stitch & English Purl stitch:
Secondly you should learn the
english knit stitch & the
english purl stitch. Technically these are only 2 stitches that you will really only use. There are many patterns for you to learn also can mix and match the stitches to obtail the different looks. To make a scarf, if you want the stitches to appear neat and constant on one side, you should purl one row and when you finish and start on the new row, you knit the whole row and when you start on the new row you purl again. Remember, you are alternating the stitches.
Clearing mistakes:
Ok!! Now that you have tried a few stitches, you might have a few mistakes, you might have dropped a few stitches along the way, not to worry, if there is a will there is a way, watch this video on how you can pick up ur stitch.
picking up your dropped stitch
Closing & ending:
Once you have finished a ball of yarn and decided that that is the length or enough knitting! Watch this video it will teach you how to
bind off. Binding off is the process of closing of the end of your knitting.
We will be back for more tips in future! Enjoy your knitting!
