Knitting Styles and More
“I like making a piece of string into something I can wear”
~ Author Unknown
I was knitting during a book club meeting this last weekend and a couple that also knits was baffled by my U.S. style of knitting because I waste so much time “throwing” the yarn over my needle. I had to explain that I only use the U.S. style when I have to purl a lot because I hadn’t learned to Continental purl yet (because it’s a pain!). With my recent outbreak of seed stitch scarves (k1 p1 k1 both sides) it seemed like the best option.
However, it seems there is another way. I’m always up for learning a new way to knit or crochet so I thought I’d share their solution. Here we go Continental Knit + Norwegian Purl. Everything is done basically through the back making it very fast to switch between stitches.
I’ve also created this page that I’ll try to add to as I find new styles, solutions, cool stuff, and maybe some patterns and/or yarn things around the web. This could get really BIG people!
Here is a link to my ongoing collection of knitting bookmarks.
Pages I’ve found on FAQs for knitting and yarn
American/English “throwing” – Knit, Purl, Rib
Continental – Knit, Purl, Rib
Eastern European – Knit, Purl, Rib
German – Knit, Purl, Rib
Irish Cottage (Yarn Harlot) – Knit, Knit & Purl, Knit & Purl, Rib
Norwegian – Knit, Purl, Rib
Peruvian- Knit, Purl, Rib
Portuguese – Knit, Purl, Rib
Here is an Index of Knitting Stitch Patterns
Casting On
Casting Off
Stretchy Bind Offs by Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Sewn Cast off from Knitting Without Tears on Weebleknits
Knitting Socks
- An Afterthought Heal by the Yarn Harlot
- Knitting a Sock Heal Flap (not sure about the look of this one but is the only one I’ve tried so far)
- Turning a Heel with Short Row Decreasing
- Kelley’s Sock Class – Gusset, Part 1 (I’m liking this Gusset so far)
- Kitcheners Stitch
Loom Knitting
Silk Hankies and Caps (Mawata)
- Mawata Wonders by the Yarn Harlot (Turning Silk hankies into quick yarn)
Viking Knitting
Double Knitting
- Double Knitting II (Video)
Feather and Fan
- Feather & Fan aka Old Shale (Video) (So far the pattern is leaning the the left a LOT for me)
Multiple of 18 stitches +2
Row 1: K
Row 2: K1, Purl to last stitch, K1
Row 3: K, K2tog [3 times],YO-K1 [3 times], K1
Row 4: K
- Feather and Fan Dish Cloth with change to row 7
Materials: 1 ball of cotton yarn, Size 4.5 MM knitting needles.
Instructions:Cast on 42 stitches (or a multiple of 18 plus 6)
Knit 3 rows of garter stitch for the border.
Row 4: Knit
Row 5: K 3, P to last 3 stitches K3
Row 6: K3, *(K2 tog) 3 times, (yo, K1) 6 times, (K2 tog) 3 times, rep from * to last 3 sts K3
Row 7: Purl
Repeat Rows 4 – 7, keeping first and last 3 stitches in garter stitch, until piece measures desired length.
Knit 3 more rows of garter stitch to make the bottom border.
Cast off and darn in ends
Cables
Cables seem scary to knit but really aren’t too difficult. I keep telling myself that and Finally I gave it a try. Not hard as long as you don’t drop any stitches. This video helped get the idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNLRoFL3lJ4&NR=1
Row Shaping
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