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Hello again friends and welcome back. I'm Ylva the Red,
and this is another nalbinding tutorial.
For this tutorial, we're going to be focusing on decreasing stitches.
For this particular tutorial, you're gonna need a piece of nalbinding where you've already done
a few rows, so you have something to work from.
You're gonna need your needle,
and a length of yarn attached to your piece, long enough that we can practice this.
For those of you who aren't familiar with York stitch,
we do have a couple of videos already. I will try to link those above
and in the description below
so you can go check out those tutorials and
if you haven't already, you can learn York stitch.
This one also builds off our previous videos
on nalbinding, based around increasing stitches and working in the round
from the closed end of a garment.
This is also applicable if you are working flat
though, and it is appropriate in a number of different pieces.
For example, if you are working from the open end of a garment and you need
to decrease down to the crown
Before we begin, let me clarify.
When I talk about "old" stitches, I mean the stitches in the row previous, that you've already completed.
That you are now working your new stitches into.
When I'm talking about "new" stitches, or new loops,
I'm talking about the ones that you have just made.
The last two or three stitches you just made, which were made into
the previous round.
Sometimes when we work a piece up,
we get to a point where we've increased to far,
and we need to take out a couple of stitches.
That's what's happened with this particular piece that I'm working on,
I just increased too hard, too quickly
And I just need to take out a couple of stitches
to even out the work.
Alright, so grab your piece and let's get started.
To begin,
pass your needle
from front to back
through two old loops in front of your newest stitch,
and one loop behind that newest stitch.
So you should have three loops on your needle.
then pass your needle tip from back to front, through the two
newest loops you have made
and pull the needle through.
Now because you don't want to be decreasing too harshly in most situations,
you probably wanna separate your decrease stitches by at least
one normal stitch, so go ahead and do one
York stitch like normal, and then we'll decrease again.
So you'll pass from front to back through three of the old loops,
two in front, one behind the newest loop.
And then pass your needle from back to front
through the two newest stitches you've made
and pull the needle through.
And then, don't forget to break that up with yet another normal York stitch.
So effectively, what you're doing is you're turning two old stitches
into one new stitch, and that's how we decrease.
As I said before, this is really useful for things
like decreasing to the crown of a hat, or
to the heel of a sock, or similar.
It has many applications for more modern garments as well,
so if you are practicing nalbinding for something
that you'll wear in your everyday wardrobe, or if you're history bounding,
this is a great stitch to learn and have in your arsenal.
I've only got two more videos planned for the York stitch series for tutorials,
but if you've got something specific you wanna see us do with nalbinding,
please feel free to leave a comment down below,
and I can add it to my to-do list.
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That's all we have for today, thank your for watching.
Bye for now.
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