Hi and welcome to Knit With Hannah. I'm Hannah. Today I have a tutorial
for you so that once you've cast on you can start a new row in your knitting. (intro)
Hi and welcome to Knit With Hannah. I'm Hannah. I'm here with knitting natter to
help you learn to knit the easy way. Starting a new row in knitting can be
easy, but it can also be a bit confusing depending on which cast on method you've used. So
today I have a tutorial for you showing you how to start the second row when you're knitting
using two different cast on methods, so I'm using one cast on method that starts and puts
the stitches on the left hand needle, and I have a cast on method that puts the stitches on the
right hand needle, so we're going to start that new row now that you've cast on. Do hang around to the
end of the video. I'm going to tell you all about a beginner's workshop that you don't want to miss!
OK I have 20 stitches on my needle. What I've done here is what's called the cable cast on.
This might be the knitted cast on - there a lot of different cast ons where
all of the stitches will be sitting on the left hand needle when you're finished.
So what we're going to do is knit the first row. okay so we have the stitches in the right place
we have them all on the left hand needle and I'm holding an empty needle in my right hand.
Now, there are lots of different ways you can hold them. I hold this one from above and I
hold the right hand needle from below so I can see what I'm doing. You may find a different method
of holding your needles more comfortable. You can go and have a look at this video - it will give you
full details on lots of different styles of holding your knitting needles. Then again you may
just say "Actually I found a comfortable position and I'm happy as I am." You do that. You need to find
what's comfortable for your hands. This is the most comfortable position for my hands. You may
be exactly the same or completely different. OK, so, I move that first right hand needle into the
first stitch. That is how we start the next row, and we look at this and we go, right there's two loops,
obviously there's a loop at the front and a loop at the back. There's two pieces of yarn
as it loops around, so we go into just that first piece there. We don't go behind it, we go into the
front bit. OK, so that is making a sort of a cross at the end of the needles here.
Now, this right hand needle is the important one. We're going to move the yarn around the
end of that needle. You can see that there - I'm just moving it underneath and around the top.
So, this next part of the yarn is how we make the next stitch - so that piece of the yarn is pulled
through with the right hand needle, and now, because we've done with it, we've had enough of this stitch,
we can push it off of the left hand needle. So that's how we make the next stitch. Now, we do exactly the same thing with the next stitch. That right hand needle goes into the front part of that
loop, the yarn goes around, you can see that loop there, and I'm going to pull that loop through
with the right hand needle. If it's too tight it will be difficult to pull it through. If it's too
loose it will just be too loose as you pull it through, so find some kind of equal medium place
and you'll actually find it more comfortable. You'll get used to it. Don't worry about it so
much not being too tight, not being too loose as you get started, but just get a feel for
it being comfortable as you pull the stitch through. So this right hand needle has now got
the second stitch on it so we can push this stitch off of the left hand needle there.
OK, so the right hand needle goes into the third stitch, the yarn goes around, and you pull.
You can see that loop there going over the right hand needle. You pull that loop there,
and then you use the right hand needle to just drop that stitch off of the left hand needle. One
more time: into the front of that loop, yarn goes around, pull that piece of yarn through with the
right hand needle. There it is. It's just pulled up through there, and we can just push that left hand
stitch off of the needle there. So basically all of those discarded stitches are making
the next part of the knitting. It's just increasing the length of the knitting as you go, so one more
stitch after another and you will increase the length of the knitting, and every row. So these
individual loops are called stitches and when you go all the way across all of the stitches that
are on the needle it's called a row. So, one row after the other, you make one stitch after another
and it just increases in size. The length, as you push the stitch off of the left hand needle,
it's giving the piece of knitting that little bit more length. There you go. So that -
you can see already it's just got a bit more length to it. So that is your first row. When you
are using the casting on method that is known as the cable or the knitted cast on. There are a few
others that leave you the stitches on your left hand needle as well but, there you go. That's it.
Now, I'm going to show you how you start a new row when you've done a different cast on method now.
Right, with this cast on method we have put the stitches onto the needle that's being held in
the right hand, so it's just slightly different, and if you turn it now so that all of the stitches are
in the left hand you can see the reverse of the casting on. So this is how we do the next row. Yes,
again we need all of the stitches on the left hand needle in the left hand. What is the most important
thing here is to start knitting not with the loose end but with the end that goes to the ball of yarn.
So I'm going to just make sure that I'm doing that. That yarn is going to the ball
there, and what I do to just secure that is I actually hold that loose end in my left hand
with the left hand needle. It just means that I'm not going to make a mistake, so holding the yarn there
with the needle is a really big help. So then we start knitting just as we did with the previous
one. We hold the yarn in the left - in the right hand, and we put that needle into the first stitch. Right
in the front of that first stitch there, into the beginning of that loop, we move the yarn around,
and pull the loop through, and then that left hand needle has that first stitch still on it,
so we push it off because we've now secured it with this stitch on the right hand needle.
So, that needle goes into the first part of that loop there. We move the yarn around,
pull that yarn through, and then discard that second stitch off of the left hand needle,
and then we just keep going as we were doing on the others, with the other cast on. One more stitch,
pull that loop through, yarn goes, and that stitch goes off of the left hand needle.
Right hand needle goes into that stitch, yarn moves around the needle, and then we pull that
yarn through because it's resting there on the right hand needle, and we drop that stitch off
of the left hand needle. In, around, pull that loop through, and drop that off the left hand needle.
In, around, pull that loop through, and drop that off of the left hand needle. In,
around, through, and drop that off. So it's, again, it's just exactly the same as we
were doing but you just have to make sure that you start with the stitches on the right needle.
They need to be sitting on the left hand needle just as they were before, and you need to make
sure that you're knitting with the right piece of yarn, not with the yarn that you used to cast
on, but with the yarn that goes to the rest of the ball. There we go. That is that first row,
when you're knitting with two different cast ons.
OK and you're ready: you can now start your second row in knitting
and just keep going. Once the stitches are on your right hand needle, you've done all of that
row, then you move the right hand needle into your left hand and you start again. And you can see your
stitches will start to create more fabric as you knit every single row one after the other. OK,
I wanted to tell you about the Beginner's Workshop. Now, do go and check the link in the description below.
The workshop was live last weekend, but you can see the replay, so do go and have a look at that.
I've got it all ready for you, and what we were doing was building confidence as a beginner
knitter. So there are three big steps you can take that will just build your confidence
and help you master knitting as a beginner. Once you've got those foundations in place, and you
really do understand those foundations to a greater degree, you can
move on with your knitting and start adding more techniques in, and you
can really start to enjoy it as well. Knitting can feel frustrating at the beginning if you find it hard,
but as soon as you understand the foundations it will feel so much more joyful. You will enjoy
every single stitch that you sit there and do, because there are so many more benefits
to knitting. I do talk about two big benefits in that workshop as well; two benefits of knitting
that I find are really really important, so do go and check that out. It's about 45 minutes to
watch the whole thing and you'll learn a lot. I do want to help you progress in your knitting.
These YouTube videos are just to start and that workshop can help you move on further as well.
Great. Thank you so much for joining me today. The link is in the description for that workshop.
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