Hello and welcome back to GoodKnitKisses I'm your host Kristen and today we're
going to talk about the knit stitch on needles
Let's go ahead and get started
be sure to check out the video for casting on
We're going to insert our needle knit-wise into the first stitch
which is underneath
this loop here
and we are going to
yarn over
pull through our loop with our right needle
and then we're gonna pull it off.
I'm really exaggerating this, that's really all that you are doing,
Ok. So it's not necessary for it to be that loose. This is just a demo.
We're gonna put our needle in knit-wise
yarn over
pull the loop through
and pull off
this left needle
so just letting it drop off
we're transferring these loops over to here
but when we yarn over it actually makes a stitch
for that row
we're gonna pull this through. So it's just like casting on video except now are doing
letting that loop
drop-off. And don't worry because you create over here and the new stitch
that's yarning over
this creates a stitch here
Let's try that again
yarn over
pull that loop through
let it drop off
put the needle in
yarn over
pull the loop through
let it fall off
If you can cast on
twenty (20) stitches
You're going to get
really good rhythm going
before even having to turn your work
oops
now I've dropped it
knit that over
and i said another video i'm actually,
I'd still consider myself a beginner
needle knitter
and that's why I'm filming this
right now
because I want to show you can start at anyplace; at any point
I don't do as much needle knitting because I have carpel tunnel
And it's harder on my hands so I don't do as long
but I've had people want me to do some videos on it
so we're doing
at the level that i can do
no we're worrying about and technique and how to hold the
yarn because you'll find your own rhythm
I'm going to take my work and turn it over
insert needle knit-wise
hold back the straggler piece if you like
yarn over
pull that loop
pull the other one off
yarn over. knit.
You can push these stitches up here.
to make it easier on you
just keep working
these stitches over to the right needle
now what this is doing is uh... you are
turning your work every time so let's say you're first row who was in the "knit" stitch
The first row the Right Side (RS)
and
when you turn your work it makes it that you're working on the back side
so if you continue the "knit stitch"
it's going to make a garter stitch for you
the BACK of the knit stitch is always a "purl"
so if you do a knit stitch when your turn
onto the back
then a purl is going to be on the was called the right side
and if u keep turning your work you're going to have a knit and a purl, and a knit and a purl (rows of)
and that alternating rows creates a garter ridge/stitch
in 'loom' knitting, if you are familiar with my channel, loom knitting
in order to make a garter stitch
row or ridge
you
actually
changed to stitch it up the way you can make it each row
you have to physically make a
purl stitch
on the desired row (all work is the RS on a loom)
but here
we've done that
made about a purl bump
so here we're gonna continue here
again
in order to make a
knit fabric
it's all knit rows
continuously
if you're doing a circular
hat or something like that and continue with the knit stitch in the round
then you're going to continue toe get a knit stitch on the right side;
but because we are turning our work
you WILL have to learn how to make a purl stitch on the needles
in order to get a continuous
knit stitch for flat panel
So tune in to my next video and I will show you how to make
the purl stitch but for now I would suggest that you knit at least
four inches
to show
what this looks like. And as always with any knitting
and loom knitting
when you make a stitch and start learning
You need to make at least a four-by-four (4"x4" or 10cmx10cm) swatch whenever you're going to do
something that requires gauge. We will talk about that another time (see new video)
but really to get a feel for it
uh... you really need to keep going to make a bigger piece
and
don't worry if you're stitches are wonky
at first; you're learning.
and uh... your gauge isn't gonna be as even
uh... you may find you
knit to loose or to too tight
you'll get a rhythm
and get better at it :-)
and the best 1st projects to do
are and scarves because you just keep knitting
and you can
learn how to continue doing the same stitch over and over again
and then
you can do a pot holder but beware that
if you use a cotton
then it's gonna be tighter so I would suggest using a wool
it is a lot easier to work with
so I'm going to continue
knitting
I will
see you back in a few minutes and you'll see what I've made. Pause your video
to keep knitting and I'll see you in a minute if you want to knit a few rows first.
I wanted to show you more of what this garter stitch looks like and
that way you get a good idea
it's best to look at it after you've done several rows of it um... not when you
first started because the
rows are skewed
and if you spread out your stitches you can because starts "growing" on you
so we have a cast on row
see this cast on edge here
and then we have the first knit row
here
and this is a purl bump
and then the next time we create
our knit stitch
and then a purl and then a knit & a purl
it will create these ridges so
this is a ridge. We've got
four ridges that we've made this is the last row here you see these purl bumps here?
this is what purl bump it looks like
so on this last row, I just now flipped this over, but when I ended
I was like this
SO I did an knit stitch it's it's back here
on the front side when i was over here and then when i flip this around
you can see the back and has a purl bump
and is 17 stitches and again this is a size US 15 needle and
a super chunky
yarn here
so just wanted you to see what that looks like
and tune in for the next video on a purl stitch
Before I go I just want to show you
whenever you see here tail on the left side of the work
then you'll know that this is the right-side that sounds funny that this
is the correct side
to look at and so on and on the tail is on the left it this is the correct side
to look at him when he gets flipped over the tail will be on the right
and it will be that backside
and the way to remember is whenever you're casting on, this tail kept moving
to the left so when I casted on, all these stitches kept growing and growing
and then it's on the left. And then when you started your first row
and you start all these knits here your tail remains on the left when you turn on the
back side
the tail ends up on this side over here
so just wanted to point that out
thanks for joining me at GoodKnitKisses and stay tuned for the next videos
on purling, bind off and more
Happy Knitting!