How to Knit for Beginners

  

How to knit? 

Learn how to knit for Beginners

Knitting is one of the best skills to have, and also you can just pass it from generation to generation and the best part is you can make Beautiful handmade products - gifts, Baby items, cardigan, dress, blankets, Home decorative items, etc.

knitting is not only fun it's therapy for our mind or daily life.

knitting is not as difficult as you may think? 

Like most skills, it takes time to be perfect. You may not get it on your first try. You probably may even not get it on your second try. The best and important thing is to keep trying. Why? "Practice makes a man perfect is a famous proverb that teaches us about the importance of regular practice in our life to get success. Practice with the use of intellectual and aesthetic powers leads a person towards perfection by correcting all the possible errors. Practice brings completeness and excellence to the performance" 

You Need to Know Before Start Knitting

 Always knit a small square swatch to check your tension.

stitches are knitted onto the right needle, slipping off the left needle. When you finish a row, the left needle will be empty and the right needle full. Switch the right needle to become the left needle and start knitting new stitches onto the empty right needle.

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 Knitting Skills and Tools

 These are the stitches and methods that you will use in every knitting projects. In the case of the knit (K) and purl stitches (P), These are the basics you will need to start,

Before start first Just pick up a pair of needles (U.S. size 6 to 8 is perfect for beginners), & yarn. You can use whatever you have laying around the house to practice though.

How to Cast on ( CO)?

1. Lets Strat - Make a slip knot and than place it on a one needle than pull the yarn to tighten it on the needle making the first stitch. Hold this needle in your left hand. Put the right needle into the stitch and loop the yarn under and around it.

2. Now with the right needle, pull the loop of yarn through the stitch and slip the loop onto the left needle to making second stitch.

3. Now put the right needle between the two stitches you've just made. Loop the yarn under and around the right needle as before.

4. Now with the right needle, pull the loop of yarn through the stitch and slip the loop onto the left needle to making the third stitch. Now Continue until you have the disired number of stitches.

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How to Knit Stitches ( K )?

The knit stitch is also known as garter stitch:-

Knitting in garter stitch or knit stitch, so after Casting on the first step is to start your first knit.

1. Insert your right hand needle through the first stitch from front to back after,

2. Wrap the yarn around the right needle than,

3. Bring the Needle to the front - Slide the right needle under the left needle, catching the wrapped yarn and bringing the needle to the front. (Pull the loop of yarn through the stitch ) to make a new stitch on the right needle, sliding the old stitch off the left needle. 

 Continue Working All Knit Stitches  Knit every stitch across the row, then turn your work and knit every stitch across that row. Repeat this process to work in knit \ garter stitches.

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How to Work Purl Stitches ( P )?

1. With the yarn at the front of the work, insert the right needle into the stitch on the left needle, bringing the point out in front of the left needle.

2. Now pass the yarn over and around the right needle thn,

3. Pull the loop of yarn through the stitch to make a new stitch on the right needle slipping the old stitch off the left needle. 

Continue Working All Purl Stitches  knit every stitch across the row, then turn your work and  Repeat this process to work in Purl stitches.

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How to Binding off or Cast off ( BO )?

1. To Binding off on a knit row, knit the first two stitches onto the right needle. Keeping the yarn at the back of the work, insert the left needle into the first stitch, as shown and thn 

2. Lift this stitch over the second stitch, taking it off the needle.

3. You will be left with one stitch on the right needle. knit another stitch and repeat to the end of the row.

4. When there is only one stitch left, slip this off the needle and thread the yarn through the loop to secure it.

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Note: When binding off, remember that you always need TWO STITCHES on the right needle. No more and no less. One stitch is the leapfrogger, and the other one is waiting to be leapfrogged over. Binding off is a game for two.

When you’ve got one stitch left, cut the strand of yarn, leaving a tail of 5-6 inches. Thread that yarn into the last stitch and pull tight. Your bind off is secure. Huzzah!..

Your project is completed. Now you ready to enter the real world:)

Congratulations Now you all done starting your very first knitting project :)

It's a good idea to start with something small and flat that doesn't require shaping.

Try a simple square or maybe scarf cast on enough stitches for your desired scarf width. Knit until the scarf is long enough.

Knit the scarf entirely in garter stitch, or try knit and purl stitches on alternate rows, for stocking stitch. You can also try or play around  'knit 1 row, purl 1 row ' for a ribbed effect, or 'knit 2, purl 2' knit 4 purls 2, etc.

What are Abbreviations?

Why Used Abbreviations?

Abbreviations are used to make patterns shorter to read.

Here's what you need to know as beginners -

• CO means " cast on " and is the foundation for your project. This is the number of stitches.
• K means to " Knit " the most basic stitch. Patterns for beginners may be all knit, also known as garter stitch.
• P means " Purl '' the second-most-common stitch and essentially the opposite of knitting. Many basic patterns employ alternating rows of knitting and purling, also known as the stockinette stitch.
• RS is the "right side," meaning the front of the project. When a pattern is reversible, 
• WS, then, means "wrong side," or the back of a project.
• BO can be used to indicate " binding off " which is how you finish the project so you can take it off the needles.

Thank You :)