Originally, circular knitting was done using a set of four or five double-pointed knitting needles. The process of knitting has three basic tasks: (1) the active (unsecured) stitches must be held so they don't drop; (2) these stitches must be released sometime after they are secured; and (3) new bights of yarn must be passed through the fabric, usually through active stitches, thus securing them.
New wales can be begun from any of the edges of a knitted fabric; this is known as picking up stitches and is the basis for entrelac, in which the wales run perpendicular to one another in a checkerboard pattern. Since most of the lace knitting is utilized into shawl, stoles scarves. Slip-stitch knitting plays an important role in mosaic knitting, an important technique in hand-knitting patterned fabrics; mosaic-knit fabrics tend to be stiffer than patterned fabrics produced by other methods such as Fair-Isle knitting.
This produces a reversible fabric with raised horizontal ridges on each side of the work. You can also choose between circular needles and straight needles. First you have to take the yarn in front of the needle, then insert right hand needle in first stitch on left hand needle.
Skeins and balls are generally sold with a yarn-band, a label that describes the yarn's weight, length, dye lot, fiber content, washing instructions, suggested needle size, likely gauge, etc. Pull the yarn down, and catch it with the right needle.
Good luck with your knitting. Patterns for knitting provide a strong outline and foundation for starting any new knitting project.
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