Thursday, July 10, 2008

how to knit european style

If you are looking for the perfect gift for that special newborn baby, why not consider a knit baby blanket? 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.

For the first, pass the right needle through the first stitch of your left hand needle. Different materials have different frictions and grip the yarn differently; slick needles such as metallic needles are useful for swift knitting, whereas rougher needles such as bamboo are less prone to dropping stitches. Although knitting may be done with ribbons, metal wire and more exotic filaments, most yarns are made by spinning fibers.

You can find circular knitting needles, double point knitting needles and also single pointed knitting needles made of different materials such as steel, wood or bamboo. When a person is ready, they will be able to learn more complex stitches. By the way, you can learn more about a Knit Baby Blanket as well as much more information on all t

Some yarns are dyed to be either variegated (changing color every few stitches in a random fashion) or self-striping (changing every few rows). Hence, thicker yarns generally require fewer stitches, and therefore less time, to knit up a given garment.

While knitting patterns can offer suggestions for design and color ideas, it is ultimately up to the artist to decide what the final product what look like. It doesn't all happen at once.

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