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redfiona99) wrote2011-02-28 06:46 pm
redfiona99) wrote2011-02-28 06:46 pm
Knitting
Okay, so first, the promised terrible 'how to purl' instructions. In defence of the person writing them, it does come with photos, and it is on the DVD, which I should probably have watched given that I'm one of these people that learns by seeing, and purling is difficult to describe. However, the instructions as written are still pretty terrible.
(Text copied without permission from 'The Art of Knitting' part 2)
1 - Keep the yarn to the front of the work. Insert the right hand needle from right to left into the front of the first stitch on the left-hand needle.
2 - Use your index finger on the right hand to take the yarn that is attatched to the ball over and around and under the point of the right-hand needle.
3 - The second stage is to take the yarn around. To do this, use your index finger to take the yarn that is attached to the ball around and under the point of the right-hand needle.
4 - This forms a new stitch on the right-hand needle. At the same time, slide the original stitch off the left-hand needle.
5 - You now have a new stitch on the right-hand needle and the yarn is still to the front of the work. You are now ready to make the next stitch by repeating these steps.
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Okay so terrible might be putting it a bit strongly, but so far no one hasn't been non-plussed by step 3.
This week's square, for all that it took me six goes not to mess up, is actually really nice. It's stocking stitch with ladders in.
(Text copied without permission from 'The Art of Knitting' part 2)
1 - Keep the yarn to the front of the work. Insert the right hand needle from right to left into the front of the first stitch on the left-hand needle.
2 - Use your index finger on the right hand to take the yarn that is attatched to the ball over and around and under the point of the right-hand needle.
3 - The second stage is to take the yarn around. To do this, use your index finger to take the yarn that is attached to the ball around and under the point of the right-hand needle.
4 - This forms a new stitch on the right-hand needle. At the same time, slide the original stitch off the left-hand needle.
5 - You now have a new stitch on the right-hand needle and the yarn is still to the front of the work. You are now ready to make the next stitch by repeating these steps.
~~~~
Okay so terrible might be putting it a bit strongly, but so far no one hasn't been non-plussed by step 3.
This week's square, for all that it took me six goes not to mess up, is actually really nice. It's stocking stitch with ladders in.
