In almost ten years that I’ve been teaching people to knit, I noticed that most beginner (and not just beginner) mistakes happened because of the lack of understanding how the knitted fabric is created. The skill of understanding what happens when we make a stitch, what kind of stitch it is and how it interacts with other stitches – that skill is the most important of all.
We can make lots of scarves, hats and even sweaters without knowing a thing about entrelac or short rows. But we’ll be stumbling with every stitch, making lots of mistakes and feeling discouraged if we don’t understand our knitting.
If we are persistent and keep practising despite feeling discouraged, we’ll eventually comprehend how knitting functions and we’ll feel more confident and knowledgeable (that’s what they call “experience” :-))
Why wait until it happens? In this tutorial, I’ll explain the basics of this important skill and save you from all the mistakes and frustration you might have had if you had to discover these simple concepts on your own.
It all starts with a simple fact that each row is a wave. You can see it clearly in the middle of this swatch:
And here’s how it looks in a video tutorial.
from both sides of the work.
As you see, knitting is not some kind of “black magic”, it’s just a series of “waves” linked together to create a stretchy fabric. Keep your stitches in rows and columns, and you won’t have to worry about fixing mistakes. And of course, there is nothing scary about a dropped stitch.
Are you feeling more confident now? I hope you do.
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