Knitting: openwork patterns are much easier than they seem

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

Many of those whose hobby was knitting, openwork patterns are considered very difficult to perform. But with their help you can create great tops,

blouses, the lightest shawls and other products. In fact, any pattern, upon closer examination, is knitted quite simply. Let's try to figure out how to make lace with knitting needles.

These patterns are formed by yarn overs and knitting loops together. Repeated repetition of these simple techniques forms a variety of motives. A feature of the yarn is that it is not connected with the loop of the previous row, so a hole appears in this place.

Before you start knitting, you should learn two simple rules:

- when choosing threads, preference should be given to smooth and even ones, they should not have thickenings, knots and other defects;

- when calculating the amount of yarn, it is necessary to take into account the fact that the openwork of the pattern significantly reduces its consumption.

Choosing a pattern for a future product is quite simple. Todaya huge number of print and online publications offer openwork knitting patterns along with descriptions and diagrams. It is not difficult to understand them if you know how to properly perform a crochet. In the case when, in accordance with the scheme, a front loop should be knitted after it, the knitting needle must be wrapped with a thread in the forward direction, if the wrong one, then vice versa, back. It is important to hold the yarn over with the right index finger during work so that it does not inadvertently slip off the knitting needle.

I think it will not be difficult to remember for those who love knitting - fishnet

patterns require the execution of a preparatory row after the set-up (with purl loops, or as indicated in the description).

Besides this, it is important to ensure that the number of yarn overs is always equal to the number of decreasing loops. That is, during the execution of the pattern, the width of the product should not vary.

In the process of creating a product, using knitting, openwork patterns, or rather their relief, can be emphasized with the right reductions. Use the following properties:

- if the yarn goes before the decrease, the decrease is done by a flip. It turns out the slope to the left, the hole to the right;

- in the opposite situation, you should decrease by knitting the loops together as facial ones, grabbing them by the upper halves. In this case, the pattern leans to the right, and the hole is to the left.

Remember to carefully study the scheme before you start knitting. Openwork patterns

with knitting needles in even rows are most often performed according to the pattern of the resulting fabric, that is, with purl loops. However, there are exceptions. They are usually indicated in the description of the work or in the explanations to the scheme. Remember that information about edge stitches is not always available, as their presence in any work is mandatory.

In the end, I would like to tell those who are just starting to practice knitting: openwork patterns can be used not only as the main fabric, but also as a finish. For example, for a wavy edge, after a few rows from the beginning of knitting, make an openwork row in which holes are evenly spaced. Subsequently, during the assembly process, a hem is made, due to which the desired waviness is formed.