Learning to knit. How to dial loops on the knitting needles?

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

We will not dwell on introductory and introductory information, with which any training should always begin. Like, for example, a review of tools, yarn, as well as a demonstration of the possibilities on already connected things. Perhaps it is always more interesting to start knitting lessons with practice. And the first such lesson will be: how to dial loops on the knitting needles. Your choice of a set of loops will depend on what technique you choose, what you are going to knit, what pattern you liked for your idea. After all, there are many options described, and it is very important to get acquainted with them in the future. For the first row of knitting is the edge of your product, which will always be clearly visible. Therefore, it is important to pay special attention to the question of how to dial loops on the knitting needles. But for now, I propose to learn the basics of knitting.

You can cast on loops with one or two threads, and the chosen method willthe edge of the product depends - thin, elastic, thickened or with fringe, etc. But for beginners

I suggest you try one very simple, and the other is the most common option. This is how I started and I advise you.

First I propose a simple set of the first row of knitting for one thread from the so-called "air loops". Initially, in the right hand, take one knitting needle and the end of the thread, and with the left hand, hold its continuation with the little finger and ring fingers, leaving free

end on the index. Next, with the tip of the knitting needle in the right hand, it is necessary to bring it in the direction from the wrist to the fingertips under the thread on the index finger and discard the loop formed from the left hand. The loop is tightened on the needle, as shown in Figure 1. By repeating this procedure as many times as necessary, you gain the required length of your product, for which a very thin tightening edge is best suited. It looks like this (Fig. 2).

The most common, perhaps, will be the second way of how to dial loops on the knitting needles for the first row. First, you need to step back from the end of the thread as much as the width of the intended product, multiplied by two. Next, in the left hand, put the thread on the thumb and forefinger and hold both ends of the thread in the palm of your hand, as shown in Figure 3. Now we take two knitting needles together in the right hand and bring it under the thread on the thumb towardswrist.

Turning the needles clockwise, you should pull the thread from the index finger through the loop on the thumb, as shown in Figure 4. Now dropping the loop, do not release the threads held in your left hand, but bring your thumb and forefinger between them. Pushing them apart and pulling the thread, you thereby tighten the loop on the knitting needles. This was the position for the first loop only.

All subsequent ones are typed without loosening the thread. Lowering the needles in the right hand closer to the wrist, you will see that a loop is formed on the finger, as can be seen in fig. 5. Bring the knitting needles from the bottom up from the palm side into the loop formed, and then pull the thread from the index finger. Now you can drop the threads from your fingers and do the tightening procedureas described earlier for the first loop.

In the same sequence, without releasing the threads from your hand, you pick up as many loops as you need for the width of your product. In order to ensure that those already dialed in the process of dialing do not twist around the knitting needles, and your first row remains even, as in Figure 6, hold each new loop on the knitting needle with your fingers. A few short workouts are enough, and you will never have difficulty typing the first row, as well as none of the subsequent knitting lessons.

And now, pulling out one knitting needle from the first row, we shift the other knitting needle with cast-on loops toleft hand and get to work. So, the uncomplicated first row provides the basis for knitting any pattern you like.

There are many more ways and patterns on how to dial loops on knitting needles. But they are all more complex and require more skill and skill. But don't worry, after a series of workouts and exercises, you can return to the topic of the first row and master a separate knitting lesson with more complex knitting patterns. In the meantime, you need more practice and an insatiable desire to knit. Good luck!