How to Knit English style
Knitting
Learning to knit is fun and easy. You don't have to be patient, as long as you have the desire to keep trying! There are many benefits to knitting, both for your health and well-being as well as helping to make the world a better place. Knitting brings much gratification and joy. The Knit Stitch Perform a knit stitch by inserting your right hand needle through the loop on the left hand needle, wrapping the yarn around the right hand needle, and drawing that yarn through the loop. Then dropping the original loop off the left hand needle, leaving the new loop on the right hand needle. English Style English style knitting, a.k.a. "throwing" means that you wrap the working yarn with your right hand. The term "throwing" comes from the fact that you have to take your right hand off of the needle to wrap the yarn -- that is for right handed knitters, some left handed knitters knit continentally with their right hand --. If you naturally hold the working yarn in your right hand, you would be working English style. |
Step 1: Make a Slip Knot
 How to Make a Slip Knot
Not ready to learn the knit stitch yet? Learn how to make a slip knot to start the yarn out on your needles.
Advanced Step: Decrease k2tog (english)
 How to K2tog decrease (english style)
Know how to knit and purl? Take the next step and learn the basic decrease step. You can make hats with these three skills!
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