>>Russian Knitting Technique
Russian Cast On
Russian Cast off
Slip the first stitch
Russian Knit Stitch (through back)
Russian Knit Stitch (through front)
Twisted knit stitch
Russian Purl Stitch (through back)
Russian Purl Stitch (through front)
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>>Various techniques with continental knitting style
Forming selvage or edge stitch
Basic Shapes (Increases & Decreases)
Correcting Mistakes
Cables (with & w/o cable needle)
Connecting Two Yarns
Seaming
Picking Up Stitches
Magic Loop
Cast off with crochet hook
Two-Needle Cast off
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CONTINENTAL TECHNIQUE Lesson 10
Knitting Needles
Knowing the difference in yarns helps you to choose proper needles,
which is next important factor in happy knitting
Needles are good when: they have smooth surface; they have smooth and properly balanced
(not too sharp and not too dull) tips; they are not heavy and for circular needles
when connector is smooth and flexible. Needles can be made of wood, aluminum, metal
and plastic retaining all of the above characteristics. No matter what material
are needles made of, you must always know
how to inspect knitting needles .
Wooden needles are the best for working with slippery yarns such as some
of polyester yarns and silk. These needles reduce sliding of stitches. It means
that wooden needles may be not the best choice for working with woolen yarns.
Light-weighted metal or aluminum needles with good quality coating are always
the best choice for woolen and cotton yarns because these yarns are not slippery
Try to avoid low quality plastic needles because plastic material does not
have elasticity and usually plastic needles are very stiff. This is not healthy
for your hands.
For the circular needles it is very important that cord connecting both needles
has smooth connecton with the needle. If it does not, then moving stitches becomes a
headache.
When processing large number of stitches back and forth, try to avoid working with
long straight needles. As number of rows grow, it becomes hard for your shoulders
and hands to keep these stitches in the air. Try to use circular needles where you
can keep your work laying on the surface nicely distributing stitches without overtaxing
your shoulders and hands.
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>>Crochet
Crochet Hooks & Happy Crocheting
Initial Position Of Hands
Basic Stitches
Advanced Stitches
Working in Rows
Working in rounds
Basic Shapes (Increasing & Decreasing)
Connecting two yarns
Seaming
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