>>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 KNITTING Lesson 3
Slant of a Stitch
Slanting of the stitch is the direction of the new stitch placed on the needle. (Like a highway: goes to the right or goes to the left).Slanting of the stitch can be from right-to-left or from left-to-right.
Stitch positioned on the needle has two sides (also known as walls): back side and front side. Front side is what you see and back side is what behind the needle.
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Only one of these two sides can be closer (also called outermost) to the right hand needle. (it is a backside on this picture)
To check which side is the outermost, inset the right hand needle through the back side and then through the front side. When stitch becomes twisted?
As a rule of thumb, inserting the needle through the outermost side of the stitch is the way to knit or purl without twisting a stitch. Twisted stitch is also known as a "Granny Stitch" in European knitting and can be used in some patterns for a texture.
Two factors determine positioning also known as a slant of the new stitch: (1) is the needle UNDER or OVER the working yarn at the moment of the making the stitch; (2) type of the stitch – knit or purl.
To avoid twisting stitches, insert the needle through the outermost side of the stitch (either back or front).
To make a twisted stitch, insert the needle through the innermost side of the stitch (either back or front).
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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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