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>>Continental Knitting

Lesson 1: Basic Definitions

Lesson 2: Cast On

Lesson 3: Slanting of a stitch

Lesson 4: Knitting First Row

Lesson 5: Purling First Row

Lesson 6: Forming selvage or edge stitch 

Lesson 7: Working in rounds

Lesson 8: Analysing knit and purl stitches

Lesson 9: Types of yarn

Lesson 10: Types of needles

Lesson 11: Knitting gauge & happy knitting

Lesson 12: Basic Shapes

Lesson 13: Correcting Mistakes

Lesson 14: Cables

Lesson 15: Connecting Two Yarns

Lesson 16: Bind Off

Lesson 17: Seaming 

Lesson 18: Picking Up Stitches

CONTINENTAL TECHNIQUE Lesson 14.1.1.1 

Cables

  • Equal number of stitches

    10 stitches
    5 stitches to left and 5 stitches to right
    position of |10|9|8|7|6|5|4|3|2|1| is changed to
                    |5|4|3|2|1|10|9|8|7|6|
    8 stitches
    4 stitches to left and 4 stitches to right
    position of |8|7|6|5|4|3|2|1| is changed to
                    |4|3|2|1|8|7|6|5|
    6 stitches
    3 stitches to left and 3 stitches to right
    position of |6|5|4|3|2|1| is changed to
                    |3|2|1|6|5|4|
    4 stitches
    2 stitches to left and 2 stitches to right
    position of |4|3|2|1| is changed to
                    |2|1|4|3|

  • Not equal number of stitches

    8 stitches
    5 stitches to left and 3 stitches to right
    position of |8|7|6|5|4|3|2|1| is changed to
                    |5|4|3|2|1|8|7|6|
    8 stitches
    3 stitches to left and 5 stitches to right
    position of |8|7|6|5|4|3|2|1| is changed to
                    |3|2|1|8|7|6|5|4|
    6 stitches
    2 stitches to left and 4 stitches to right
    position of |6|5|4|3|2|1| is changed to
                    |2|1|6|5|4|3|
    6 stitches
    4 stitches to left and 2 stitches to right
    position of |6|5|4|3|2|1| is changed to
                    |4|3|2|1|6|5|
    4 stitches
    1 stitch to left and 3 stitches to right
    position of |4|3|2|1| is changed to
                    |1|4|3|2|
    4 stitches
    3 stitches to left and 1 stitch to right
    position of |4|3|2|1| is changed to
                    |3|2|1|4|
  • >>Allover Topics

  • Yarn Over stitch (YO)
  • Magic Loop
  • Slip stitches onto waste yarn or cable needle

  • Twisted knit stitch (Granny Stitch)
  • Make 1 Stitch (M1)
  • 2-Tail Cast ON
  • Connecting 2-colored yarns
  • Bind off stitches in the middle of the work
  • Decrease stitches and changing the slant
  • Making cables without cable needle
  • Slip first stitch
  • Fixing mistake with crochet hook
  • Bind off with crochet hook
  • Two-Needle Bind off

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