>>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
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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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>>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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