Knitting needles: the basics of needlework for Beginners
Content
- From the history
- Types of knitting needles
- Video: What are the spokes
- Tips Beginning Knitters
- Video: The main elements in the knitting needles
This master class will tell everyone who wants to know aboutwhat knitting is. It is this knitting for beginners that gives the first idea of this handicraft. To begin with, let us formulate verbally and give a definition to this type of activity. With its help, experienced needlewomen are able to make an even canvas, or any products, such as clothes and their elements, as well as household items. For this, wool, acrylic, cotton or mixed yarn is used, as well as simple tools. These are ordinary knitting needles, hooks, pins and needles. Knitting on knitting needles refers to weaving techniques, and is the formation of loops from threads, with the subsequent connection of these loops, for which the previously listed tools are used.
From the history
As for the time of occurrence, then knitPeople knew how to knit with needles already in the fourth century AD. This is evidenced by knitted items found in ancient tombs dating back to that time. There is another hypothesis, according to which knitting with needles was known to people already in the time of Jesus Christ. Pay attention to the painting by the artist Bertrand von Minden, which depicts the Virgin Mary with
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The first knitted items found by archaeologistsduring excavations, these are socks and gloves. Everyone knows that such items of clothing remain the most popular to this day. Knitting was quite widely known in the nineteenth century, as evidenced by the painting of those years. The girl in the painting by the Swiss artist Albert Anker is knitting.
Before conducting knitting lessons forBeginners need to understand how these knitting needles are constructed. They are the simplest device for hand knitting. The object has an elongated shape with a pointed end, and can be made of various materials, such as metal, wood or plastic. During hand knitting, the working needle holds the loops (P) that are just being formed and have not yet been knitted. Being held on its surface, the loops are not subject to unraveling. The pointed end has such a shape so that it can be used to pick up the working thread, and then bend it into a loop shape. This process is called knitting. If you are interested in the question of how to learn to knit with knitting needles, then you must first understand the mechanism that leads to the creation of new loops.
To knit with knitting needles, you need to start withset of loops. Then take the knitting needle with the set loops in your left hand, and the free one in your right hand. Then, with the right knitting needle, pull the working thread from the skein out of the loops of the left one, throwing it over. After that, the previous P is removed, but not unraveled, because it was secured by a new open loop. There are patterns where loops are formed from the loops of the penultimate row. These are patterns with elongated loops. In addition, the formation of new P is often done with the help of so-called yarns. In this case, the thread from the ball is simply thrown over the working knitting needle. In the next row, we knit the P newly formed by the yarn over in the usual way. In this case, the number of P increases, and openwork patterns are formed. Ideal knitting needles have a tip that is not too sharp, but not too blunt either. In this case, they are very convenient for needlework, do not tear the yarn, and do not injure the palms of the needlewomen.
Types of knitting needles
The handicrafts are known several types of knittingspokes. The most common are straight-sided, in which one sharp end there. They have a length of twenty-five to forty centimeters (cm). If you choose to conventional flat knitting needles, it is desirable to prefer a model where on one side there is a limiter for fixing hinges.
They are more modern, unlikeancient models where two sharp end there. This kind of spokes in a set is commonly used in an amount of four or five pieces. With their help, we learn to knit from scratch a variety of patterns in the form of a seamless cylinder. At the same time all the necessary crafts loop are divided into three or four spokes. Any fabric we were binding with the mandatory presence of the scheme with a detailed description.
The same circular seamless fabric can be linked and on circular needles. Their peculiarity that they are connected by means of line, or any other flexible connection.
The flat blade shape may be made as aa pair of straight spokes with limiters, and the ring with a flexible coupling. flexible coupling length can vary from forty to one hundred cm. In the case of forming a large size canvas is better to use circular needles because the weight of the product is evenly distributed, and will not bother hand knitters. Experienced knitters often perform such patterns as braids and plaits. We knit these patterns, following the scheme. With their knitting is almost always a need to swap loops, placing some of them at an additional needle.
The curved shape prevents the deferred stitches (P) from unraveling. This needle can be replaced with a large metal pin.
Video: What are the spokes
Tips Beginning Knitters
For beginners, it is very important to comprehend the handcraftto know how to learn to knit. Prior to crochet correctly pick up the materials and tools. Of wool, cotton, synthetic or blended yarns need to choose the one that recommends the creators of the selected model. Choosing the diameter of the spokes, guided by a ratio of yarn thickness of 2: 1, that is, they should be twice the size of the thread. In order to determine their thickness, it is desirable to use a special line, where there are holes of different diameters. Number always corresponds to the diameter, expressed in millimeters. First lessons knitting should be carried out by performing a simple product, such as a scarf or hat. Choose a simple model, and knit her one of the simplest patterns.
Training can begin with a small knittingsamples of the patterns that seemed beautiful to you. Having mastered the sample, use these patterns for knit fabrics or the entire product. After selecting the desired needles, try to consider all the necessary circuitry, studying their description. If you learn to understand the schemes of various patterns and use them, the knitting process will bring you great pleasure. In addition to the development of schemes of patterns, you need to learn how to perform the calculation of the required number of loops. To determine this amount, we always knit pattern in the form of a square measuring ten by ten cm.
Main types of loops
Having determined the required number of P, we perform themcast-on on two knitting needles. Then one of them is removed, and the cast-on row remains on the second. Then the knitting process itself begins, where the main loops are front loops (LP), back loops and yarn overs. There are several ways to knit front and back loops P, but the most common is the classic method. All diagrams and descriptions are built for it. Knitting such loops with knitting needles in other ways must be specified in the description. The classic method is used by default, and you will see the technique for its implementation in the attached video. Here you will also learn what edge loops are. No knitting can do without them. When knitting, the first edge P is not knitted, and is transferred from the left knitting needle to the right, and the last one is knitted with a purl loop (IP). Repeating all the actions of the video lesson, we knit several rows only with front and back loops in order to master the material well.
Loops like these are very important in needlework,as yarn overs. To knit one yarn over, you need to pick up the thread or throw it on the knitting needle. When performing the next row after the yarn overs, they are knitted in the same way as all regular loops. Yarn overs are usually present in the diagram of all openwork patterns with holes in the fabric. In addition to knitting openwork, yarn overs are used to increase the number of loops. Sometimes yarn overs are present in the pattern diagram, and crossed loops are knitted in their place in the next row. This happens when the fabric should be knitted without holes.
Video: The main elements in the knitting needles
