Knitting Know How Techniques Lessons and Projects For Every Knitter S Library Dorothy T. Ratigan PDF Download
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Dorothy T. Ratigan
& Judith Durant
Contents
Introduction
Part I
Materials and Tools
Part II
The Basics
Chapter Four: The Stitches
The Knit Stitch
The Purl Stitch
Twisting Stitches
Slipping Stitches
Combining Knits and Purls
Other Ways to Manipulate Stitches
Styles of Knitting
Starting a New Yarn and Weaving in the Ends
Fixing Mistakes
Part IV
Garment Planning
Part V
Project Lessons
Faux Earflap Hats
Beady Cable Gloves
Double-Knit Mitts
Diamond Central Scarf
Stranded Lattice Socks
Austin’s Jacket
Ambrosia Sweater
Lisdoonvarna Aran
Resources
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Chapter One discusses yarn in detail: what it’s made of, how it’s
twisted, the various weights available and how it’s sold. Here you’ll
learn how to read a yarn label and how to use that information to
substitute one yarn for another. Also included is a chart for
estimating how much yarn you’ll need for sweaters of various sizes,
which is handy to know when you encounter a “must-have” yarn
but have no idea what you’ll be knitting with it.
Chapter Two covers needles and needle sizes. There are
choices to be made in materials, lengths and shapes: straight versus
circular and even round versus square. Needle choice, like most
things in knitting, is a matter of preference. But once you’ve tried
various tools, you may find that with needles, you get what you pay
for. If you’re into knitting for the long haul, use the best tools you
can afford.
In Chapter Three we discuss perhaps the most important tool
for most knitters: the pattern. The most luscious cashmere yarn
knitted on solid-gold needles will not yield a good result if you don’t
know how to follow the pattern. You’ll learn about measurements,
yarn requirements and required tools. We also provide a list of the
most commonly used abbreviations in both text and chart form. We
explain what those parentheses mean and how they differ from
brackets, and if you’ve wondered what those asterisks are doing in
most patterns, the answer is here.
1 Yarn
Balls of yarn are just what the name implies: The yarn is wound
into a round shape that usually weighs 50 or 100 grams (1.75 or 3.5
ounces). Yarn wound into a ball is ready to knit, and most balls are
wound so you can pull from both the center or the outside. This is
handy when you want to knit with two strands held together.
A ball of yarn
A skein of yarn
The terms skein and hank are often used interchangeably, but
they’re not actually the same thing. A skein is yarn that’s been
wound similarly to a ball, except the shape is oblong. Like balls,
yarns wound into skeins are ready to knit, and most of them can
also be worked from the center or from the outside.
A hank is a loosely wound circle or ring of yarn tied in one or
more places. Hanks are usually twisted for retail sale. Yarn sold in a
hank needs to be wound into a ball before it can be knit.
1 Wrap the end of the yarn around your thumb four times.
With your palm facing up, work a figure eight between the
thumb and little finger four times.
2 Take the wraps off the little finger and fold them onto the
wraps on the thumb.
3 Remove the wraps from the thumb and, keeping the initial
wraps around the thumb, rest the thumb on the index and
middle fingers. Wrap the yarn loosely around the initial wraps
and three fingers about thirty times.
5 Repeat Step 4 until all the yarn is wound and tuck in the
tail.
6 Remove the thumb with the initial wraps from the center
of the ball. This becomes the end you can begin knitting
with.
Animal Fibers
Wool should be last in this alphabetic list of animal fibers, but
because it is the most widely used knitting yarn, we’re placing it
first. Wool comes from the fleeces of a large variety of sheep breeds
and is produced in many countries. Wool has many qualities that
make it the ideal fiber for handknit clothing. It is a warm fiber that
can absorb up to 30 percent of its weight in moisture without
feeling cold and clammy, which is great if you’re caught in a sudden
snowstorm. Wool fibers have a lot of memory, meaning they won’t
stretch out of shape over time. When you wash a wool garment and
lay it out flat, you can push everything back into shape, even
manipulating the overall garment size if necessary, and once it dries
it will remember this shape and hold on to it. Wool is also naturally
flame retardant. The length of the fiber (staple length) determines
the quality of wool: Its softness increases, and its strength and
elasticity decrease as the fiber gets shorter. Most wool yarns are a
blend of fibers from different breeds, though some are breed-
specific, such as merino and Icelandic.
Lambswool comes from the first clippings of baby lambs and is
very fine and highly valued.
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