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Knitting Patterns

Knitting is no longer only for grandmothers or just any mothers. Now it’s a fun,
creative hobby for anyone. Just get some basic information before you start
knitting. All you need to start knitting are knitting needles, yarn and good
patterns or instructions.

Let's start with some basic patterns. Before you start with a pattern as a
beginner, you should know the basic stitches including the knit stitch and purl
stitch. For the first, pass the right needle through the first stitch of your left
hand needle. Now wind your yarn over cross of two needles, over the right hand
needle. Just gently pull through the loop. After that just slip over first
original stitch from left needle to right hand needle. Repeat the whole procedure
till you transfer all stitches from left needle to right needle.

Purl stitch when viewed from purl side of pattern. First you have to take the yarn
in front of the needle, then insert right hand needle in first stitch on left hand
needle. Wind yarn around back of right hand needle from right to left, then just
draw loop backward which will allow stitch to slip off left needle to right hand
needle. The main thing to remember about this stitch is that you have to take the
yarn in front of needle. Continue till all stitches are transferred from left
needle to right needle.

There is a specific way to read the patterns. First the skill level; it can be
easy, medium, hard or beginner, intermediate or advance, each pattern has specific
skill level, you can start with beginner and then go for complex advanced
patterns.

For an easy or beginner level there are usually easy patterns, like different
types of scarf or shawls or even some sweaters with easy knitting patterns. You
can even make some easy handbags, mats to begin knitting. For medium or
intermediate levels you can have patterns like stocking caps, sweaters and knitted
scarves; usually patterns with altered stitches and patterns for advanced levels,
you can have patterns which are complicated and which require lot of shaping.

If you are beginner then start with a no pattern, this means just start by
knitting with a combination of just two basic stitches, knit and purl. To begin
you can knit a nice pashmina style stole, just with three hundred stitches, if
garter stitch means only knit stitches no purl stitches. To start you can even
make some simple combination of stitches. But, if you want to know better where
and how to start knitting with many simple pattern, there is a good eBook will
guide you and I highly recommend to read this book first before begin learning how
to knit.

If you are knitting with circular needles, you can start making tubular scarf for
this cast around 300 stitches, and join them together in a circle. You can try
stockinette stitch it produces nice curls at the end which gives the scarf a very
different look.

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