Apr 30 2008
Knitting 101: Day Three
Hello! Sorry for posting a little later today, had to take the car to the shop this morning. But here we are, on with Day Three!
I hope that you’ve been able to practice casting on and knitting one row. Once you get that down, the rest is easy. Today, we will turn our work and continue knitting row after row.
Once you have all your stitches on the needle in your right hand (double check that you have 25!), it’s time to switch hands. Put the needle with the stitches on it in your left hand and the empty needle in your right hand. Make sure that you have the yarn behind your needle so you don’t accidentally add stitches to your project! When making any project, making sure you have the correct stitch count is vital. There are ways to fix it, but let’s not have to!
Once you have switched your needles, let’s start knitting again. If you need to refresh yourself, look back at Day Two . Continue to knit across to the end of the row. Then turn your work and knit the next row. Go ahead and knit until you have 25 rows total.
When you have 25 rows, it should look like this. These 25 rows should take you roughly 30 minutes to an hour to finish depending on how slow or how quickly you’re moving.
We will finish the project tomorrow and learn how to bind off and finish the project. When done, you’ll have a nice little trinket to show off!
