First Steps in Knitting

A SHELL BOOK To translate this A5 shell book, FIRST STEPS IN clearly and naturally into your own language. After editing the MT text (i.e. in Word), you can use CTRL+A to select all the English text and KNITTING delete it from the shell book. Then insert the MT text into the first text GETTING STARTED box and carefully space the text to make it flow properly to each of the other pages. You may need/want to Before beginning work on this shellbook, be sure to set the printer the text is of a consistent size and nature for each page. The only parts of the book which should remain in English LWC are: most of the information on the title page(s), and the type of book label (lower right corner of the cover). Replace the language name placed by name of your language. The formatting, so To print this A5 shell book pages so that they print out properly for an A5 book with centre fold. You can print every other page on the back of the previous page to have a ready Remove this “post gray area outside the boundaries of the shell book. To remove it, right click on this post Language Crafts MT title First Steps in Knitting Translated by: Language Edition # copies Pub date ISBN Publisher’s name Address 3. Between a ‘purl’ and a ‘knit’ stitch Acknowledgments Lay the wool on the needle before working the following stitch. This is known as the ‘wool on needle’ method. Original text and illustrations adapted from an unknown Other Notes source. This edition published in Great Britain in 1999 by Wycliffe Associates. Between two Knit Stitches Between two Purl Stitches Please send one copy of any books you produce to the (Wool over Needle) (Wool round Needle) Wycliffe Associates address below. A ‘selvedge’ is a name for a finished edge. In patterns, wool is often called ‘yarn’, with the abbreviation ‘y’. ‘Work straight’ means to continue work without increasing or decreasing. Copyright © 2000, WA(UK) K-wise = insert needle as though to knit. L = left. P-wise = insert needle as though to purl. R = right. Permission is granted for non-profit reproduction and Alt = alternate. Beg = beginning. Psso = pass the slipped stitch other use of these materials. over. Patt = pattern. Tog = together. Rep = repeat. Rnd = round. This is one of a series of Shell Books produced by WA (UK), 7 Conwy Street, Rhyl, Denbighshire, LL18 3ET, UK 16 When joining two bands of colour vertically (from top to bottom) or in solid shapes in a garment, always twist the two colours where they meet. Preface (MT and English) This prevents gaps showing in the work. Increasing for Lacy Type Fabrics - The Over Method This method makes a hole in the fabric, so use it mainly for lacy type stitches such as for baby clothes and shawls. Make the increase by laying the wool over or round the right needle before working the next stitch. Use this method along with a decrease where you want an actual increase such as for tiny buttonholes in baby garments. 1. Between two ‘knit’ stitches When you are using the over method between two knit stitches, bring the wool forward and take it over the needle to knit the next stitch. This is known as the ‘wool over needle’ method. The shaded part in the first picture shows how the method has made an extra stitch. 2. Between two ‘purl’ stitches When you are using the over method between two purl stitches, take the wool over and round the needle to the front again ready to purl the next stitch. This is known as the ‘wool round needle’ method. The shaded part in the second picture shows how the method has made an extra stitch. 15 First Steps in Knitting through the stitch and slip the stitch off the needle. Introduction If you have knitting needles and wool, and learn how to knit, you will be Next put the wool needle into the second stitch of the front knitting able to make clothes for yourself and your family, and if you make them needle (as if for a purl stitch), then draw the wool through this stitch, well, you can sell them in the market. If a group of women from the same but let the stitch remain on the needle. village get together, they can help each other to learn, and the results of a pleasant social gathering can be used to provide an income for their Put the wool needle into the first stitch of the back knitting needle (as families. if for a purl stitch), then draw the wool through this stitch and slip the stitch off the needle. The first part of this book describes simple knitting methods. Practice Next put the needle into the second stitch of the back needle (as if for these until you find them easy, and then you can try the more difficult a knit stitch), then draw the wool through this stitch and let the stitch stitches which are described at the end of the book. remain on the needle. When you are knitting, keep your hands clean and dry. Keep the stitches Bring the wool forward under the needle and repeat from ** above as even as possible, and be careful not to make them too tight. Choose the thickness of wool that you need. Thick wool needs thick needles and will produce thick material. For fine work, choose thin wool and fine needles. The thicker the needles, the looser the finished work will be. You will find it easier if your wool is kept in a ball. If it comes in hanks, get someone to hold the hank loosely on their hands with their fingers outstretched, so that you can pull the wool off and wind it into a loose ball. until you work in all the stitches. When you have finished, loop the wool back through the fabric to secure it, as if you were darning a hole. Colour Pattern Knitting 1 14 Casting on the Stitches Knitting Sleeves and Legs The first thing to do is to arrange the wool on the needles. This is called When you want to knit in rounds, such as for sleeves, you will need four ‘casting on’. needles with points at both ends. Divide the number of stitches equally Make a loop for the first stitch. and cast on the same number on each needle. Draw up the last stitch on 1 2 3 the third needle so that it meets the first stitch on the first needle. This forms three sides and is the basis of circular knitting. The first diagram shows the division of the stitches. Most circular knitting work uses this cable cast on method. Arrange the needles to make three sides, but be careful not to get the stitches twisted. Then link them together as shown in the second diagram. 1. Wrap the wool round the first and second fingers of the left hand. Now take the fourth needle and join the three needles together. Do this by 2. Place the point of the needle under the front loop then draw the second loop of wool back through the front loop. 3. Withdraw the fingers from the loop and tighten the loop on the needle. This will form the first stitch. After you have made the first loop, continue to use one needle; the left thumb acts as the other (left hand) needle. Hold the wool from the ball in the right hand, and hold the cut end in the left hand. knitting through the first stitch on the first needle. Place a coloured thread Cast on at this point to mark the beginning and end of the rounds. 1. Take a length of wool from the cut end in the left hand and pass this wool round the left thumb. Allow approximately 1 yard (1 metre) of Grafting wool for every hundred stitches to hang spare before you make this loop. 2. Place the point of the needle beneath the loop on the thumb, and draw Use this method for joining together two sets of stitches without the join the loop up. being seen. Divide the stitches so that there are the same number of 3. Next, hold the wool from the ball, which you are holding in your stitches on each needle. Have the wool at one end and have the wrong right hand, ready to pass round the point of the needle. sides of each part facing each other, with the right side of the piece to the 4. Wrap the wool from the ball round the point of the needle. Then outside. 1 2 3 Break off the wool, leaving enough to work across the row, and then thread it through a wool needle. (**) Put the wool needle into the first stitch of the front knitting needle (as if for a knit stitch), then draw it 13 2 draw this through the loop on the thumb. 5. Draw up the stitch tightly on the needle. Note that the wool is still round the thumb ready for the next stitch. 1. Knit Stitch Put the point of the right hand needle into the front of the first stitch The Basic Stitches on the left hand needle. Pick up the wool lying at the back of the 4 5 stitch. Then, with a slight twist bring this loop through to the front of the work. Then let one stitch slip off the left needle and leave the other on the right hand needle.

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