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INCREASE and DECREASE D Let's Learn to Knit -- with Increase and Decrease SCI s 537 n W35 no.3743 c.2 B AR 1 l 1 73 W. ~~lNCTDfl S ~ln 1 rn lTV LET'S L£ ~4r ~oKNITWITH INCREASE AND DECREASE D Let's Learn to Knit -- With Increase and Decrease Prepared by Mary F. Franklin, local volunteer 4-H leader; in cooperation with Ru t h E. Brasher, state 4-H Extension agent; and the Kn itting Advisory Committee made up of county Extension agents, local 4-H leaders, and older 4-H club members. PHASE 2 Where to find Page Your guide for the project ----------- ---- -- -------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------- --- 1 Plan your project ------------- ---- ---- ----- ------------ -------------------------------------- ------ ------------------ 1 Shine your shoes ----- ---------------------------------------- --------------- ---- ------------------------ -------------- 2 History of knitting ---------- -- ------- ---------------- --------- ·------------------ ·----- ------ --------- ------------- - 2 Your knitting tools ------------------------------------ --------------------- ---- -------------------------------- ----- 3 Good knitting habits -----------·-- --------- -- ----------------- ----- ·----- -- ---------------------- --------- --- -- ----- 4 Rules to r emember before knitting ----------------- --------------------- -- --·------- --------------- ----- 4 Hints on buy ing yarn ---------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ·------ -------------- ----- 5 And now to knit ------------ --- -------------------------- -- ------ ----------------------------------------- ------ ----- --- 5 Stockinette stitch _______________ :_ ___ ______ ____________ ______________ _________ _______ __________ _______ ____ ___ 5 Ribbing ------ ------------- -------------------------·------------- ---------- ----- -------- ---------------··----- ------ -- - 5 Increasing ----·-----------·-----·------------------------------------------------ ·----------- -----------·----·------ 6 Decreasing ----------------·----- -------------------·--------------------------------- ----------------------------- 6 Cor recting mistakes ----·------ --- ---·--------------- ----·---------------------·------------------ ----------- ------- 7 Dropped stitch ------------ -------- ------ ---------·--·------------ ----------- -- ------ --------------------- ------- 7 Twisted stitch 8 Putting knitting back on needle after ripping --------------·-------------------------·- 8 Seams ------------- -- -----·-----------·-------------------------------------- --- --- ------------- --------- ----------------------- 8 Woven seam ------------- ------ -------------·-----·------------------------------------------ -----------------·--- 8 Check you r gauge ------------------- --- ---- --- ---------------·- --- ------- -------------- -------- --- ----- ---- ------- --- 9 Suggested patterns -----------------------------------------------··---· ·· ---- ------------------- -·---------------- --· 10 Cutie cap -------- -------- -------- -- ----- ------·------ ------ ------ ----·-- --·--- ---------------------· ---- ------ ------- 10 TV slippers -----·----------------------·------------------------------------------ -·-· --- --- ·--------------- ------- 11 Complete your record book -- ----- ---- --- ------------------------ --------------------------------------- ------- 13 Show others what you have learned ·-------------------·------------·------------------------·-------- - 13 Exhibits -------- ---·------------------------------------------·---------------- ------------------------ --------------- 13 Demonstrations ----------- ------- -- ---------- ----------------------------------- ---- ------- -- ---------·----·--- 13 Are you ready for the next project? ----·------------- ------------------ ----- --------------------------- 13 (Many of the illustrations in the 4-H knitting proj('c f S('rit'S are cnurtcs:y of tlzl' Educational Bureau, Coates & Clark, Inc.) Read this bulletin from cover to cover before you start your project. c E.M. 3743 - Page 1 Your Guide for the Proiect This book will help you learn more about Articles you will make knitting. Read it carefully and study the In this project you will make two or more pictures. Ask your mother to read and study small articles such as cutie cap or slippers, or one (or more) large article such as a sweater with you. Follow the instructions and you that includes the skills listed. will form good habits. This project is planned for you. Enjoy it. Exhibit your work You may exhibit any two small articles such as a cutie cap and a pair of slippers, or one large article such as a sweater that in­ What you will learn cludes increasing, decreasing, ribbing, and stockinette stitch. 1. Some history of knitting. Add to your record book 2. To combine the knit and purl stitches Your leader or county Extension agent to make both the stockinette stitch and will give you your 4-H record sheets. Keep ribbing. your knitting record up to date. Write your 4-H story for the year when you complete 3. To increase. your project; be sure to fill in your perma­ nent record, too. There are places on your 4. To decrease. permanent record to show the activities you have participated in. Be sure to keep a rec­ ord of them. Activities plus project work 5. To make a woven seam. make a well-rounded 4-H program. 6. To recognize and correct mistakes. Learn to give a demonstration 7. More about knitting tools. Show others what you have learned by giving a demonstration at one of your club meetings. When you show another club mem­ 8. Knitting rules to remember. ber how to tie a slip knot or slip a stitch, you are giving a "demonstration." Things that are 9. About buying yarn. seen or done are remembered the longest. Give your demonstration alone or with a part­ 10. Care of shoes. ner. You will find demonstrations interesting and helpful. Ask your leader to give you 11. To share with others through demon­ ideas on how to give a demonstration. Choose strations. a topic you have studied in your project. Plan Your Proiect You will want to talk about your project cuss the project with your leader. She will with your mother and leader. This will help tell you what type of yarn and size of needles you to understand the entire project. Study you will need for your first article. the project outline and your record book. This project is more than just knitting. Take your mother with you to your first 4-H You will study health and good grooming club meeting. You will need her cooperation and how to care for your clothes. in selecting equipment and materials. Get off to a good start by learning how to Before shopping for your supplies, dis- care for your shoes. E.M. 3743 - Page 2 Shine Your Shoes Shoea become damp from porapiration when you wear them. Wearing socks will protect the lining. Allow your shoes to dry thoroughly between wearings. Filling the toes of your shoes with tissue paper will help absorb moisture. Examine your shoes for signs of wear. Keep the heels straight and do not wear the soles through before having them repaired. Have all rips mended as soon as they appear. Ju Daily care will improve the looks of your Do not place wet shoes near heat or in the shoes and will help make them wear longer. sun to dry. When they are dry, clean and Clean and polish your shoes. Wipe them off polish them to make them look like new. with a clean (wool) cloth and brush away the loose dirt before you put them away. When they need polishing, use one of the many Your sweater and skirt or dress are only good polishes that are on the market. Select as pretty as the shoes you wear with them. the kind that is best for the leather in your Are you proud of the care you give your shoes. Follow the directions given with the shoes? Keep a record of the care of your polish. shoes in your record book. History of Knitting Knitting is older than written history. No one knows exactly when women began to knit, but we do know that as far back as 200 A.D. knitting was an advanced and accom­ plished art. The people of Scotland are be­ lieved to have been the first to knit with wool. A knitted fabric stretches more than a woven fabric, and it snaps back to its original size after it is stretched. A woolen knitted fabric can stretch as much as 30 percent and spring back to its original size. Long ago peo­ ple found out how much better a knitted fab­ ric was than a woven fabric for clothing that With the hundreds of different kinds and needs to stretch and then spring back to size textures of yarns available today, plus the to fit snugly. Examples of this kind of cloth­ constant development of new synthetic fibers ing are sweaters, mittens, and stockings. and various combinations of them, there is no Knitting is probably more popular today end to all the beautiful and useful things you than it has been at any other time in history. can learn to make. E.M. 3743 - Page 3 Your Knitting Tools You will need the same knitting tools in Scissors this phase of the knitting project that you A small pair of scissors or shears is nec­ used in Ph::tse 1. essary for cutting yarns, trimming pompons, and so forth. Be sure and keep your scissors in a case for safety. Knitting needles All knitting patterns tell you the size of needles you will need to make the garment. Rubber tips or corks Never discard your needles when you have Use tips or corks on the ends of your finished a garment. If you lose one needle needles to keep your stitches from slipping and have to buy another pair of the same size, off. keep the extra needle. You never know when you may lose or break
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