Your "teaching" podcasts are excellent. I really appreciate how you explain how the slip stitches and the position of the stitch mounts work and why they work the way they do. Thanks so much for this podcast!
EXCELLENT! I am beginning to learn lace and other stitch techniques and understanding all these basics is so helpful!! What did people do before RUclips? Not everyone (certainly not me) had access to a wonderful experienced knitter. Thank you. Your videos are clear and appreciate knowing the logic behind the stitches.
I’m such a newbie knitter I don’t know if I’m Western, Eastern, or combination. However, now I think I understand what to look for. I loved your explanations on slipping stitches. I just was hugely informative.
This was such great information. When I first began knitting I was knitting the eastern way, but had now clue that it was different. I trained my self to begin knitting the western way in order to not become confused when following a pattern. Thank you so much. I enjoy your videos and am lookibg forward to more. Rox Rocks!😆
This has been so helpful. I always thought if the pattern said 'slip as if to purl' the yarn was in the front because that is what you do when purling....Thank you so much for this tutorial.
Wow, i wasn't even aware of ... all of that. How different the world can look, wether you start the day with the right or left leg. Now i know that i am a combination knitter. Whenever i struggled with instructions, i just did what looked nicest. Thanks a LOT for clearing that up!
I knit left handed continental andWorking yarn in my right hand empty needle in my left etc so all the fancy decreases have been a challenge. In this video I can actually see the different ways the yarn lies and it is so much clearer now. Thank you
Wish I would have seen this before I quit being a combination knitter... I knew I had knitting issues getting the desired outcome...but not why. Through lots of research I am proud that I figured out I was a combination knitter... But couldn't find any information on how to readjust the yarn on the needle to get results wanted. I changed to a western style knitter then I had tension problems...now I knit in the Portuguese style from knitting pins attached to my shirt. This solved attention issues that gave me many more issues like how to get a twisted Stitch when you want one... Now I am becoming really good at reading stitches and swatching away my life, it feels. But I'm a lifelong learner and very inquisitive. I learned how to combination it because I taught myself and have dyslexia. I love all of your stuff on RUclips please keep going you have been a wonderous help for me I should be nicknamed the confused stylish knitter
As a brand new knitter these videos are extremely helpful to me. Learning the why helps so much not with just execution but with remembering the how-to. 💕🧶💕
I took up knitting in December (2020), nine months into pandemic lock down. While the basic technique is not entirely new to me, (I had self taught while knitting a couple scarves about 10 years ago), most video instructions create more questions than they answer. I was aware that, for lack of a better term, I was knitting backwards but until now I have not even heard anyone even elude to such a technique. While viewing this video I had an aha moment, "Eastern mount", leading leg and combination knitters. Translating what I see in video to what I am holding in my hands has been a challenging equation; one that I have not mastered, in fact most instruction befuddles me. By explaining this in detail you may have bridged the gap in what I was beginning to understand as a handicap. I just may be able to learn how to translate what lies before me rather than having to relearn my basic technique. Thank you ever so much.
This was fantastic, thanks - really full of theory. I'll need to watch again a few times its so packed with information. It is just what I needed. Many thanks
Honestly Roxanne you have a wonderful channel and I am lucky I stumbled across it because now I can binge watch you hehhe and you are truly a master knitter and teacher I learn so many techniques and the why and whats of each one and so much history also which is what makes you so important to knitting !!! Thanks for doing what you do and having multiple weekly videos it is more impressive then you give yourself credit for!!
Great Technique Tuesday video as usual! Thanks. I love the way your mind works. REQUEST: You mentioned you would explain about slipping stitches on the edges in another video soon. I currently use Slip 1st stitch Knitwise and Purl the last stitch of every row. My request is this: What if you forget to slip the 1st stitch and notice the mistake several rows later? Is there a way to go back down and fix it? Whichever technique you teach us, could you also show us how to fix this sort of mistake please? .... if a fix is actually possible.
Very informative Roxanne. Very well explained. I’m a western knitter but it’s great to learn about eastern and combination knitters! Looking forward to seeing the video on slipping selvedge stitches! Thank you for another great video.
Right so many just tell you what to do..not the why which makes us understand so we can choose which is right for our project based on the knowledge we now know!! She rocks!!
Hi Roxanne. How I wish I cld sit down w you and ask my questions. I had just asked another knitter about a video about sts. Twisted most of all. The mechanics of the k and p and actually seeing it, but having the end result explained. I wld pay for a class like tht. One other comment I appreciate your interest in yesteryears. I am the same. Wanting to cook, using products tht can be made for cleaning (like windows) etc. More so for the learning and results. I mean, I definitely don't live to clean!! We had our final house built by an awesome crew of Amish. It is himself and 3 of his sons. The youngest being 9 yrs. Its their choice, their dad tells me. Their work ethic is nothing I've ever seen. Anyway his wife, Emma, had told me to come visit which is now wht I do most often. Once a month Emma has a circle of women who visit to knit. They taught me so much and definitely we all laughed whn I asked wht kind of knitting style they were doing. They all looked at each other, and an older woman said, We knit how we were taught. I said, "Duhhh Sue" and tht is wht brought on the laughter. Their English is halting since they don't know our words for wht they want to say. Its an awesome way to forge togetherness. I wish I cld photo their work as they do it but not even their hands will they hve photo'd. They can't have their work either displayed thru a photo. IF I cld take a video you wld be the first knitting pro I wld send it to. I enjoy how you explain, simple to the point. Some get too too involved. It has to be eastern knitting, this communities roots are from Belgium yet it most likely is their own way. I was able to show them inc and dec. They are the happiest most curious folks I've ever met. I hve knowledge of their reasons how they live their lives. It is simple and they know no other way. If their children decide to go "outside" at a certain age, all came back, but one. I truly understand why they live their way. Don't stop wht you're doing or ever stop going back and learning then sharing. I wld be delighted to go once with you for this purpose. Be well. Stay well. Thank you for all you offer.
Thanks so much for this video. It explains the why of slipping stitches. And I've been unaware of Western mount or Continental or Combination. I thought Continental was a way of holding the yarn only. If you want to I'd love to hear more about the differences between these methods of knitting, along with Portuguese and any other method. (And a book that describes them.) :-)
Continental does simply mean holding the yarn in the left hand. The three styles I mentioned were Western, Eastern, and Combination. these styles reference how the sts sit on the needle, not which hand you hold the yarn in as you knit.
I have a question I am a Eastern Mount knitter. How does this play into doing say an Eye of Partridge heel. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. Thank you!
I have never seen instructions for slipping sts on hold BACK ONTO THE NEEDLE!!! When we slipped them onto waste yarn, we were working the row as usual from right to left on the RS. We slipped purl wise. NOW, it’s time to put the held sts back onto the needle. Question: do you put them back from left to right on the row OR go back to the beginning of the slipped sts and put them back on the needle beginning at the right edge of the “slipped sts?”. I often find these slipped sts are somehow wacko and leave turkey track that won’t block out. Especially conspicuous on solid light colors in STST.
The goal is to maintain the stitch mount whether you are slipping them off to waste yarn, or back onto the needle. The leading leg of the stitch (the leg closest to the tip of your left hand needle) should be hanging over the front of the needle (for most knitters). If it's not, then you should make sure that you are knitting against/through that leading leg, even if it's hanging over the back of the needle. When you knit through the trailing leg of the stitch, it will twist at the base. So, transfer your sts with the tips of your needles pointing toward each other as you transfer the sts.
Tnx roxanne, great instructions! Very helpfull! But just one more question. What about slipping stitches in the wrong side row? My chart with cables tells me to slip a stitch on the purl row. How do I insert my needle? ( I suppose I have to keep the yarn in front). Tnx so much for helping me. Dona from Belgium
If you're simply slipping or moving a stitch from one needle to another (rather than prepping for a decrease), you will always slip as if to purl, and less told to do otherwise. Always assume that the yarn stays where it is when it's time to slip a stitch, unless specifically told to do something else.
Woven stitch/half linen stitch has a 4-row repeat. I was showing the instructions for one of those four rows, in order to demonstrate why moving the yarn position is sometimes called for.
Stitches are slipped for many reasons in many different situations. It sounds like you need to search for a video demonstrating slipped selvedge stitches, which is a very specific knitting situation, which, again, can be done in multiple ways, depending on the result you want.
Your "teaching" podcasts are excellent. I really appreciate how you explain how the slip stitches and the position of the stitch mounts work and why they work the way they do. Thanks so much for this podcast!
EXCELLENT! I am beginning to learn lace and other stitch techniques and understanding all these basics is so helpful!! What did people do before RUclips? Not everyone (certainly not me) had access to a wonderful experienced knitter. Thank you. Your videos are clear and appreciate knowing the logic behind the stitches.
I’m such a newbie knitter I don’t know if I’m Western, Eastern, or combination. However, now I think I understand what to look for. I loved your explanations on slipping stitches. I just was hugely informative.
I have been knitting for 58 years but you explain why we use certain techniques. I’m still learning! Thank you.
This kind of detail helps me SO MUCH. Thank you for the clarity.
She is a great teacher and deserve so much more credit then she gets!!!
This was such great information. When I first began knitting I was knitting the eastern way, but had now clue that it was different. I trained my self to begin knitting the western way in order to not become confused when following a pattern. Thank you so much. I enjoy your videos and am lookibg forward to more. Rox Rocks!😆
This has been so helpful. I always thought if the pattern said 'slip as if to purl' the yarn was in the front because that is what you do when purling....Thank you so much for this tutorial.
You are so welcome!
Wow, i wasn't even aware of ... all of that. How different the world can look, wether you start the day with the right or left leg. Now i know that i am a combination knitter. Whenever i struggled with instructions, i just did what looked nicest. Thanks a LOT for clearing that up!
I knit left handed continental andWorking yarn in my right hand empty needle in my left etc so all the fancy decreases have been a challenge. In this video I can actually see the different ways the yarn lies and it is so much clearer now. Thank you
Wish I would have seen this before I quit being a combination knitter... I knew I had knitting issues getting the desired outcome...but not why. Through lots of research I am proud that I figured out I was a combination knitter... But couldn't find any information on how to readjust the yarn on the needle to get results wanted. I changed to a western style knitter then I had tension problems...now I knit in the Portuguese style from knitting pins attached to my shirt. This solved attention issues that gave me many more issues like how to get a twisted Stitch when you want one... Now I am becoming really good at reading stitches and swatching away my life, it feels. But I'm a lifelong learner and very inquisitive. I learned how to combination it because I taught myself and have dyslexia. I love all of your stuff on RUclips please keep going you have been a wonderous help for me I should be nicknamed the confused stylish knitter
As a brand new knitter these videos are extremely helpful to me. Learning the why helps so much not with just execution but with remembering the how-to. 💕🧶💕
I took up knitting in December (2020), nine months into pandemic lock down. While the basic technique is not entirely new to me, (I had self taught while knitting a couple scarves about 10 years ago), most video instructions create more questions than they answer. I was aware that, for lack of a better term, I was knitting backwards but until now I have not even heard anyone even elude to such a technique. While viewing this video I had an aha moment, "Eastern mount", leading leg and combination knitters. Translating what I see in video to what I am holding in my hands has been a challenging equation; one that I have not mastered, in fact most instruction befuddles me. By explaining this in detail you may have bridged the gap in what I was beginning to understand as a handicap. I just may be able to learn how to translate what lies before me rather than having to relearn my basic technique. Thank you ever so much.
Can you leave me the link to the other video where you address Eastern mount? Thanks.
So I am an Eastern mount knitter how does this play into doing Eye of Patridge heel?
Thanks!I really enjoy these technics videos. Each week I'm exciting to learn a new tips and improve my knitting
I cant wait to see the video on combination knitting.
This was fantastic, thanks - really full of theory. I'll need to watch again a few times its so packed with information. It is just what I needed. Many thanks
Well, this is a find! What a great knitting mentor. I have learnt so much from this video and I have been knitting for years. Thank you, Roxanne.
Thank you. Your videos are my favourites for all my knitting queries.
Honestly Roxanne you have a wonderful channel and I am lucky I stumbled across it because now I can binge watch you hehhe and you are truly a master knitter and teacher
I learn so many techniques and the why and whats of each one and so much history also which is what makes you so important to knitting !!!
Thanks for doing what you do and having multiple weekly videos it is more impressive then you give yourself credit for!!
Excellent technique video. Thank you.
Your technique videos are some of the best! I love how you explain things!
This was amazingly clear and helpful. I'm going to look for your others to see what else I can learn. Thank you!
Thank you thank you. I so needed this -- I'm a combination knitter. Will need to research more but this explains a lot of my questions!
Great video content and visual. Look forward to your tutorial on slipping selvedge stitches. Many thanks and best wishes from Ireland 💖
Thank you. I wish I had this 10 years ago when I started to knit.
It’s still very informative and I will keep the explanations in mind.
Thank you so much. That was such helpful info. Now I understand WHY I am doing certain slip stitches. I bought you a coffee! Enjoy!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much. Your explanations are very clear and thorough. I'm ready to attempt those patterns with confidence!
Great Technique Tuesday video as usual! Thanks. I love the way your mind works.
REQUEST: You mentioned you would explain about slipping stitches on the edges in another video soon. I currently use Slip 1st stitch Knitwise and Purl the last stitch of every row. My request is this: What if you forget to slip the 1st stitch and notice the mistake several rows later? Is there a way to go back down and fix it? Whichever technique you teach us, could you also show us how to fix this sort of mistake please?
.... if a fix is actually possible.
Clear and detailed like ever. You are simply wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. Safe greetings from germany. Vanessa
Can't wait for the slipping selvage stiches!!!! Thank you in advance!
Very nice presentation, and great demonstrations! Thank you so much 🧶
Thank you so much for covering eastern mounts. I already translate decreases in my head to right or left leaning.
Thank you for this. New knitter and sometimes get confused as how to execute the stitch per the pattern. I know I’ll be rewatching this many times!
This was exactly what I needed for my current pattern. Thanks.
Very informative Roxanne. Very well explained. I’m a western knitter but it’s great to learn about eastern and combination knitters! Looking forward to seeing the video on slipping selvedge stitches! Thank you for another great video.
Thank you! Now that I understand the “why” I won’t keep being puzzled about the “how” of slipping stitches.
Right so many just tell you what to do..not the why which makes us understand so we can choose which is right for our project based on the knowledge we now know!!
She rocks!!
This was SO helpful, thank you!
Super interesting and helpful. Thank you for this very clear explanation. :)
As always very useful and easy explanations! Thank you much!!!😃
Thank you. Have enjoyed your tutorial videos...they are very informative and well done!!!🙂
Excellent. That makes it very clear! Thank you
Lovely explanation.
Excellent, Rox. Thank you.
I am a combination knitter. Looking forward to your video on it. Your tutorials are always so clear and easy to follow. Thanks so much
Hi Roxanne.
How I wish I cld sit down w you and ask my questions. I had just asked another knitter about a video about sts. Twisted most of all. The mechanics of the k and p and actually seeing it, but having the end result explained. I wld pay for a class like tht.
One other comment I appreciate your interest in yesteryears. I am the same. Wanting to cook, using products tht can be made for cleaning (like windows) etc. More so for the learning and results. I mean, I definitely don't live to clean!! We had our final house built by an awesome crew of Amish. It is himself and 3 of his sons. The youngest being 9 yrs. Its their choice, their dad tells me. Their work ethic is nothing I've ever seen. Anyway his wife, Emma, had told me to come visit which is now wht I do most often. Once a month Emma has a circle of women who visit to knit. They taught me so much and definitely we all laughed whn I asked wht kind of knitting style they were doing. They all looked at each other, and an older woman said, We knit how we were taught. I said, "Duhhh Sue" and tht is wht brought on the laughter. Their English is halting since they don't know our words for wht they want to say. Its an awesome way to forge togetherness. I wish I cld photo their work as they do it but not even their hands will they hve photo'd. They can't have their work either displayed thru a photo. IF I cld take a video you wld be the first knitting pro I wld send it to. I enjoy how you explain, simple to the point. Some get too too involved. It has to be eastern knitting, this communities roots are from Belgium yet it most likely is their own way. I was able to show them inc and dec. They are the happiest most curious folks I've ever met. I hve knowledge of their reasons how they live their lives. It is simple and they know no other way. If their children decide to go "outside" at a certain age, all came back, but one. I truly understand why they live their way.
Don't stop wht you're doing or ever stop going back and learning then sharing. I wld be delighted to go once with you for this purpose. Be well. Stay well. Thank you for all you offer.
Great video thank you
Thanks so much for this video. It explains the why of slipping stitches. And I've been unaware of Western mount or Continental or Combination. I thought Continental was a way of holding the yarn only.
If you want to I'd love to hear more about the differences between these methods of knitting, along with Portuguese and any other method. (And a book that describes them.) :-)
Continental does simply mean holding the yarn in the left hand. The three styles I mentioned were Western, Eastern, and Combination. these styles reference how the sts sit on the needle, not which hand you hold the yarn in as you knit.
@@RoxanneRichardson oh, I see now. Thank you again. Love to learn.
Love this. Thank you! 🤗♥️
I have a question I am a Eastern Mount knitter. How does this play into doing say an Eye of Partridge heel. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.
Thank you!
So when the say slip as if to purl -- you do not move the yarn forward? (unless they say) thanks for this video.
That's correct. Slipping does not involve yarn position change, unless explicitly stated.
I have never seen instructions for slipping sts on hold BACK ONTO THE NEEDLE!!! When we slipped them onto waste yarn, we were working the row as usual from right to left on the RS. We slipped purl wise. NOW, it’s time to put the held sts back onto the needle. Question: do you put them back from left to right on the row OR go back to the beginning of the slipped sts and put them back on the needle beginning at the right edge of the “slipped sts?”. I often find these slipped sts are somehow wacko and leave turkey track that won’t block out. Especially conspicuous on solid light colors in STST.
The goal is to maintain the stitch mount whether you are slipping them off to waste yarn, or back onto the needle. The leading leg of the stitch (the leg closest to the tip of your left hand needle) should be hanging over the front of the needle (for most knitters). If it's not, then you should make sure that you are knitting against/through that leading leg, even if it's hanging over the back of the needle. When you knit through the trailing leg of the stitch, it will twist at the base. So, transfer your sts with the tips of your needles pointing toward each other as you transfer the sts.
Thank you 🙏
Useful, thank you.
Tnx roxanne, great instructions! Very helpfull! But just one more question. What about slipping stitches in the wrong side row? My chart with cables tells me to slip a stitch on the purl row. How do I insert my needle? ( I suppose I have to keep the yarn in front). Tnx so much for helping me. Dona from Belgium
If you're simply slipping or moving a stitch from one needle to another (rather than prepping for a decrease), you will always slip as if to purl, and less told to do otherwise. Always assume that the yarn stays where it is when it's time to slip a stitch, unless specifically told to do something else.
Super! I will do so. Thanks so much for your help!
Thank you!!
Thanks
Roxanne How do slip the 3 stitches on the 1898 hat??? Its driving me crazy! Those 3 stitches always look like a knit stitch.
They are intended to look exactly like a knit stitch, only elongated, because they span two rows.
I didn't think I was a combination knitter but I guess I am 😮
Thanks❤️
where you showing the linen stitch? In the yarn to the front move?
Woven stitch/half linen stitch has a 4-row repeat. I was showing the instructions for one of those four rows, in order to demonstrate why moving the yarn position is sometimes called for.
WOW 👌 😘
You knit too fast for anyone is learning!
You can slow down the video, should be in the settings :)
This is misleading. I need help with edges
Stitches are slipped for many reasons in many different situations. It sounds like you need to search for a video demonstrating slipped selvedge stitches, which is a very specific knitting situation, which, again, can be done in multiple ways, depending on the result you want.