As always I love your no-nonsense tips and signs of what you should do with these make 1 yarn overs when made and knitted on the next row.....so helpful. Thx U
Watched this a little earlier today and have just been able to correct a YO error on the following row using this information ☺️ Thank you Rox for giving me the confidence to try!
I'm left-handed and I've always had problems knowing which way is left and right, and this m1l/m1r made knitting patterns with this pair super frustrating especially because I knit mirrored. You can imagine! Well, not anymore! Thank you so much for this tip!
Roxanne, I’m working a pattern in the round that is a ribbed raglan in 2X2 ribbing. The increases ( as written) are all m1R/m1L around the 2 purl stitches. When I work those increases, they are soooooo tight it’s distorting the adjacent stitches. Think I could use the yarn over and backyard yarn over method for this pattern? It’s so much easier! Thanks for your videos!!
Absolutely. Keep in mind that if you are switching from the type the pattern calls for to the other type, that you will do the YO or backwards loop on the round after the last regular m1 you did (assuming you're supposed to do them every other round) so that the spacing is maintained.
Love your "Technique Tuesday" tutorials, fabulous learning experience and to the point. I do have a question, I knit English style but would love to to do Continental style. I've tried a couple of times, but find it frustrating whether I am using the working yarn correctly. Any advice on practicing to transition from one style to another. Thanking you in advance. Respectfully, Donna
I learned to knit english style, but some nurses showed me the continental method and I just practiced and practiced until I got comfortable with it. It is good to know how to do both because sometimes I have to swithch for a stitch or a manuver that is easier for me in the throwing method. Learn to crochet too. Knowing how to handle a crochet needle will be invaluable when you need to repair or a provisional cast on. Happy Knitting.
Jessica Jones: Good Morning! I'm self taught on both crochet and knitting. I've been crocheting for 6 1/2 years and been knitting for about 1 year. I love to crochet but finding myself becoming more and more comfortable with strictly knitting. You would think I could adjust to continental knitting but with yarn and needle being held with left hand; I feel like I have two left feet (LOL). I will keep practicing and hopefully be able to achieve both methods. Thank you so much for your reply. Have a fabulous day! Respectfully, Donna
Watching this video put me in mind of a question I have been wanting to ask for some time. When knitting stockinet flat (I am a thrower) and you turn to purl back across the row is there any advantage in wrapping your working yarn clockwise around your needle (on the purl side) and then working your stitches through the back leg of the stitches on the next stockinet row? Does it make any difference in your knitting at all?
For Knitters who have a looser purl gauge than knit gauge it can make a difference. Some knitters simply prefer to do it this way.The best way to know if it affects your knitting or if you prefer it is to try it yourself.
Using this method would the hole created by increasing be larger? I am trying to make very dense fabric, I use the lifted running strand to minimize the hole, am I correct in thinking the result will be a smaller hole? Thanks.
The YO make 1 has more slack in the twisted loop. Whether that creates a larger hole or not depends a bit on your execution of the technique vs the version where you lift the running thread. Some people pull too much slack out of the adjacent sts (which then reduces their size, causing the knitting to look uneven). I sometimes opt for the YO m1 and sometimes I opt for the lifted running thread. It just depends on the project and the increase placement relative to the surrounding sts. Experiment and see which one works best in your project.
I think because most tutorials don't tell you about working the new stitch twisted to avoid getting a hole in your work. I didn't realise that you needed to do this for so long, and was driven to frustrated tears because I had tried what felt like every increase out there and was getting holes even with the supposedly 'invisible' ones. Then one of the tutorials mentioned that you need to work the new stitch twisted if you don't want a hole, or work it normally if you *do*, and everything fell into place. But if you don't realise that there are effectively two types of YO increases, one that makes a hole and one that does not, you'll assume it's only suitable for lace or decoration and never use it anywhere else.
You can often substitute one increase for another, but where you place the increase/when you work it can make a difference, depending on how your pattern instructions are written. In addition, when a specific increase is called for, there are often good reasons for why that increase was called for. You might want to check a few of my other videos on increases (I have a playlist here: ruclips.net/p/PL0EF6B62976DF4934) to learn more about why kfb might have been chosen, and how to make a substitution.
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One of the clearest knitting explanation on the web.
I love how clearly you explain, not only the technique, but also how the technique fits into the design of fabric making
As always I love your no-nonsense tips and signs of what you should do with these make 1 yarn overs when made and knitted on the next row.....so helpful. Thx U
Amazing. Gosh this is enjoyable. I will certainly come back and watch this again,
Explaining the direction of the yarn-overs helped me.
Watched this a little earlier today and have just been able to correct a YO error on the following row using this information ☺️ Thank you Rox for giving me the confidence to try!
Glad it helped!
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Always helpful and informative. Thank you.
Loved your structured instruction!
I'm left-handed and I've always had problems knowing which way is left and right, and this m1l/m1r made knitting patterns with this pair super frustrating especially because I knit mirrored. You can imagine! Well, not anymore! Thank you so much for this tip!
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Oh! Thank you for this. I'm learning so much from you.:)
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Very informative! Thanks for sharing!
Great tip!
Thank you
Roxanne, I’m working a pattern in the round that is a ribbed raglan in 2X2 ribbing. The increases ( as written) are all m1R/m1L around the 2 purl stitches. When I work those increases, they are soooooo tight it’s distorting the adjacent stitches. Think I could use the yarn over and backyard yarn over method for this pattern? It’s so much easier! Thanks for your videos!!
Absolutely. Keep in mind that if you are switching from the type the pattern calls for to the other type, that you will do the YO or backwards loop on the round after the last regular m1 you did (assuming you're supposed to do them every other round) so that the spacing is maintained.
Love your "Technique Tuesday" tutorials, fabulous learning experience and to the point. I do have a question, I knit English style but would love to to do Continental style. I've tried a couple of times, but find it frustrating whether I am using the working yarn correctly. Any advice on practicing to transition from one style to another. Thanking you in advance. Respectfully, Donna
I learned to knit english style, but some nurses showed me the continental method and I just practiced and practiced until I got comfortable with it. It is good to know how to do both because sometimes I have to swithch for a stitch or a manuver that is easier for me in the throwing method. Learn to crochet too. Knowing how to handle a crochet needle will be invaluable when you need to repair or a provisional cast on. Happy Knitting.
Jessica Jones: Good Morning! I'm self taught on both crochet and knitting. I've been crocheting for 6 1/2 years and been knitting for about 1 year. I love to crochet but finding myself becoming more and more comfortable with strictly knitting. You would think I could adjust to continental knitting but with yarn and needle being held with left hand; I feel like I have two left feet (LOL). I will keep practicing and hopefully be able to achieve both methods. Thank you so much for your reply. Have a fabulous day! Respectfully, Donna
Watching this video put me in mind of a question I have been wanting to ask for some time. When knitting stockinet flat (I am a thrower) and you turn to purl back across the row is there any advantage in wrapping your working yarn clockwise around your needle (on the purl side) and then working your stitches through the back leg of the stitches on the next stockinet row? Does it make any difference in your knitting at all?
For Knitters who have a looser purl gauge than knit gauge it can make a difference. Some knitters simply prefer to do it this way.The best way to know if it affects your knitting or if you prefer it is to try it yourself.
Using this method would the hole created by increasing be larger? I am trying to make very dense fabric, I use the lifted running strand to minimize the hole, am I correct in thinking the result will be a smaller hole? Thanks.
The YO make 1 has more slack in the twisted loop. Whether that creates a larger hole or not depends a bit on your execution of the technique vs the version where you lift the running thread. Some people pull too much slack out of the adjacent sts (which then reduces their size, causing the knitting to look uneven). I sometimes opt for the YO m1 and sometimes I opt for the lifted running thread. It just depends on the project and the increase placement relative to the surrounding sts. Experiment and see which one works best in your project.
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So - the YO method of increasing is so easy, why isn't it used more often, I wonder?
No idea. I typically use the twisted loop method, and always have to think about what I'm doing. I find this much easier, so I'm switching! :-)
I think because most tutorials don't tell you about working the new stitch twisted to avoid getting a hole in your work. I didn't realise that you needed to do this for so long, and was driven to frustrated tears because I had tried what felt like every increase out there and was getting holes even with the supposedly 'invisible' ones. Then one of the tutorials mentioned that you need to work the new stitch twisted if you don't want a hole, or work it normally if you *do*, and everything fell into place. But if you don't realise that there are effectively two types of YO increases, one that makes a hole and one that does not, you'll assume it's only suitable for lace or decoration and never use it anywhere else.
My pattern calls for kfb can i yo instead?
You can often substitute one increase for another, but where you place the increase/when you work it can make a difference, depending on how your pattern instructions are written. In addition, when a specific increase is called for, there are often good reasons for why that increase was called for. You might want to check a few of my other videos on increases (I have a playlist here: ruclips.net/p/PL0EF6B62976DF4934) to learn more about why kfb might have been chosen, and how to make a substitution.
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