Since ancient times, handmade items were valued dearly and were in high demand. Each strived to learn some kind of handicraft in order to provide himself and his family and friends with exclusive clothing, fakes or original interior items.

Hand knitting is one of the most common types of needlework. With this skill, you can look stylish and fashionable without any special financial costs. Scientists argue that this is not its only advantage: while knitting, a person calms down, relaxes and is distracted from disturbing thoughts.

This article contains step-by-step tutorials detailing how to learn to knit. For novice needlewomen, it will become a real help.

Lesson number 1. Where to start?

For those who are just starting to master the knitting technique, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the tools with which the process is directly carried out.

The first thing to start knitting any jersey is a set of loops with knitting needles. In order to know how to choose the right ones for a certain type of knitting, you need to understand the main types.

Standard (regular) knitting needles

This type is used for all types of knitting, except for circular knitting. They are made from lightweight materials such as plastic, metal, aluminum, wood. They differ in thickness, from 1 mm to 25.5 mm, and in length. They have one working edge, on the other there is a tip that acts as a limiter.

Stocking needles

They are used for circular knitting, in particular socks, since knitting with 2 knitting needles is not recommended. They are sold in a set of 5 pieces. They have two working edges. The knitting process is carried out as follows: the product is located in an equal number of loops on 4 knitting needles, and the next rows are knitted on the 5th.

Knitting needles for patterns "braid" and "plait"

Due to the bend in the middle of the knitting needles, their use greatly simplifies the process of crossing the loops. Their diameter can be 2-4 mm, chosen in accordance with the thickness of the yarn.

Marking paper clip

With its help, the number of loops is controlled or a specific place on the product is marked.

Circular knitting needles

They are 2 working tips connected with a metal or silicone line. They are used for certain patterns, circular knitting, or when the fabric is wide enough.

Pin

It is used to remove loops that do not need to be knitted at a certain stage. The dimensions of such a device can be different (10-15 cm).

Lesson number 2. Familiarization with the types of yarn

Opening fashion magazines, you can see that clothes, depending on the seasonal purpose, are knitted from different types of yarn. Seeing such beautiful things, every second person asks the question: "How to learn to knit?" For beginner knitters, a lot of information has been published with a detailed step-by-step description. However, in order to create a truly beautiful and original thing, you need to choose the right yarn for it.

Woolen thread

Refers to natural species. Sheep wool is used for its manufacture. Differs in a wide range of colors. Winter things are mainly knitted from it, suitable for any type of pattern.

Cotton yarn

Ideal for any type of knitting. It is pleasant to the touch and does not cause allergies. A product made from such a thread has a gorgeous look.

Melange yarn

It contains synthetic and natural threads as a percentage. Due to its texture, the products are lush and airy. Looks great on three-dimensional drawings.

Mohair

Designed for knitting warm clothes. This thread is very fluffy, so it is not recommended to use it for those things that are directly adjacent to the body. Large drawings are most relevant to her.

Fancy yarns

It is made by observing a certain technology, which consists in combining threads of different texture, color and quality.

Lesson number 3. Set of the first row

Getting started knitting any fabric, you will need to make a set of loops with knitting needles. For this, a loop of yarn is made, which is thrown over the thumb. One end of the thread goes through the index, and the other just goes down. After that, both threads are fixed with the remaining three fingers. Having fastened the yarn in this way, loops are made with the help of a knitting needle, from which the canvas will be directly knitted.

1st step

2nd step

3rd step

4th step

5th step

Lesson number 4. Face loop

Having learned how to set the first row, you can proceed to the main type of knitting - front loops. They are fundamental to any drawing. In order to get the front loop, knit a thread with knitting needles in a certain way. To do this, you need to hook the loop on the back wall with a free knitting needle and pull the working thread through it. If the pattern indicates the knitting method for the front wall, then a similar manipulation is performed, only the upper part of the loop is captured with the knitting needle.

Lesson number 5. Purl loop

The next stage in the development of knitting technique is purl loops with knitting needles. They can be knitted in two ways - behind the front and back walls. The more common type is considered classic. To do this, the working thread is thrown over the canvas, the front part of the loop is captured with a knitting needle, through which the thread is pulled, which forms a new purl loop.

Lesson number 6. Nakid

Crochet - air loop. It is formed by throwing a working thread, adheres with a finger, the subsequent front loop is knitted with knitting needles, as usual. On the side where the purl loops are, knit the yarn over with knitting needles without twisting, so that a hole is formed. This knitting technique is used to create a product with an openwork pattern.

Lesson number 7. Edge and edge loops

When knitting any fabric, you need to pay attention to the first and last loops. They occupy the main place in the manufacture of a quality product. Due to the implementation of a certain technique, the canvas has smooth and unstretched edges. Edge and edge loops are knitted in the following order. At the beginning of the row, the first one is removed without knitting, and at the end the last one is tied with a front loop.

Lesson number 8. How to knit an elastic band? Types and description

There are many different ways to knit elastic. As a rule, almost any product begins with it, so it is very important to learn how to knit it correctly and beautifully. The main condition for her is not to stretch the loops in order to maintain a good density.

So, how to knit an elastic band with knitting needles, we will analyze simple options.

Elastic band 1 x 1

The simplest view. First row: 1 front loop and 1 purl loop alternate. The next rows are knitted according to the pattern.

Elastic band 2 x 2

Knits like the first option, only the row consists of 2 purl loops and 2 front loops.

Double elastic band hollow

In order to tie it, it is necessary to successively alternate 1 front loop, remove 1 loop without knitting. So knit on both sides of the product.

English gum 1 x 1

This option is more difficult for a beginner, but you can try.

An even number of loops is typed on the knitting needle. Then it is knitted as follows.

1st row: K 1, yarn over to the next stitch and remove to a working needle, so alternate.

2nd row: a loop with a crochet is knitted with a front one, and on the next one a crochet is made and removed, repeat to the end.

3 throw: from the beginning of the pattern.

Lesson number 9. How to learn to knit? For beginners: knitting scarf

Having learned the basics of knitting, it's time to try your hand at making a small accessory. You can already decide to knit a scarf with knitting needles for yourself or your family. Such a gift will become the most desirable for them. Any patterns with knitting needles are suitable for him. Width is an individual value: if for a child, then 10-20 cm, for adults - from 15 cm. Length can vary from 1 m or more.

For a scarf, you can use threads of various thicknesses and colors, the main thing is that it is in harmony with the rest of the clothes.

As a picture, those that do not have a seamy side are better suited.

An example of a simple checkerboard pattern is shown below.

Description:

The number of loops should be a multiple of 5, plus 2 edge loops.

1st row: 5 persons. p., 5 out., alternate to the end of the row, knit the last one with the front.

2nd row and all even: according to the picture.

3rd row: alternate 5 persons., 5 out., edging front.

5th row: knitted like 3rd.

7th row: 5 out., 5 persons., Copied to the end of the row, the last edging.

9th, 11th rows: knit like 7th.

13th row: play from the 1st row.

Lesson number 10. Schemes and conventions

Any knitting patterns can have a description or diagram that tells you exactly how to knit this pattern. From the previous lesson, you can see examples of descriptions and schematics. However, in order to understand what has been written, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the conventions and learn how to read the diagrams correctly. At first glance, they seem incomprehensible, with some kind of squares, rhombuses, arrows, triangles.

However, this complexity is deceiving; it is not difficult to understand the standard abbreviations. In any edition of a magazine or book there is always an item "Conventions", as a rule, all abbreviations in the text and the symbols used are deciphered in it.

For example, the main ones are:

• persons. - front loop;
• out. - purl loop.

Looking at the diagram under the pattern you like, you need to look for the legend. They can be printed at the end of the book or just below the diagram.

For example, it looks like this:

. - edging;
□ - purl loop;
■ - front loop;
▲ - 3 loops together;
Ώ - yarn.

Lesson number 11. Patterns, diagrams and descriptions

We will describe simple patterns that need to be knitted, we will arrange the schemes side by side for better perception. Trying to connect the proposed drawings, you need to try to understand the symbols as much as possible, since the quality of the entire product will depend on this.

Pattern "Rhombuses"

Description:

1st, 3rd, 5th rows: 6 out., 2 persons.

2-20th rows: according to the picture.

7th row: 2 persons., 4 out., 2 persons., 2 out.

9th row: 2 out., 1 person., 2 out., 2 people., 3 out.

11th, 13th, 15th rows: 2 out., 2 persons., 4 out.

17th row: 1 out., 1 person., 2 out., 1 person., 3 out.

19th row: 1 person., 4 out., 1 person., 2 out.

21st row: repeat from the beginning.

See the lesson 10 for the legend for the diagrams.

Pattern "Stars"

Description:

1st row: from 3 loops, knit 3 face loops *, 1 person.

2nd, 4th rows: out.

3rd row: 2 persons., From 3 loops 3 facial, 1 persons.

5th row: as 1st row.

* 3 of 3 loops - 1 person., Yarn over, 1 person.

Pattern "Putanka"

Description:

1st row: 1 out., 1 person., Duplicate to the end.

2nd row: 1 person., 1 out., Alternate opposite to the previous row.

3rd row: repeat from row 1.

Now the frequently asked question is "How to learn to knit?" for beginners will no longer be so frightening and incomprehensible. If you follow exactly the lessons provided, it will be possible to learn how to create original knitted masterpieces in a fairly short time.

When you look at the magnificent knitted things, their fancy patterns, whether it be voluminous sweaters made of thick wool in the Scandinavian genre or light openwork blouses and skirts, it seems that creating such products is an overwhelming, difficult and caring work.

And tea, in fact, all these intricacies are composed of combinations of primitive elements. Having gained a certain skill and speed, it is allowed to calmly take on huge things with patterns. The result will pay off all the anxiety and effort.

So, if you are just the first to take up the knitting needles, you should immediately learn to knit the front and back loops.

How to perform primitive typical loops?

The basis of weaving with knitting needles of virtually any prophetic are the front loops.

They are carried out easily and swiftly. At the beginning of work on the left knitting needle must be dialed in loops. Next, you need to put the right knitting needle into the first of the loops on the left.

This should be done in the direction from left to right. Having introduced the tool, you need to grab the free thread with it and pull it in the direction towards you. The new resulting loop will be the one that we need. We do the same with all the other loops to the end of the row.

From the presentation it may seem to you that this is a difficult and long technique, but in reality it is not at all so. Over time, your hands will mechanically weave these primitive elements one by one by themselves, and at the same time you will keep up with watching TV or even reading something. A cloth made from such elements alone is called garter stitch.

In order to get purl, you need to put the right knitting needle into the loop on the left in the direction towards you behind the front wall of the loop and pull the working thread through it. Using these primitive knitting elements alone, it is more closely allowed to perform elastic and hosiery, as well as a lot of simple patterns.

How to knit a crossed knit stitch?

Very often, beginners have difficulties when the designation of the front crossed loop (hereinafter - LSP) is encountered in knitting patterns. It is done like this: insert the right knitting needle behind the back wall of the first of the loops on the left. Pick up the working thread with it and pull it through the loop. Do the same to the end of the row. As you can see, there is nothing difficult here either. The canvas, consisting only of crossed loops (hereinafter referred to as the joint venture), turns out to be more dense and flexible.

Why do the posts come out uneven?

Needlewomen often choose a joint venture for weaving elastic bands because in this case they turn out to be more embossed and elastic. It seems that there is nothing difficult about doing things like this. But in the end, it does not always turn out the way we would like. Let's try to realize why sometimes the column from the joint venture turns out to be even, and sometimes not.

If you look closely, it is possible to notice that the loops in such cases were knitted in different ways. More specifically, this applies to purl loops.

They are invariably located with the front lobule forward on the instrument, independently of the method by which the front loop was knitted. And they invariably knit for the front wall, if we do not intend to acquire a crossed purl loop. If we need the latter, then the loop should be hooked to the back lobe. At the same time, it turns, and its walls are crossed (the purl loop turns invariably clockwise).

But different methods of knitting a purl joint will affect how you have to knit a facial one in the next row. When knitting it by the front slice, turning clockwise, in the next row, the front joint is knitted behind the front slice, and the turn is counterclockwise. Such a seemingly inconspicuous detail, where the loop will turn, will give us a strip of "dancing" joint ventures.

Performing the purl loop behind the back lobe (also turn clockwise), in the next row, the front joint will be tied behind the back lobe (clockwise rotation). The strips from the joint venture come out even (all loops are deployed in one direction).

Now consider this result when performing the SP.

Addition from broach

Often, in order to make an inconspicuous addition in the middle of the canvas and not get an unwanted hole, you need to execute the front crossed loop from the broach.

The technique of this technique is as follows:

• we introduce the right knitting needle in the required place under the broach (the thread that is located between adjacent loops) towards ourselves (from right to left);
• grab the thread and pull out an additional loop;
• perform such additions of 2 or more front crossed loops as many times (in different places from the broach) as required according to the scheme.

Where are they used?

If, using the joint venture, the entire canvas is executed, it will be similar to that connected with primitive classical loops, only a little denser and more flexible. So that mittens and socks kept their shape and worn as long as possible, our grandmothers also knitted them using this method.

Crossed loops can act as an element of the pattern, in which case you must strictly adhere to the scheme.

Typically, SPs are used to highlight a specific place in a pattern. Quite often, they are used in Japanese shawl knitting patterns, as well as in other cases when you need to highlight a section of the pattern.

If you look closely at the examples of Japanese patterns, you will see that, say, when weaving side leaves or when selecting a pattern on a smooth background, an LSP is knitted on the sides of it.

Also, this element is used in the bordering of the leaf itself - both the lateral leaves and the middle leaf.

On the pattern, this effectively catches the eye, and even the front surface (a row of ordinary loops) immediately differs, and the silhouettes of that pattern, the one that they wanted to highlight, become noticeable, and it is also noticeable that these are connected loops by various methods. Thus, the relief of the pattern looks three-dimensional (great).

In sweaters, shawls, skirts and other products of the joint venture, as usual, they are performed to highlight the stems, flowers, veins on the leaves, in different geometric silhouettes. LSP looks especially impressive on a smooth panel.

Also, the joint venture is used in knitting dresses, sweaters, hats, and various other products. It is when the entire canvas is executed with satin stitch, and against its background a volumetric pattern is knitted, one that cannot be lost among the canvas. The volumetric highlighted silhouette of every detail gives a better chance of seeing the pattern, and not trying to guess it.

And there are times when you need to hide the hole or make a yarn over. Then the joint venture is performed, as a result of which the knitting is more dense.

• In order not to get a sad outcome at the end of the work, choose yarn and tools the same as those indicated in the presentation;
• Keep a hook on hand in order to pick up the lost loop;
• When using a joint venture in knitting, there are no special requirements for yarn - take the same one from which you would knit the canvas with ordinary loops. The presence of these elements in the pattern also affects the yarn consumption only slightly.
• In different schemes, the designation of the joint venture is different. In the statements, they are sometimes called "purl for the back wall" and "front for the back wall". Consequently, before starting knitting, observe the pattern and presentation, make sure that you are positively aware of everything in them by tying a small example (about 15x15 cm in size);
• Do not immediately start weaving difficult prophetic: your first product should be something hefty primitive, like a scarf.

Well, now you know how to perform crossed purl and front loops, and you can easily put your skills into practice. If it was difficult for you to comprehend the presentation, try learning with the support of video tutorials on the Internet.

The main thing is not to retreat, practice and please yourself, your family and friends with hand-knitted things. Creative sensations and inspiration to you!

Front and back loops- this is the basis of knitting. There are many ways to knit knit and purl. But there are two main ones: classic and “grandmother's”.

Important! No classic, granny, french, english, etc. front and back. Facial are facial, purl are purl. There are only different ways to knit these loops.

Today we are going to master the classical method.

1. If, for example, 15 loops are required for knitting a pattern, then we put 17 loops on the knitting needles, because the first and last loops in the fabric are edging (marked in purple). They are not included in the loops of the pattern itself. Therefore, in verbal descriptions they usually indicate: "type such and such number of loops plus two edging".
After knitting, we turn the knitting needle to the other side clockwise. This direction should be adhered to in the transition from row to row constantly:

2. As a result, the tail and the working thread from the ball should be near the right hand:

3. The first loop in the row is the loop that follows the first hem. The last loop in a row is the loop that goes before the last hem. The edge stitches in the photo are marked in purple, the first and last stitches in pink:

4. We throw the working thread (the one that stretches from the ball) over the index finger of the left hand and place it between the palm and the rest of the fingers of the hand:

5. Take the second knitting needle in the right hand. We do not knit the first hem, but reshoot it from the left knitting needle to the right one, introducing the right knitting needle into the loop on the left, moving from right to left. So we reshoot the first edge in all rows: front and back. Immediately, I note that this is just one of the ways to design edging, about others - in the following lessons :

The edging was removed. She is now on the right spoke:

6. We will knit the first row with front loops. To knit a front loop, insert the right knitting needle into the loop on the left knitting needle, moving from left to right. By moving the knitting needle from top to bottom, we pick up the working thread:

And we pull it towards ourselves into the loop on the left knitting needle (pink). Drop the loop from the left knitting needle (purple) from the left knitting needle:

The front loop is knitted:

7. We knit a row to the end. We knit the last edge with a front loop. In all other rows (front and back), the last edge is front.

We turn knitting to the reverse side for the second row, which we will perform with purl loops.

Purl loops.

1. Insert the right knitting needle into the loop on the left knitting needle moving from right to left and place the right knitting needle on the working thread as shown by the arrow:

2. Pull the right knitting needle together with the working thread into the loop on the left knitting needle as shown by the purple arrow, while pointing the index finger with the working thread towards ourselves for convenience:

3. Drop the loop from the left knitting needle:

Purl loop is knitted:

This is how the side of the canvas with purl loops looks like:

If we knit only front loops on the front side of the canvas, and only purl loops on the wrong side, then such a pattern will be called front surface... When we knit a front loop, on the other side of the fabric it looks like a purl one, when we knit a purl loop, then on the other side it looks like a front loop, therefore, with the front surface, it turns out that all the loops are on the face of the canvas, and on the wrong side - purl ...
In circular knitting, for example, when we knit socks and mittens, we do not turn the fabric after each row, but we knit all the time round only on the front side of the fabric with front loops. Therefore, such a pattern in this case is called stocking stitching.

Closing the stitches of the last row when knitting.

When we knit the last row, you need to close the loops from the knitting needles:

There are several ways to close the stitches of the last row. Today we will study the most basic one.

Remove the edge from the left knitting needle to the right. We knit the next loop according to the pattern and throw the edge loop over the knitted loop. We knit the next loop again according to the pattern. What does the picture mean? This means that if we have a front loop on the knitting needle, then we knit it with the front one, if the wrong one - with the wrong one. We are now closing the loops in the front row, therefore, according to the figure, the front loops:

So, we knit a front loop. Knitted. There are two loops on the right needle. Now insert the left knitting needle into the first of the two loops on the right knitting needle and throw it over the second loop on the right knitting needle. So close all the loops. Just try not to tighten the loops, but to stretch them freely:

The closed row will be in the form of a pigtail:

Facial and purl loops in the classic way video tutorial:

Knit and purl loops are the basis of knitting. In this article, we will take a closer look at the classic and grandmother's knitting methods.But before moving on to knitting methods, consider the structure of the loop itself and the options for the location of the loops on the knitting needle. These points will be very important for a complete understanding of how one method of knitting loops differs from another, what are the advantages and disadvantages of one or another method.

Loop structure

In the process of knitting the loop of the next row, the walls of the loop of the previous row remain parallel or turn and cross. Based on this, by its structure, the loop in the canvas can be with parallel walls (straight loop) or with crossed walls (crossed loop).

Straight and crossed stitches - key concepts in knitting... The appearance and properties of a particular pattern depends on which loops in the canvas, straight or crossed, depend. This is very clearly seen, for example, in the simplest garter stitch. Look at the samples in the photo: the same number of loops was cast for knitting of both patterns. The sample at the top - straight loops, it is looser and much larger in size. The sample below is crossed loops, the canvas turned out to be much denser and smaller in size.

By default, knitting instructions assume that the stitches are straight. If you need crossed ones, this is specially negotiated. And this is where confusion arises, since with different methods of knitting the loops, the crossed loops are obtained in different ways.

The location of the loop on the spoke

When the loop is on the spoke, one of its walls is in front of the spoke (front wall of the loop) and the other behind the spoke (back wall of the loop). As a rule, the right wall is in the foreground, as in this photo. We will call this loop right or non-inverted loop.

Right (non-inverted) buttonhole

In some cases, the left wall of the hinge comes to the fore, and the right one turns out to be behind, as in the photo below. And this loop we will call left or inverted loop.

Left (inverted) hinge

It depends on the location of the loop on the knitting needle how to get a straight or crossed loop. And how the right and left loops are obtained, we will consider below.

Knitting methods for loops: classic and grandmother's loops

Grandma's and the classic ways of knitting loops are precisely methods, not types of loops. "Grandma's Loops" and "Classic Loops" speak for brevity. In fact, there are more ways of knitting (see the video at the end of the page), but since these methods are common in Russia, we will stop at them. Often the classic method of knitting loops is called the first, and the grandmother's - the second, there are other names, the terminology is not completely settled. I use the terms "classic way" and "grandmother's way" based on the book "The ABC of knitting" by M.V. Maximova. In my opinion, this is one of the most literate books on knitting techniques. And its popularity speaks for itself: since 1979, the book has been reprinted more than 40 times in large print runs. The book is in demand and is still being reprinted. So the terminology adopted by Maksimova is probably familiar to most knitters.

The classic way to knit a front loop- the front wall of the loop of the previous row is picked up. The catch of the working thread goes from top to bottom.

Classic front loop. Pay attention - the loop on the needle is not inverted (right).

Grandma's way of knitting a front loop- the back wall of the loop of the previous row is picked up. The catch of the working thread goes from top to bottom.

Grandma's front loop. Pay attention - the loop on the spoke is inverted (left).

The classic way to knit a purl loop- the front or back wall of the loop of the previous row is picked up. The catch of the working thread goes up above the left knitting needle. For convenience, the tip of the right knitting needle is wrapped with a working thread. The working thread is pulled into the loop from top to bottom.

Grandma's purl loop -the front or back wall of the loop of the previous row is picked up. The catch of the working thread goes below, under the left knitting needle, in a scooping motion. The working thread is pulled into the loop from the bottom up.

Grandma's purl loop

Important: when knitting knit stitches in both the classical and grandmother's way, the loops are obtained by the right (not inverted), when knitting the purl loops in the classical way, the loops are also obtained by the right, but the grandmother's purl is turned upside down (left). And here the dog is buried, because it depends on the location of the loop on the spoke how to get a straight or crossed loop.

Rule:

• if we knit right (not inverted) loops for the front wall, we get straight loops, if for the back - crossed;
• when knitting left (inverted) loops, it turns out the opposite: to get a straight loop, we knit behind the back wall, in order to get a crossed one - for the front.

As you can see, the classification of knitting methods for front and back loops is based on different principles: front loops are attributed to one or another method according to which wall they are knitting behind, and purl loops - depending on how the thread is picked up, from below or from above. At first glance, this turns out to be not logical. But if you look at how to get a basic, hosiery knitting from straight loops, we will see that the front and back knit in the classical way correspond to each other, as well as grandmother's. That is, when combined in the front surface of the grandmother's facial and purl, the loops are straight: when the inverted loop, knitted by the grandmother's purl, is then knitted by the grandmother's front loop on the back wall, the loop does not cross in the canvas. The same is with the classical method: when knitting with a classic purl, an unversed loop is obtained, it is then knitted with a classic front loop for the front wall and the loop does not cross either.

Grandma's and classic loops: pros and cons

Now let's see what are the pros and cons of the grandmother's and the classic way of knitting loops.

It is easier to knit purl loops in the grandmother's way. The loop turns out to be the same density as the front loop, therefore, when knitting with simple patterns, first of all, with a front satin stitch or a regular elastic band, the fabric, as a rule, turns out to be smoother, and the work goes faster.In more complex patterns or when knitting in a circle, that is, where knitting in the grandmother's way leads to the need to knit the purl for the back wall, this advantage is lost, since knitting the purl for the back wall in any way is not convenient, and the density the purl loop is smaller than the front loop.

Knitting instructions, both in books and in magazines, assume that you are knitting in the classic way. The explanation is simple. No confusion with left and right hinges. The loops are always right. Therefore, adherents of the classics are in an advantageous position: mistakes are minimized and there is no need to adapt the instructions to suit your knitting style.

In the photo: below, before the marker, the front surface is knitted in the classical way, above - in the grandmother's way. The row at the marker level is tied with crossed loops.

Output: how you knit is not critical. Knitting is a creative activity, there are no rigid canons in it. You decide in what way it is more convenient and more pleasant for you to knit. However, understanding knitting techniques will make your work easier and better. The main thing to watch out for is that crossed loops appear only where required.

From Olga Bogan's video lesson, you will learn 8 ways to knit loops, figure out what crossed loops are and how to use them, and you will no longer have questions about knitting front and back.

we have learned how to set the loops for knitting, and now we will proceed directly to knitting the fabric.

To begin with, you should know that when knitting with knitting needles, 2 main types of loops are used - these are the FACE and PURPOSE loops. They can also be knitted in two ways: for the upper or for the lower lobules (they say differently: front or back walls), and, depending on the knitting method, can be either regular or crossed. We will consider all this in more detail later. And in this lesson, we will specifically start knitting ordinary front loops for the upper lobules .

• Step 1. Let's start knitting the first row. In the left hand we hold a knitting needle with dialed loops. At the same time, we turn the knitting so that the long and short ends of the thread are on the right side. With your right hand, insert the second knitting needle on the right into the first loop of the typesetting row and remove this loop from the left knitting needle, while lightly pressing the tip of the left knitting needle with your right index finger. The loop is on the right spoke.

REMEMBER! The first loop of EACH row just needs to be removed, without knitting, to form an even vertical edge of the knitted fabric.

• Step 2. At the moment, the loops on the left knitting needle lie in such a way that they need to be knitted with the front loops for the upper slices. To knit the front loop for the upper lobules, you need to insert the right knitting needle into the loop lying on the left knitting needle, from the left side (see photo):

• Step 3. With the right knitting needle inserted into the loop, without removing it from the loop, we pick up the working thread from below and to the right (the long end from the ball), which lies on the index finger and is clamped by the middle, ring and small fingers of the left hand. In this case, with the index finger of the right hand, lightly hold the first removed loop on the right knitting needle. We stretch the caught thread inside the loop, while a new loop is formed on the right knitting needle:

• Step 4. Remove the loop from the left knitting needle, through which the new loop was pulled, lightly pressing the tip of the left knitting needle with the index finger of the right hand:

• Then we knit, repeating steps 2-4:

Having knitted in this way all the loops lying on the left knitting needle, we turn the knitting so that the working thread is again at the right edge. We knit the second and subsequent rows in the same way as the first.

When we knit linen only with front loops, then in the process we get the simplest pattern, which is called « ».

This is what a garter stitch looks like.

Lyrical digression: Although the garter knitting is one of the simplest patterns, it turns out beautifully only on high-quality yarn, since all the errors and irregularities of the loops are too noticeable on it. Keep this in mind when designing your products.

• Summarize: in this lesson we learned how to knit a front loop for the upper lobules (front walls), and also mastered garter stitch . Practice and stuff your hands.

And we will meet in the next lesson, where we will "conquer" the purl loop.