Knit loops are one of the main ways. It is not difficult to learn knitting techniques with face loops, even for those who first picked up knitting needles, because this is the method that is used to get the first skills in this type of needlework. And knowing how to knit with face loops, it becomes easier to learn other knitting techniques. However, even such a simple loop as the front loop can be knitted in several ways. We will consider them below.

First of all, you need to decide on the terminology. Any loop is always worn on a knitting needle so that one half of it is on the knitting needle and the other is under it. This feature is used in the descriptions of patterns patterns, using the concepts of "upper slice" (or "upper wall", "upper half") and "lower slice" (wall, half). In addition, having straightened the loops dialed on the knitting needle, you can see that each of them is located in such a way that one of its halves is to the right and the other to the left. Then, in the descriptions, the terms "right lobule" and "left lobe" are used. These concepts do not duplicate each other, so the right lobule can be both upper and lower, and the left one as well.

There are two ways to knit knit stitches: straight and crossed.

Consider knitting a front loop in a straight way for the case when the right loop of the loop is at the bottom of the left knitting needle. Remove the edge loop without knitting, unless otherwise required for the pattern. To knit the front loop, we leave the working thread behind the knitting needle, throwing it over the index finger. We start the right knitting needle into a loop from right to left, touch the working thread with it and pull it through the loop on the left knitting needle, forming a new loop. We leave it on the right knitting needle, and remove the knitted loop from the left knitting needle. The result is a classic straight knit buttonhole.

When knitting patterns, as well as in circular knitting with the front stitch, the loops on the left knitting needle are located differently - the right loop of the loop is on top of the left knitting needle. Then the right knitting needle must be inserted into the loop from left to right, touch the working thread and draw out a new loop. Next, we act in the same way as in the previous case - we discard the knitted loop from the left knitting needle, and on the right we leave the just pulled loop.

Crossed knit loops are used in some patterns. They are knitted in the same way as straight ones, with the only difference that the right knitting needle is inserted into the loop from the other side: if the right slice is at the bottom, we wind the working knitting needle under the left slice from left to right, if below - under the right slice from right to left. As a result, we get a front loop, crossed at the base.

Hello dear readers and visitors of my blog!

Many people ask questions: “How to knit a garter stitch with knitting needles? How to knit hosiery with knitting needles? " In today's article, the answers to these questions will be considered in great detail.

First of all, you need to learn how to knit front and back loops - ordinary and "grandmother's". Having mastered knitting only these loops and having properly filled your hand, you can become an ace of knitting, because there are many patterns consisting of only one front and back loops!

So, if you still do not know how to perform garter and hosiery knitting, feel free (if you don’t know how, follow the link highlighted in blue) and start learning!

Before starting knitting of each row, do not forget to reshoot the first loop (hem) from the left knitting needle to the right knitting needle, without knitting (as in the picture below).

And we will talk in more detail about the ohms in the next knitting lesson.

How to knit knit stitches

Depending on how to knit the front loops, they are called classic (1st method) and "GRANDMY" (2nd method).

The classic knit stitch (fig. 1) always fits behind the front wall ,

"Grandmother's" front (Fig. 2) - behind the back wall .

That's the whole difference! Knitting only front loops in all rows (or classic, or "grandmothers", but in no case mixing them) , we'll get CHARCOAL KNITTING.

Garter knitting, or garter knitting, in the old days was called "reps", "hazel", "string", "beds". In Russia, they were knitted with scarves, hence the name - "garter knitting".

Nowadays, garter knitting is used not only for making scarves, but also for knitting almost all products, both as a whole and in combination with other patterns.

Garter knitting is a double-sided knitting (it looks the same both from the front and from the seamy side), therefore it is often used when knitting scarves, hats, belts, straps, collars, where the seamy side is in plain sight.

If garter stitching is done with thin threads on thick knitting needles, we get a loose, almost openwork fabric. This technique can be used when knitting summer clothes, shawls.

Garter knit from colored stripes looks very nice (photo below). It turns out by knitting two rows of yarn with each color - front and back with front loops. True, the pattern is one-sided.

The first photo shows the front side of such a pattern, and the second shows the wrong side.

Garter knitting, made with classic front loops behind the FRONT wall, is most often used in knitting.

But if you need to get a denser knitting, knit "grandmother's" front loops behind the BACK wall. Although in this case it is not very convenient to knit them, and I never use this method.

And garter knitting can be done with only purl loops, only the structure of the fabric with this knitting method becomes looser and wider, no matter how tight we knit it. And knitting garter stitches with knit stitches is much more convenient.

How to knit purl loops

How to knit purl loops? Same as facial:

classic

and "grandmother's" loops.

Only at the same time it is IMPORTANT to remember:

• purl loop, made in a classic way, corresponds to a classic front loop;
• to the purl loop, made in the "grandmother's" way, there corresponds the "grandmother's" front loop.

Otherwise, we run the risk of getting, which are also used in knitting, but not so often.

The video that I have selected to consolidate the lesson will help you better understand how to knit front and back stitches in the classic and "grandmother's" way.

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How to knit front and back stitch

We will get hosiery (hosiery) if we knit one side of the product with front loops, and the other with purl. This is a one-sided knitting, which has both the front and back sides.

The front side of hosiery knitting is called FACE IRON.

Seamy side - PURPOSE STITCH, which resembles a garter stitch, but looks smoother and smaller than it.

Although hosiery has come to us from ancient times, it never goes out of fashion. Knitting is universal, as it is suitable for almost all products: men, women and children.

The smooth surface of the hosiery allows you to use it as a background for openwork and convex patterns, for ornaments and embroidery.

Grandma's front loop corresponds to Grandma’s purl loop.
The classic knit buttonhole is matched with the classic purl buttonhole.

The most common mistake is incorrectly gripping the thread with the right knitting needle when knitting the purl loop in the classical way, while the loop on the face side is turned inside out as in the grandmother's way.
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Consider the loop structure:

The front wall of the loop is the vertical part of the loop, located on top of the knitting needle (in the photo - a classic front loop, its front wall is right).
The back wall of the loop is the vertical part of the loop, located behind the knitting needle (in the photo - the classic front loop, its left back lobe, bottom).
Arch of the loop - the upper horizontal part of the loop, lying on the needle (connecting the right and left lobules in a loop).
Broach or jumper - a thread connecting two adjacent loops from below in a horizontal row.
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Front loop in "grandmother's" and "classic" way.



- "Grandma's" front loop before knitting is located on the left knitting needle with its left lobe on top of the knitting needle, the right loop lobe - under the knitting needle (it is the back, lower half loop, wall, lobe);
we insert the right knitting needle inside the loop with a movement from right to left, grab the thread from the index finger of the left hand with a movement from above (the knitting needle lies on top of the thread and is captured by moving towards itself); after knitting, the right loop of the loop will take a position on top of the right knitting needle, because this is how it unfolds from the way of grabbing the working thread with the right knitting needle when knitting the front loop;

- The "classic" front loop before knitting on the left knitting needle is located with the right lobule from above, the knitting needle is inserted into the loop from left to right, the thread is grabbed from above, on the right knitting needle the loop is located with the right lobule from above.


Conclusion 1:
After knitting the front loops in both methods, the movement when inserting the right knitting needle into the loop is different, but the same way of moving the knitting needle when capturing the working thread. When knitting a loop and after knitting in both methods, the right wall of the loops will be located on top of the right knitting needle.


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Purl loop in "grandmother's" and "classic" way.

The purl loop in the "grandmother's" way is located before knitting on the left knitting needle with the right lobe from above (near half loop, front wall, lobule), insert the right knitting needle into the loop from right to left, grab the thread from above. After knitting, the loop falls on the right knitting needle unfolded with its left lobule on top of the knitting needle.

The purl loop in the "classical" way before knitting on the left knitting needle is located with its right lobule on top of the knitting needle, the nearest lobe (front wall), and with the left part - under the knitting needle; after knitting, the position of the lobules at the loop on the right knitting needle does not change: the right lobule (wall) remains on top of the right knitting needle.


Conclusion 2:
- The purl loop when knitting is both "grandmother's" (the thread is grabbed from above) and the "classic" (the thread is grabbed by a counterclockwise movement) is knitted by the front (located on top of the knitting needle) wall; place the working thread on the left knitting needle from above before working from right to left, the right knitting needle inside the loop and under the working thread is introduced with the same movement - from right to left, but the movement when seizing the thread when knitting is different:

A) for grandmother's - with the right knitting needle, already inside the loop and under the thread, make a clockwise movement (to the right) under the thread and put it on the thread from above, grab the thread with an upward movement to the right and remove it into the loop;
b) for the classic - with the right knitting needle, already inside the loop and under the thread, make a movement with the end of the right knitting needle from left to right and put it on top of the thread on the index finger of the left hand, move the end of the knitting needle under the thread with a movement to the left, grab it and remove it with a left-down movement (knit ) into the loop on the left needle.
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Conclusion 3:
In classic knitting, both the front and back stitches, both before and after knitting, are located with their right lobules on both the left and right knitting needles. This makes it possible to knit loops in any combination (front over front or purl, purl over front or purl) without crossing the lobules at the base of the loop.
Example: garter stitch with classic loops (when all stitches are knit in both even and odd rows, or the garter stitch option from purl loops) does not cross at the base of the loops.

Features of knitting patterns "grandmother's loops", "garter stitch"
- If, over the "grandmother's" front loop, you need to knit the "grandmother's" purl (as it is supposed to knit the purl - behind the front wall (the left slice on top of the left knitting needle)), then we get the crossed loop to the right. To avoid crossing, knit the purl over the front loop like this:


- If you need to knit an elastic band with "grandmother's" loops in a circle (circular knitting), then due to the peculiarities of the position of the loops when joining the work into a circle, the front loops knitted in the 1st row are turned towards us with the right lobe (see pin 1 above) over the left knitting needles and now require knitting for the upper front loop, as in the "classic" method of knitting the front loop, and in order to avoid crossing, we knit the purl loop with the capture of the lower loop loop from the back, as in the picture above. It is worth noting that the classic knitting method does not require any tweaks.

If you need to knit the front stitch in a circle (see here), we see that the loops to be knitted on the right knitting needle lie with the right lobule on top. Having knitted all the loops of the first row, we come in a circle to the first of the knitted loops, and it is turned towards us with its right half-loop on the knitting needle and requires knitting in a "classical" way in order to avoid crossing the walls of the loops at their base.

These loops are the basis of any knitting. Knit and purl loops can be knitted in two ways. The first way is English or grandmothers front and back loops, the second method is classic front and back loops. Let's consider both of these methods.

Face loops:

Method 1. Knitting of front loops for— these are English facial loops, they are also called grandma's facial loops.

We transfer the first loop to the right knitting needle without knitting to form the edge of the fabric. To do this, thread the end of the right knitting needle into the loop and remove the loop from the left knitting needle with a movement to the right. Next, we knit the front loop as follows. When knitting front loops, the working thread should be behind the knitting needles. To sew this buttonhole, insert the right needle into the buttonhole from right to left. The working thread is picked up from the index finger and pulled into the loop. The knitted loop is dropped from the knitting needle.

Method 2. Knitting of front loops for — these are classic knit loops.

When knitting this loop, the thread should also be behind the knitting needles. The right needle is inserted into the loop from left to right. The working thread is picked up from the index finger and pulled into the loop. The knitted loop is dropped from the knitting needle.

Purl loops:

Method 1 —these are English or, as they are also called, purl grandmothers loops.

Just as when knitting front loops, we transfer the first loop to the right knitting needle without knitting to form the edge of the fabric. To do this, thread the end of the right knitting needle into the loop and remove the loop from the left knitting needle with a movement to the right. Next, we knit the purl loop as follows. The working thread should be in front of the knitting needles. The right knitting needle is inserted into the loop from right to left, then by moving down and to the right, the working thread is picked up, which is pulled into the loop and dropped from the left knitting needle.

Method 2 — these are the classic purl loops.

The working thread should also be in front of the knitting needles. The right knitting needle is inserted into the loop from right to left, always above the knitting needle. Its end moves clockwise so as to capture the working thread lying on the index finger. A coil is formed on the spoke, which is pulled into a loop and dropped from the left spoke.

Most often, knitting of front and back loops is used such as knitting with English loops, as they give a smoother and more beautiful pattern. When knitting with classic loops, knitting turns out to be denser and more elastic, therefore, elastic bands are often knitted with these loops. It should be noted that the front and back loops, knitted in a certain way, correspond to each other, that is, if you knit the first row with English front loops, then the second, back row must also be knitted with English purl loops.

The basis of knitting basics is a knit stitch. There are two ways to knit it, if you do not know the difference, then the knitting may not turn out as intended and as shown in the knitting lessons. The first and main way to knit a knit stitch is the classic knit stitch. Such a loop is knitted behind the front wall, as indicated in the picture, that is, picking up the loop in front.

Let's explain a little what the front and back walls of the hinges are:

The front wall - the thread in the knitted fabric goes to the right, and the back - to the left. When knitting behind the back walls, the loops are crossed.

For a beautiful and neat knitting, it is very important to understand what is front crossed loop... To begin with, let's decide that the crossed loop is not a knitting method, it is its appearance.

As you can see in the diagram, the walls of the crossed loop cross to the right and left.

To cross the loop, knitted in the classical way, its back wall is knitted, and the inverted loop, on the contrary, for the front.

In various master classes, the concept of a front crossed loop is often found. This will mean that the loop must be knitted behind the back wall.

So, the front loop tied to the back wall is Grandma's front loop. The photo below shows how to knit a front crossed loop.

So why do you need to know the difference between a grandma's and a classic loop?

Firstly, they should not be confused and mixed during mating, otherwise front surface with knitting needles will turn out to be ugly.

All knitting patterns by default are knitted in the classical way, if crossed loops are needed, this will be clearly indicated in the description.

In addition, the front surface of the grandmother's loops in a circle will turn out to be skewed, since the loops are always crossed in one direction.

The advantage of the crossed loop is that the knitting will result in a tighter knit than the classic one, so you can safely use this method for knitting planks.

In the photo below, the lower part of the sample is tied with classic viscous, and the upper one is crossed.

To summarize, there are several tips:

• unless otherwise stated in the description, always knit knitted loops in the classical way, use crossed loops only in order to achieve the planned effect;
• grandma's facial loop not suitable for circular knitting, as the knitting will twist;
• crossed loops are used only where they will improve performance.