Long hinges. Tips to make knitting easy for everyone... How to knit long loops using your left finger

1. ALWAYS knit a swatch. Do not waste time and expensive yarn on this. You knit with knitting needles that you plan to use to knit at least 1-2 repeats, cast off the stitches, wash with warm water and dry. Only then can you measure the sample and calculate the loops for a large product.

2. It is not at all necessary to choose the number of knitting needles according to the recommendation indicated on the yarn package. Each needlewoman has her own special knitting style: loose or, conversely, tight. Using the size of the knitting needles, you can adjust the density of the fabric to suit your style.

3. After the product is knitted and sewn, it is necessary to wash it in order to wash off the factory wax and moth treatment. Wash with liquid wool detergent in warm (not hot) water. Rinse several times. Wring out with a towel, gently twisting. Leave to dry on a horizontal surface on a dry towel, giving the desired shape with your hands.

4. Don't skimp on yarn. Life is too short to knit from synthetics and low-quality wool. Remember how, as a child, you didn’t like a prickly hat and biting mittens. For children's clothing, choose merino. It is soft and does not prick at all. By saving, you will spend time knitting something that will lose its appearance after washing. The thread will stretch and the paint will fade. Good yarn lasts in a product for years.

5. How to make invisible, beautiful decreases: hide the purl stitches under the knit stitches. We knit the facial loops in arans together last. “Eat” everything around the ornament. Change the needle size to a smaller one in places where you decrease.

6. After unraveling the product, if you decide to knit something new from this yarn, you must wash the yarn. It will become smooth, it will be more convenient for you to knit. Wrap the yarn in long loops, like a skein, around the back of a chair, for example. Tie with a contrasting thread to avoid tangling. Wash, leave to dry, hanging by one of the fastening threads. Once dry, rewind into balls.

7. It is better to knit hats, snoods, sweaters, sleeves in the round without a seam. For hats and snoods, it is better to use knitting needles on 40 cm fishing line. For sweaters, 60, 80 cm fishing line. Sleeves and mittens can be knitted using 80, 100 cm fishing line.

8. Paired items can be knitted simultaneously on knitting needles with fishing line using the “magic loop” method. Use knitting needles with a smooth connection to the fishing line (for example, detachable ones from Knit pro) and fishing line 80, 100 cm long.

9. You can knit in 2 threads from one ball: the thread is outside and inside the skein. Or, for example, take 2 ends for knitting using the “magic loop” method.

10. Write down the initial data on the product: name of yarn, article number/color name, number of knitting needles, number of cast-on loops. When you want to repeat, you won't have to remember or calculate.

11. Elastic bands are knitted with knitting needles of a smaller diameter, the “rice” and “pearl” patterns make the item more voluminous, aranas and braids compress the item. Aranas and braids, jacquard are knitted with knitting needles of larger diameter.

12. It is easier to knit a hat of the desired shape using different sizes of knitting needles: the elastic is 1/1.5 smaller in size, the main part is with the knitting needles indicated on the yarn package, closer to the crown we again switch to a smaller size to smoothly narrow the product.

Partial knitting, or knitting with shortened or extended rows, is used when it is necessary to obtain rows of different lengths inside a knitted fabric (knitting socks, shoulder bevels, darts, necklines, etc.). Partial knitting can be done on one side of the fabric or on both sides simultaneously, on the front and back sides of the work, inside and along the edges of the fabric.

At knitting in long rows with an increase in the number of knitted rows, the number of knitted loops in a row also increases (the row lengthens). Note: edge loops are not included in the description.

1. For example, we cast on 17 loops (15 warp stitches + 2 edge stitches) and knit 8 rows in stockinette stitch.

2. From the 9th row we begin to knit in extended rows. Let's assume that persons. The rows will evenly lengthen by 3 loops. This means that in 5 stages (15 loops: 3) all loops will be put into operation. We knit 3 loops.

3. We remove the next loop from the left knitting needle to the right one, the thread at work.

4. Yarn over the left needle and return the slipped stitch to the left needle.

5. Turn the fabric and knit the purl row to the end.

6. In the next persons. row you need to include 3 more loops in knitting. We knit the first 3 persons. loops, knit the next, 4th loop together with the yarn over. note: The loop should not be twisted and the yarn over should not be visible on the front side. We knit 2 more faces. loops. Then we repeat steps 3-5, etc.

7. There are 6 stitches included in the knitting.

8. There are 9 stitches included in the knitting.

9. There are 12 stitches included in the knitting.

The most popular warm neck decoration in the last few years can be called the figure eight scarf. It is also called snood, scarf-collar. Indeed, it looks like a pipe or canvas combined into a ring. You can wear it in different ways: on the head as a hood, simply draped over the neck, with a brooch, in a figure eight fashion - wrapped twice around the neck.

The peculiarity of this scarf is its versatility and splendor. It suits a lady of any age. It has the ability to transform a woman’s appearance, making it modern and youthful.

All types of yarn are suitable for knitting this type of product; you can use any pattern and color you like. It can be plain yarn or mixed colors, melange, fancy, in general, it all depends on your preferences.

Depending on the purpose, this accessory can fit perfectly into evening dress, warm in cold weather, transform your appearance on cool summer days.

Knitting methods:

1. Knit a regular long scarf using a complex pattern or simple knitting, sew it into a ring;
2. Knit a scarf on circular knitting needles;
3. Knitting elements by different schemes and their subsequent combination and interweaving with each other.

Let's look at examples of the possibilities of knitting a figure eight scarf.

Knitting a figure-eight scarf

You can knit a long rectangle and then stitch along the edges. The length and width of the rectangle will be different for each model, the size of the canvas depends on your size. You can start knitting a rectangle with a short or long side, use one pattern, or combine several pattern patterns. In our example, we start from the smaller side of the rectangle.

Yarn consumption will depend on the knitting density and the size of the product. This model will appeal to beginner needlewomen; the level of complexity is low. A simple scheme is used, no special skills are required.

Approximately you need 3-4 skeins of yarn 50 g/90 m, knitting needles 5 mm, hook.

Description of work:

Cast on 48 stitches on the knitting needles and knit with an elastic band according to the 2x2 pattern, alternating knit and purl stitches. The wrong side is according to the drawing. Thus, we continue 10 rows, in the eleventh row a cross is made: we remove the first 12 loops onto an additional knitting needle, leave it before work, knit 12 loops with an elastic band, then 12 loops from an additional knitting needle with an elastic band according to the pattern, continue knitting according to the pattern. From 12 to 20 rows are performed with a 2x2 elastic band.

In the 21st row we again make a cross on the other side of the canvas. Having knitted the first 24 loops with a 2x2 elastic band, remove 12 loops onto an additional knitting needle before work, knit 12 loops according to the pattern, knit 12 loops from an additional knitting needle. So, we have connected a section with two intersections, the next intersections will be repeated in the same order.

After every 10 rows connected, a cross is made on one side or the other of the fabric, according to the drawing. The length of the product depends on your desire. The number of such crossings may vary, but there must be an even number of times. After completion, we close all the loops and connect both edges of the fabric, sewing them together with a knitted seam; first, one of the ends must be twisted.

Making a scarf using circular knitting needles according to the pattern

This model is very airy and pleasant to the touch, fits beautifully on the shoulders, gently envelops the neck, and creates an elegant look.

For a scarf up to 1 meter long and 35 cm wide you will need:

• circular knitting needles No. 6, the length of which is at least 60 cm;
• 3 skeins of yarn 200 m / 100 g;
• yarn needle.

Having cast 252 loops, knit the first row and close the loops in a circle. Then continue according to the following scheme:

1 row: Rapport: k1, purl 1, knit 3, purl 2 is repeated until the end of the row, in this and each subsequent row knit the last two loops knit 1, purl 1.

2nd row: 1 knit, 1 purl, 1 knit, yo, 1 knit, slip 1 loop without knitting, pull 2 ​​purl loops purl through the slipped loop, repeat until the end of the row.

3rd row: 1 knit, 1 purl, 2 knit, 3 purl.

4 row: 1 knit, 1 purl, remove 1 loop without knitting, pull 2 ​​knit stitches through the removed loop, 1 purl, yarn over, 1 purl.

We continue the subsequent knitting according to this pattern until the height of the product is 35 cm. Close all the loops and hide the threads.

Knitting a scarf woven into a braid

Difficulty level: easy. An unusual scarf consists of three elements, knitted yarn different colors, you can use plain yarn. You will need size 5 knitting needles, circular or regular. Using circular knitting needles, you can get smooth, plain knitted tubes without a seam. You can also use ordinary knitting needles, after finishing knitting the product, it will need to be sewn along the edges to get a pipe.

For each of the three elements, we cast on 22 loops and knit a pipe or fabric of the required length in a circular stockinette stitch, on average up to 1.5 meters. You can experiment and knit these details using purl rather than knit stitch. After this, you need to sew the ends of the 3 parts together, weave a braid, fasten and combine the ends of the scarf into a ring.

A woman will look beautiful in any of these hand-knitted scarves. These accessories will perfectly warm you up and make your look interesting and unusual. By experimenting with patterns, textures, size and volume, you will certainly achieve success with others.

Crocheting is a hobby of many housewives and needlewomen. Having mastered the basic elements of knitting, you need to start creating decorative elements and decorations. One of the most unusual decors is elongated loops, which add fluffiness to the product.

To make elongated loops, use thick yarn. If you do not have thick threads, you can join thin yarn several times. Try not to take raw materials with lurex or spiral threads.

Tunisian crochet (sometimes called Afghan) is performed using a special long hook. Thanks to this technique, we can get knitted items that are very beautiful in texture, dense and at the same time soft. Another advantage of this type of knitting is that the yarn consumption compared to conventional crochet is reduced by about 20% at the same density.

So, as mentioned above, a special hook is needed for Tunisian crochet. So what is its feature? This hook is longer than usual and has a ball at the end that helps hold the loops and prevents them from falling off the hook. The length of the hook must be selected depending on the width of the product. If the hook is shorter, then the finished product is sewn from strips.

How to hold the hook during Tunisian knitting? A long hook is sometimes called a “knitting hook” and for good reason. Because when knitting it is held like a knitting needle or a pencil.

Another feature of Tunisian knitting is that the fabric does not need to be turned over when working. All rows are knitted from one part of the fabric (we always keep the fabric with the front side facing you). First we knit from right to left, then from left to right. That is why Tunisian knitting speaks of a pair of rows.

When knitting in Tunisian, it is very important to remember that you should not pull the working thread too tight. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to pick up loops on your hook. That is why the hook for afghan knitting is taken half a size larger than for regular knitting. For example, if in normal knitting the yarn corresponds to hook No. 2, then for Tunisian knitting a hook No. 2.5 is required.

Let's try to knit a fabric using the Tunisian knitting technique.

We knit a chain of air loops in the same way as with regular knitting. The number of loops depends on the width of the fabric you want to get as a result.

The knitted chain has a front and back side. On the front side we can see V-shaped loops, and on the back side there are small bulges. The photographs show the front (left) and back (sides) of the cast-on chain of stitches for comparison.

We will start knitting the first row from the wrong side of the chain, starting from the second “bump” from the hook.

Insert the hook into the loop, grab the working thread, pull the loop through and leave it on the hook.

In this way we put all the loops on the hook.

Now we move on to knitting the reverse row. We knit one air loop.

We grab the thread with a hook and thread it through two loops that are on the hook.

We knit until one loop remains on the hook.

Let's move on to knitting the next row. Remember that you do not need to turn the knitting over; we will always keep the fabric facing “towards you”.

We will thread the hook through the vertical loops created in the previous row. The first two loops are highlighted pink On the photo.

Insert the hook from right to left through the first vertical loop, grab the working thread, pull it through the loop and leave it on the hook.

In this way we knit the row to the end. At the end of the row, we pull the working thread through the last loop of the previous row. There is an arrow pointing to it in the photo.

Look at the beautiful texture of the fabric knitted in the Tunisian way!

We will do the closing of the loops in the front row (that is, we will knit the loops from right to left).

Insert the hook into the vertical loop and pull the working thread through two loops at once - the vertical one and the one on the hook.

We continue to close the loops until the end of the row. Ready!

Tunisian knitting tends to curl slightly, but this is easily eliminated. You just need to steam the knitted fabric with an iron.

Reducing stitches from the edge of the work

At the beginning or end of a row in the front row, you need to simultaneously insert the hook into the vertical parts of two loops and pull out one loop from them. If you need to remove more loops from the edge of the work, then you need to tie connecting posts on top of them.

Decrease stitches within a row

At the beginning or end of a row in the front row, you need to simultaneously insert the hook into the vertical parts of two loops and pull out one loop from them. If you need to remove more loops from the edge of the work, then you need to tie connecting posts on top of them.

Decrease stitches within a row

In the place where you need to decrease, in the front row you need to simultaneously insert the hook into the vertical parts of two loops and pull out one loop from them.

Adding stitches at the beginning of a row

To do this, at the end of the purl row you need to knit as many chain loops as you need to add loops. Then knit 1 lifting chain stitch and in the next front row, knit loops from the added chain stitches as usual.
Adding stitches at the end of a row

To do this, at the end of the front row you need to make the required number of yarn overs, as when knitting. In the next purl row knit them as usual.

Adding stitches within a row

In the place where you need to make an increase, insert the hook into the horizontal part between the two vertical walls of the loops and pull out a new loop.

Video: Adding loops at the beginning, end and middle of a row

Horizontal button hole

To do this, above the loops where the hole should be, in the front row you need to make the appropriate number of yarn overs. In the next purl row, knit them as usual.

Works where it is also necessary to make holes for buttons:

Tunisian knitting. Simple Tunisian column - lessons from here://lenchans.blogspot.lt/2009/02/blog-post.html

You can practice Tunisian knitting on a regular short crochet hook– for “probes” 10-16 loops are enough. It is better to take yarn for training that is light, thick, but well twisted, matte. Because Tunisian fabric itself turns out to be dense, so in order not to tighten the knitting and to make it comfortable to knit, I take a hook for Tunisian knitting that is about half a size larger than usual. Those. if you knitted the selected yarn, for example, with a No. 3 hook, then for Tunisian knitting from the same yarn take a No. 3.5 hook. As I have said many times, Tunisian knitting is simple and fun. If in knitting with a regular crochet everything “dances” around air loops and stitches, then in Tunisian knitting numerous patterns are obtained depending on which loop (part of the loop) the thread is knitted through.

So, the Tunisian row is knitted in 2 passes: by casting on loops in different ways and the reverse row by knitting the cast-on loops.

For the first control sample, knitted with a simple Tunisian stitch, we cast on a chain of air loops, for example, from 15 chain stitches. 1st row: insert the hook into the 2nd loop on the right and pull the thread through it, leaving the resulting loop on the hook. And so on until the end of the chain. As a result, there should be 15 loops on the hook. 2nd row: usually all the loops are knitted in pairs, but I do this: I knit through 1 leftmost loop = and there are still 15 loops on the hook (photo 1).

And I knit the remaining loops 2 together until there is 1 loop left on the hook (photo 2). To start the next row, you DO NOT need to pick up lifting stitches!

One loop is already on the hook - insert the hook under the loop of the previous row (which is in the form of vertical dashes) and pull the thread through (photo 3). And again, cast on the loops of the next row. In the diagram it is indicated as follows:

Previously, the left edge of the fabric “went in waves” - it was all twisted, but now I just knit the leftmost loop in the reverse row tighter, and knit the rest of the fabric looser - so that when casting on the loops of the next row, I don’t have to put any effort. Knit another 10-15 rows with a simple Tunisian stitch, as described above (this will be our first “test”).

Try to get a smooth, unstretched fabric. You should end up with something like this (photo 4): When knitting, the fabric is always facing you.

The reverse side looks like this: (photo 5) The fabric looks quite interesting with a simple Tunisian stitch made of sectionally dyed yarn:

Tunisian knitting. Adding loops

To knit bactus and other things with long/Tunisian crochet, you need to be able to add loops from different sides of the fabric. As always, I experimented with different options for adding loops, and after finishing the baktus I finally looked into books on Tunisian knitting. And this is how they advise adding 1 loop at a time (see small diagram).

Add 1 stitch at the beginning (right) of the Tunisian stitch. In Tunisian knitting, the rightmost stitch is not knitted. And if we need to add 1 loop to the right, then we pull out an additional loop from the bottom vertical loop (look at the “green” photo).

Possible errors: in this case, the next vertical loop may be tightened or covered - do not miss it when casting on loops. In general, knitting a loop on the right is quite easy and convenient. The result is a neat expansion of the canvas without holes.

Option 2.

Add 1 stitch in the middle of the Tunisian fabric. As we can see, the Tunisian row is, as it were, two-layered - there are vertical lines on top (from under which we draw the loops of the new row), and below them there is also a horizontal row of loops. When adding a loop in the middle of a row, the new loop must be pulled out from the middle of this horizontal row. Possible errors: probably not, adding a new stitch in the middle of a row is very easy. Depending on the type of thread, small holes may be visible in the fabric.

Option 3.

Add 1 stitch to end of row (left) of Tunisian fabric. To add a loop to the left of the fabric, before the outermost vertical “dash” loop, insert the hook into the middle of the horizontal loop and, picking up the working thread from the ball, bring out the added loop. Knit back the loops cast on the hook as usual: first through 1 loop, the remaining cast-on loops are knitted 2 together (see “Simple Tunisian stitch”). Possible errors: the most inconvenient option for adding loops, because... The outermost loop can already be tightened and can simply be “lost” when casting on loops. And after adding a new loop before the last one, it tightens even more and you need to carefully pick up the last loop of the row.

Tunisian knitting pattern

The Tunisian knitting technique is not at all complicated. With a long hook, as well as a short one, you can knit various patterns. Let's consider one of the options (this is the drawing of the belt from the previous post).

Because If the fabric is narrow, then a simple crochet hook will be enough. For training, choose light threads so that all the loops are clearly visible. You need to cast on 16 chain stitches.

Now you need to pick up the loops of the first row - the thread is pulled through the loop of the chain and left on the hook, then the hook is threaded into the next loop of the chain, the thread is grabbed and pulled out - and also left on the hook. And so does everyone else. There should be 16 loops on the hook. Now we knit a reverse row from left to right (after all, in Tunisian knitting, a row of a pattern is obtained from 2 stages - knitting the forward and reverse rows).

1) pull the thread through 2 loops at once

3) pull the thread through the loop on the hook and the next 4 loops - the total result is a “shell” - 5 loops knitted together. 4) again a chain of 3 chain loops 5) so knit only 3 “shells”, then a chain of 2 chain loops and knit together the remaining 2 loops on the hook.

You should get a fabric like this: To knit the next row you need to cast on the loops on the hook. It is necessary to pull out loops from each loop of air chains and loops over the “shells”. In the figure above all the necessary loops are numbered.

In total there should be 16 loops on the hook. Next, the same pattern is knitted: 2 loops together; chain of 3 chain stitches; “shell” from a loop from a hook + 4 loops of a row; chain of 3 chains; "shell"; chain 3 vp; "shell"; chain of 2 chains; 2 loops together.

Multi-colored Tunisian knitting: master class

To knit a picture with a long crochet, you need a pattern (for cross stitch) and the ability to knit a simple Tunisian stitch. When you cast on the loops in the right place according to the diagram, a thread of the corresponding color is pulled out (see photo 1).

When knitting the reverse row (closing the loops), loops are also knitted with the desired colors of yarn (see photo 2).

In Tunisian knitting, the fabric is always facing you. Changing colored threads is done behind the canvas in different ways: - make free pulls of the thread to the desired place; - pull the thread to the desired place, intertwining the thread with others in the process, so that there are no loose threads, but the wrong side turns out to be rough and unattractive;

(see photo 3) - for each colored area, insert a separate “ball” (you get a neat reverse, although during the knitting process a large number of threads causes inconvenience - see photo 4).

Look at photo 5 on the wrong side - below you can see the results of weaving the threads when drawing, at the top there is a neat wrong side when knitting from different balls (before processing the ends).

Two-color Tunisian knitting

As I already said, Tunisian knitting is actually not difficult. For small samples, a regular hook without thickening is also suitable. Example knitted with iris threads (2 colors), hook No. 2.

With the first thread we cast on a chain (for example, 16) from the chain stitch, then we cast on the loops on the hook, but for the reverse row, when knitting the cast-on loops, we knit with a thread of a different color (first we knit 1 leftmost loop, then the remaining ones - we pull the thread through 2 loops together - i.e. 1 loop is already on the hook, the 2nd is a loop of the fabric).

We cast on the loops of the next row with the same thread (second color), and the reverse row with the thread of the first color. And so we alternate.

Common mistakes in Tunisian knitting and how to correct them -

The left edge of the fabric turns out to be “waves” - when knitting the reverse row (when you close the loops cast on the hook), tighten the first, leftmost loop. - The fabric has begun to narrow - most likely you “lose” the leftmost loop when casting on - strictly monitor the number of loops on the hook after casting on each row (especially at the beginning of knitting). - It’s difficult to pick up loops, you have to force yourself to thread the hook under the loops of the previous row - most likely you are knitting too tightly, try to knit more loosely, “loosely”, and do not tighten too much.

Maybe even try crocheting a half size up. Also, when knitting the reverse row, make sure that the loops from the hook are knitted in pairs, i.e. strictly 2 (if it is not the leftmost loop and if this is not required by the pattern) - my hook often slips through 3 loops at once. These are the mistakes that I encountered in the process of Tunisian knitting. If you have any other problems, send us questions and we’ll sort it out.

How to crochet a circle with Tunisian crochet?

For knitting, a regular crochet hook (here from Pony) is quite sufficient, the yarn is the remains of Meringo, hook number 3.5. So, we strain our meager English (and Google Translator at the same time) and get something like this: 1 row) with a regular crochet ring, 10 single crochets! ATTENTION: correction - if the stitches are double crochets, then after stitching the circle you end up with a bulge! 2) We knit “rapport” like this: cast on 12 chain stitches, cast on 12 “Tunisian” loops with a long hook, hook the last one to the top of the circle column. Next, we knit 2 loops at once, and then, as usual, also 2 loops. We received a row-base of rapport from 12 “ordinary Tunisian columns”.

We knit a “wedge” in rapport: first we cast on 3 loops (total 4, since there was already one loop on the hook), we knit it usually, i.e. We knit the first loop one by one, then 2 each. We cast on 5 loops (total 6, since one is on the hook), we knit as usual. We cast on 8 loops (total 9), knit as usual. The wedge is over. 3) And a new rapport: cast on all 12 loops, hook the last one (i.e. 1 me 13th loop) to the column of the main circle. Repeat everything again. And so on in a circle. By the way, in the main circle there are 10 double crochets, and there are 20 repeats in the circle, i.e. attach 2 “rapports” to each vertex of the column. Then you should leave a long thread and use it to sew the edges. I'll show you the finished work later, because... It’s already very late, but I want to sleep. In total, I got something like this photo report of a master class on knitting a circle with a long Tunisian crochet hook.

The picture has been corrected and re-uploaded - we are now trying the initial circle WITHOUT the crochet!

Taken from here://perchica.ru/post357394840/