My name is Fariba. Knitting is my passion since I was a little kid.

Tutorial 1 – how to cast on
The first step of knitting is casting on. Casting on means making the base row of loops that will allow us to make a knit fabric by connecting new loops in following rows. The number of loops that you need to cast on depends on the project you wanna work on and also on your yarn size. As you… Read more: Tutorial 1 – how to cast on
Stockinette stitch
The very simple fabric that is made of basic knit and purl stitches is called stockinette stitch. It means after you cast on number of stitches, you knit the first row with Knit stitch and knit the second row (return row) with Purl stitch. You repeat to do Knit stitch for all odd rows, like row… Read more: Stockinette stitch
Stitch 1- Basic Rib Stitch
Made in a multiple of 2 stitches, and 2 row repeat. Row 1) Rep (k1, p1) Row 2) Rep (p1, k1) Here is the short grid to help you with it:

Tutorial 5 – Increasing/Decreasing

Apr 5, 2011

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Fariba

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While knitting sometime we need to increase stitches or even decrease stitches in order to give a specific shape or to work on a specific pattern.

Like other techniques in knitting there are different ways to do increase and decrease.

One of the easiest ways to do decrease is through knitting two stitches together. The other way is to pick the first stitch, knit the next stitch, and then pull the first stitch over the knit stitch.

For increasing stitches also there are different methods. The easiest way is to wrap the yarn around the needle one time and knit it as a normal stitch in the next row.
Yarn over is another way to do an increase. It is most used in lace stitches whereever small deliberate holes are created. To watch the video for yarn over click here.
However if you wanted to add like 10 stitches to the beginning of the project you should follow Single Cast-on method or other methods like this one here.

Increasing:

Decreasing:

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Tutorial 5 – Increasing/Decreasing

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