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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:              
  • Stitch 20 – Herringbone Stitch

    Stitch 20 – Herringbone Stitch

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                  Row 1) repeat*(YO, Sl1, K1) All following rows) repeat*(YO, Sl1, K2tog)

  • Stitch 19 – Bobble Stitch

    Stitch 19 – Bobble Stitch

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                  Row 1) knit all stitches Row 2) Repeat; k1, (P1, yo, P1, yo, P1) all in the next stitch Row 3) Purl all the stitches Row 4) Repeat; k1, put yarn in front and sl2, P3tog, psso2 Row 5) knit all stitches Row 6) k1, repeat; k1, (P1, yo, P1, yo, P1) all in…

  • Stitch 18 – Raspberry Stitch

    Stitch 18 – Raspberry Stitch

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                    Knitted in a multiple any even number and 4 row repeat. Row 1 ) Purl all stitches Row 2 ) Purl the first stitch then repeat; (k1, p1, k1) all in the next stitch, p3tog Row 3 ) purl all the stitches Row 4 ) Purl the first stitch then repeat;…

  • Stitch 17 – Diamond Stitch

    Stitch 17 – Diamond Stitch

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                    Knitted in any multiple of even number and 16 row repeat Row  1 )  Knit all the stitches Row  2 )  purl 2 first stitches then * pick up 3 stitches without knitting , purl 3 next and repeat from * Row  3 )  Pick up the same stitches without knitting…

  • Tutorial 5 – Increasing/Decreasing

    Tutorial 5 – Increasing/Decreasing

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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…

  • Tutorial 4 – Bind off

    Tutorial 4 – Bind off

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                To end up a knitting project, we need to bind it off at the end. One easy way is to knit two stitches together. The new stitch witch is created by last two stitches, will be added to the rest of stitches in the left needle and will be knitted with the…

  • Tutorial 3 – Purl stitch

    Tutorial 3 – Purl stitch

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                  A stitch which is made by inserting needle in the right hand into the stitches in the left hand , while the head of the right needle stands in front of the needle in the left. Watch the video:

  • Tutorial 2 – Knit Stitch

    Tutorial 2 – Knit Stitch

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    After cast on desired number of stitches, the second step is to connect new loos/stitches to the previous loops/stitches. Basically this is called knitting. If you cast on double needles you need to remove one of the needles to let stitches become a little loos and easy to work. Having needle with stitches in your left…

  • Pattern 16 – Basic Cable Stitch

    Pattern 16 – Basic Cable Stitch

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      Take 2 stitches from left needle to the right needle without knitting them, knit the next 2 stitches, Drop these 4 knits from right needle , Take stitch number 3 & 4 with right needle , Take number 1 & 2 with left needle , knit number 1 & 2 which are in the left needle…

  • Stitch 15 – Hexagonal Stitch

    Stitch 15 – Hexagonal Stitch

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                    Made in a multiple of 4 stitches and 8 row repeat.

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