knitting in the round

Brenda@62 wrote

on Jul 2, 2009 8:38 AM

HI. Im new to knitting but know how to do all the basic st. I found a pattern for knitting in the round but  have no idea how to do it. I looked in the how-to-do-it on this site but could not find any instructions. Any help would be really appreciated.

 Thanks  Brenda 

sallykg@roadrunner.com wrote

on Jul 2, 2009 10:01 AM

Knitting in the round is fairly easy... there are a few things to know though.  When you knit (garter stitch) it becomes (magically, in my view) stockinette when you knit in the round.  You must be very careful when attaching the circle of stitches so that there are no twists on the stitches or you will have to start over.  I usually take one stitch from the left needle and put it on the right and transfer one stitch from the right to the left needle (so there are no gaps), but it can be tricky.  Stick with it and it gets easier!

I guess then all you have to know is what you wish to make.  An easy pattern is a simple scarf that is knit in a tube on a 16" circular needle.  Then you just knit, knit, knit, until it is the length you wish and add a fringe at each end (and many variations as well, stripes for example).  What gets complicated is if you wish to knit on double-pointed needles or stay with the circular ones for smaller projects.  Each has it's own technique and there are many books available for each.  Then you can branch out to socks, mittens, gloves, hats, and just about everything else! 

I am no expert, but I hope this helped some.  Keep trying, you will be so glad you did!

Sally K.

Brenda@62 wrote

on Jul 2, 2009 11:14 AM

Thank you!!! I'm going to attempt to make the Twisted-V pullover. Wish me luck.

Turtleknit@2 wrote

on Jul 2, 2009 3:31 PM

Hi Brenda,

I'm new to knitting in the round as well, and found some good videos on You Tube that explained it well.  I have started on a hat for my son, and it's great how you can just do the knit stitch and it turns out as stocking stitch!  I don't like the way stocking stitch curls though, so I did a few rows of rib (knit and purl) first.

I hope this helps.  I've found lots of You Tube videos for different techniques I'm learning to do.

Happy knitting,

Stephanie