Sentences with phrase «give garter stitch»

The bias method of knitting is an easy way to give Garter Stitch squares a different look.

When you first learn to knit you learn the knit stitch, and when the knit stitch is repeated for every stitch of every row that gives you Garter Stitch.

Not exact matches

Because the right side of the work is always facing you as you work in the round, knitting every stitch of every round gives you Stockinette Stitch, not Gstitch of every round gives you Stockinette Stitch, not GStitch, not Garter.

The reason this works is because knit and purl are opposites; the purl ridge gives you the bumpy texture you see in Garter Stitch.

Basically, it's a variation on Garter Stitch in which you work with needles of very different sizes, giving you alternating rows of small stitches and large stitches.

Work up the long, curved shape with short rows, and give it a tailored look with the garter border and slipped - stitch edge.