How to knit with two circulars
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The concept is amazingly simple. You knit half the stitches on one circular and then knit the other half of the stitches using the second circular. In the photo below the right-hand purple needle has been pushed through the first...
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The concept is amazingly simple. You knit half the stitches on one circular and then knit the other half of the stitches using the second circular. In the photo below the right-hand purple needle has been pushed through the first stitch on the left-hand purple needle. I am wrapping the yarn around the right-hand purple needle, just about to form the first stitch of the first round. Nothing tricky, this is exactly how you normally knit. I want to be sure the first few stitches are snug against the background needle, to avoid ladders. After the first two or three stitches have been completed I can pull the background needle (in the photo above that is the green circular) so the resting stitches sit on the background circular's cable. Slide the stitches waiting on the green circular's cable so they are resting on the left-hand green needle. Pick up the right-hand green needle and start knitting onto it. In the photo below three stitches have been knitted onto the right-hand green needle. That's it! All you have to remember is that you pick up both ends of the same circular to work the stitches on that circular. Both ends of the other circular rest in the background until it's time to work those stitches. If you're using this technique to knit socks you might find my Sock Knitting Tips page useful. There is a variation on this technique that requires you to use one long (40") circular needle instead of two smaller circulars. The two techniques are similar, as you can see for yourself. Knitting Inside-Out: How to prevent and fix it (Some people prefer to knit inside-out, do whatever works for you.) The following pictures apply to all knitting in the round, whether you're using dpns, a single circular needle, two circulars at once, or the Magic Loop. Hold your needles so the working stitches are closest to you and the stitches-in-waiting are in the background. Work as usual, knitting stitches off the left needle onto the right needle. The photo below shows the working stitches in the background and I'm knitting into the center of the tube, which causes the item to be knit inside-out. If you're knitting inside-out it's easy to fix: push the fabric through the circle formed by the needles so the knit stitches are on the outside. Pick up the needles with the working stitches closest to you and you're back on track. In the photo below I paused in the middle of pushing the sock down through the needles. E-mail me any suggestions to make this page better: andrade [at] az [dot] com Please put something like 'knitting' in the subject so I don't mistake your e-mail for spam, thanks! If you have knitting questions please refer to the message forums on Knitter's Review or knitting.about.com or the Livejournal Knitting community. All three sites offer free accounts. If you sign up for a Livejournal account you can start your own knitting journal there too. [Go to my knitting start page] [Go to my knitting projects page]
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The concept is amazingly simple. You knit half the stitches on one circular and then knit the other half of the stitches using the second circular. In the photo below the right-hand purple needle has been pushed through the first...
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