Sunday, January 5, 2014

Winter Mystery KAL - Helpful Links & Knitting Tips

If you are participating in my current Winter Mystery KAL, below are some very helpful links for the different knitting techniques that we are using. Also, I have recorded a video to show you how to knit the two cable twisted stitches that are incorporated in the KAL design.

Vera's Twisted Cable Stitches How-to Video:


Increases used in the KAL:

KRL – Knit Right Loop 

KLL – Knit Left Loop

M1L - left leaning increase: 
insert the left-hand needle, from front to back, under the strand of yarn which runs between the stitch just worked and the next stitch on the left-hand needle. Knit this stitch through the back loop. 
M1R - right leaning increase:
To work a right-leaning make one, insert the left-hand needle, from back to front, under the strand of yarn which runs between the stitch just worked and the next stitch on the left-hand needle. Knit this stitch through the front loop.
How to knit the Estonian Braid (also called: Lateral Braid & Vikkel Braid):
[English Video]- you may not want to watch the entire video because she shows you how to do each stitch (which is a repeat, over & over again), forward to the end where she shows you how to end the braid round, that part is important. 
[English Video #2]- Proverbial Knitter
[Photo Tutorial #2]- scroll down to see the tutorial

Here is the Video that I recorded in English on how to knit a nice and tight Estonian Braid so that the stitches aren't too loose in the subsequent row.


Hier ist das gleiche Video in Deutsch, wie man die Estonian Braid schön feste strickt, so dass in der nächsten Reihe die Maschen nicht zu locker sind und schön gleichmäßig aussehen.