Knit Jacob’s Ladder – written, photo & video tutorial
The Knit Jacob’s Ladder is my take on the popular crochet stitch. I first tried it in 2015, and now I have a tutorial to help you perfect this technique.
The Knit Jacob’s Ladder is my take on the popular crochet stitch. I first tried it in 2015, and now I have a tutorial to help you perfect this technique.
Do you want to learn how to knit or teach someone else? Here you’ll find written, photo, and video tutorials that start with the slip knot and move on through many basic knitting skills.
Yarn over purlwise isn’t used that often, but it’s a good skill to know for when you do need it. It’s super simple, basically a yarn over the other way.
Yarn over knitwise, also simply called a yarn over (yo) is really quite simple to do. This technique adds an extra stitch which often creates an eyelet or hole in your work
“Join to knit in the round” was a terrifying phrase the first time I read it, but once I learned how simple it was, I had to laugh at myself.
The slip stitch edge creates little nubs on the edge of your work, and is a sturdy edge that’s easy to seam together.
Using the flat edge on the sides of your knit creations helps prevent curling and gives a nice, straight line to your knitting.
The open edge knit edging makes a clean, neat edge of chains. When used it affects just the first and last stitches of each row.
The purl stitch is essentially a reversed knit stitch, so the front of a purl looks like the back of a knit, and visa versa. As with the knit stitch, it’s not hard to learn when it’s broken down into parts.
The knit stitch is the first stitch you need to learn after casting on, and it’s pretty easy when you break it down into its parts.