This is a research PPT on Knitting, created by trainee teachers on the NTU 2015 Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) course.

1. Knitting

2. • Interlocking yarn loops to create a fabric
• Hand (weft) or machine (warp)
• Can be changed by using different
coloured yarn, needle size or stitching
Knitting

3. Hand knitting stitches
The Knit Stitch
When working knit stitches, the yarn
coming off the skein is behind the
needles. Knit stitches are made by
inserting the needle in your right hand
through a stitch on the needle in your
left hand. When making a knit stitch,
the right needle enters the stitch from
the left front and comes out on the
right back. You wrap the yarn around
the inserted right needle counter
clockwise, pull the wrapped yarn
through the stitch and onto the right
needle, then drop the worked stitch off
the left needle.
The Purl Stitch
When working purl stitches, the yarn coming off
the skein is in front of the needles. You insert
the right needle into the stitch on the left needle
through the front of the stitch, from right to left.
After wrapping the yarn around the right needle
counterclockwise, you push the right needle
back through the stitch to complete the purl.
The wrap stays on the right needle and you drop
the purled stitch off the left needle.
http://www.ehow.com/info_12102301_difference-between-knit-stitch-garter-stitch.html

4. Hand knitting patterns
• Garter stitch (knit)
• Seed/moss stitch (Knit
1, purl 1)
• Stockinette stitch (row
1 knit, row 2 purl)
• Reverse stockinette
stitch (row 1 purl, row 2 knit)

5. Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWJQvsZ6kT0
Cast On
Knit / Garter Stitch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4kSztvq-vI
Purl Stitch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkb0YyrzPWA
Casting Off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMAUORm-GK4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6k16Zfajfw

6. Key index
SK2P slip 1, knit 2 together, pass slip stitch over the knit 2 together
sl slip
sl-k slip 1 stitch knitwise
sl-p slip 1 stitch purlwise
sl st slip stitch
sm slip marker
ssk slip, slip, knit
ssp slip, slip, purl
st(s) stitch(es)
St st Stockinette stitch
thru through
tbl through back loop
tog together
W&T wrap and turn (for working short rows)
WS wrong side
wyib with yarn in back
wyif with yarn in front
yb yarn back
yf yarn forward
yd(s) yards
yo yarn over needle
*
repeat instructions following * as many times as necessary
or until the end of the row
[ ]
repeat instructions within brackets as many times as
indicated
M1-L
make 1 LEFT: make 1 st by knitting into the LEFT strand of the st 2
rows below the stitch just knit
M1-R
make 1 RIGHT: make 1 st by knitting into the RIGHT strand of the st 1
row below the next stitch
m meters
MC main color
mult multiple
oz(s) ounces
p purl
p1-b purl 1 stitch through back loop
p2tog purl 2 stitches together
p2tog tbl OR
p2tog-b
purl 2 stitches together through back loop
patt or pat pattern
p-inc or PFB inc 1 by purling into the front and back loops of next stitch
pm place marker
psso pass slipped stitch over
rem remains, remaining
rep repeat
RH right-hand
RS right side
rnd round
sk skip
SKP slip 1, knit 1, pass slip stitch over
approx approximately
beg begin, beginning
bo bind off
CC contrasting colour
ch chain
cm(s) centimetre(s)
cn cable needle
co cast on
cont continue, continuing
dec decrease, decreasing
dpn double-pointed needles
foll following
g grams
inc increase, increasing
k knit
k1-b or
k1-tbl
knit 1 stitch through back loop
k2tog knit 2 stitches together
k2tog-
tbl OR
k2tog-
b
knit 2 stitches together through
back loop
k-inc or
KFB
inc 1 by knitting into the front
and back loops of next stitch
LH left-hand
lp(s) loop(s)
m1 make 1 stitch