Q&A for How to Knit the Knit Stitch

Knitting in the round is a seamless way of knitting socks, hats, and gloves. You have to use either circular needles or a set of 4 or 5 double-pointed needles to knit in the round.

It is not possible to prevent the knitting from curling at the bottom. But after you finish knitting, you can block the piece by wetting it, pinning it flat to a blocking mat, and letting it dry. It will remove the curling.

Gaining stitches without the pattern telling you to happens when you have knitted into the gap between 2 stitches. Take care to knit into the stitch itself, not the gap.

If your stitches are getting tighter and tighter, you are holding the yarn too tight.

Knitting is a skill that takes time to perfect. Just keep practicing and your stitches will gradually get neater and more precise.

Knit across and purl back. That is, knit one row, and when you turn your work around to do the next row, purl this entire row. Knit one row. Purl one row. Repeat.

Try writing down what the person says, then the next time you knit, look at what you wrote.

Insert the right needle into the top three stitches on the left needle like a regular knit stitch. Then, start from the bottom of the third stitch and proceed as with a regular knit stitch.

Using larger needles than yarn will create larger loops/holes in your project, but if you knit tightly, it shouldn't matter.

Increasing stitches is easy. Just insert your needle in the last stitch you made and make another one. You're done!

Put the right needle into the stitch on the left needle. Instead of knitting it, you simply slip it off to the right needle.

Move the yarn from the front to the back from in between your needles and keep knitting. Insert the needle you're using to work the yarn behind the one holding the undone stitches and continue the stitch normally. This will work no matter how many different types of stitches you've used.

Make a gauge swatch. Knit a small rectangle with the desired needles and yarn and measure the length parallel to the needle. Based on that, you can figure out how many swatches it would take to make 46 inches. Multiply that by the number of stitches across you used for your gauge swatch.

Try holding the free end of your yarn a bit tighter. The loop might be falling off because there is not enough tension.

You may have casted on wrong, or you aren't doing the technique properly. Try watching a couple of YouTube tutorial videos.

Make sure you keep the yarn tight when knitting. As you practice more, your gauge should get tighter and more uniform.

First, stop what you are doing and do not pull on the other stitches. Hold the stitches very lightly. Then, insert the tip of your needle through the dropped stitch loop and ease it back onto the needle. Do this very carefully to avoid loosening other stitches in the process.

Yes, the slipknot is treated just like any other stitch, and you do not have to do anything special to it. However, if you do not like the way the slipknot looks in your final project, you can pull it out without ever working and cause no harm to the rest of your stitches.

The article demonstrates the Continental technique. It is an efficient way to knit, and it can be less tiring than the standard method. This is not a wrong method, but a different way of knitting that will still get the same result.

The finger cast on method is demonstrated in the article. It does need to be knitted through the back loop to make a stitch. Even with a knit cast on method, by knitting the back loop, you make a neater cast on edge compared to knitting through the front loop. It is a matter of personal preference on how you start your knitting.

Check your public library for knitting books that feature pattern stitches. Read indices of these books under the pattern (shapes) you want.

It is possible you are making the stitches too tight in those areas. Consistently of stitches is hard to manage, and it can take years to master.

A 1x1 rib is made by knitting 1 then purling 1. The next row will have a matching stitches, i.e. knit on a knit and purl on purl. An even number of stitches is needed to start. If you start with an odd number and do not match stitch on stitch, you end up with seed or moss stitch pattern.

If you are knitting from left to right, (starting with the stitches on the left needle, and knitting them to the right) you simply want to switch the left and right needle, position wise.

Yes, in most cases it does. It depends on what you are making and what it calls for.

I would recommend reading through wikiHow's article on sewing buttonholes for some detailed instructions.

You'll have to undo the rows in question and begin again.

If you want to cast off, you start a new row, slip stitch, knit a stick and pass slipped stitch over. Carry on as the pattern specifies.

You should learn to cast off. Knit two stitches -- there should be two on your right needle -- then insert the left needle into the first stitch and lift it over your needle. There should now only be one stitch on your needle. Add another stitch and repeat the process until there is one stitch left. Pull your leftover strand through the last stitch. You can hide strands through your knitting later by using a crochet hook or wool needle.

You increase 1 stitch. You can search for a WikiHow on increasing. You make another stitch by knitting twice into a stitch or using the yarn between two stitches to make another.