We will not dwell on the introductory and introductory information with which any training should always be started. For example, a review of tools, yarn, as well as a demonstration of the possibilities on already connected things. Perhaps starting knitting lessons is always more interesting from practice. And the first such lesson will be: how to get loops on the knitting needles. Your choice of a set of loops will depend on what technique you choose, what you are going to knit, which pattern you liked for your design. After all, there are many described options, and it is very important to get to know them in the future. For the first row of knitting is the edge of your product, which will always be clearly visible. Therefore, it is important to relate to the question of how to make loops on the knitting needles, with special attention. But for now, I propose to learn the basics of knitting.
You can dial loops with one or two threads, and the edge of the product will depend on the chosen method - thin, elastic, thickened or with a fringe, etc. But for beginners
I suggest trying one very simple, and the other is the most common option. So I started and I advise you.
The first one I propose is a simple set of the first row of knitting for one thread from the so-called "air loops". Initially, in the right hand we will take one knitting needle and the end of the thread, and with our left hand we will clamp its continuation with the little finger and ring fingers, leaving free
end on forefinger. Next, with the point of the knitting needle in the right hand, it is necessary to draw in the direction from the wrist to the fingertips under the thread on the index finger and discard the loop formed from the left hand. The loop is tightened on the needle, as shown in Figure 1. Repeating this procedure the required number of times, you gain the required length of your product, for which a very thin tightening edge is best suited. It looks something like this (Fig. 2).
The most common, perhaps, will be the second way of how to dial stitches on the knitting needles for the first row. First you need to deviate from the end of the thread as much as the width of the intended product, multiplied by two. Next, in the left hand, put the thread on the thumb and forefinger and hold both ends of the thread in the palm of your hand, as shown in Figure 3. Now we take two knitting needles together in the right hand and bring it under the thread on the thumb towards the wrist.
Turning the knitting clockwise, you should draw the thread from the index finger through the loop on the thumb, as shown in Figure 4. Having now reset the loop, do not release the threads clamped in your left hand, but move the thumb and index finger between them. Spreading them and pulling the thread, you thereby tighten the loop on the knitting needles. This was a position only for the first loop.
All subsequent ones are dialed without loosening the thread. Lowering the knitting needles in your right hand closer to the wrist, you will see that a loop forms on the finger, as can be seen in Fig. 5. Bring the knitting needles from the bottom of the palm of your hand into the loop formed, and then pull the thread from the index finger. Now you can drop the threads from your fingers and do the tightening procedure, as described previously for the first loop.
In the same sequence, without letting the threads from your hand, you gain as many loops as you need for the width of your product. In order that the ones already dialed during the dialing process do not twist around the knitting needles, and your first row remains flat, as in Figure 6, hold each new loop on the spoke with your fingers. A few short workouts are enough, and you will never have difficulty dialing the first row, as well as none of the following knitting lessons.
And now, having stretched one knitting needle from the first row, we shift the other knitting needle with the loops in the left hand and get to work. So, the straightforward first row provides the basis for knitting any pattern that you like.
There are many more ways and patterns for knitting stitches. But they are all more complex and require more skill. But don’t worry, after a series of trainings and exercises, you can return to the topic of the first row and learn a separate lesson in knitting with more complex knitting patterns. In the meantime, you need more practice and an insatiable desire to knit. Good luck