Knitting is an ancient type of needlework, which many women and even some men are fond of. Skilled craftswomen from simple threads and knitting needles create truly magical patterns. It would seem that this is beyond the power of an ordinary person. In fact, everything turns out to be quite simple.
In knitting, there are no complicated manipulations or mysterious weaves of threads. Everything is based on the base of the most ordinary loops - front and back. Learning how to knit simple patterns, you can begin to perform more complex patterns.
Many needlewomen fell in love with knitting; English gum is especially popular today. She is good for her splendor, amazing lightness and excellent extensibility. In addition, the wrong side of the finished product is in no way different from the front side. Most often, English gum is used to decorate the bottom of clothes, create hats, scarves.
Before you begin to knit English gum on a future sweater or jacket, you will need to practice a small sample. And only, having gained experience and having mastered this “intricacies”, can we begin to carry out the main work.
So, for training you will need threads and knitting needles. It is important to choose the size of the knitting needles and the thickness of the threads. Too thin knitting needles will not work with thick threads, and vice versa.
Knitting pattern: english elastic knitting
An odd number of loops are gaining on the knitting needles. You can not knit too tight, otherwise the pattern may not work.
Row number 1. One front, one yarn, one loop to remove, without knitting. So repeat to the end of the row.
Row number 2. One yarn, one inside loop to remove, without knitting. The yarn and the front loop are knitted together with the front over the front wall. If you knit on the back wall, then the pattern will not work.
Row number 3 and subsequent - knit as row number 2.
Multicolored english gum
It is not necessary to knit an elastic band in one color. It will look much more elegant if you use two (or even more) matching threads.
A multi-colored fabric fits simply: colored threads alternate every two rows. Another, no less beautiful, version of the colored English gum is double-sided. To do this, it is necessary to work either on fishing line or on knitting needles, at which both ends are working.
Double-sided multi-colored English gum
Pick up an odd number of loops on the knitting needles.
Row number 1 (sample face). Thread of red color: one front, one yarn, one loop to remove. Repeat until the end of the row.
Row number 2 (wrong side of the sample). White thread: one crochet, remove the wrong loop from the back without knitting. The front loop and the yarn are knitted together with the front over the front wall. Repeat until the end of the row.
Row number 3 (wrong side). The thread is red. Move work to the other end of the working spoke. Knit one stitch and double crochet together with the wrong loop, one double crochet, and remove one. Repeat until the end of the row.
Row number 4 (face). The thread is white. One crochet, one crochet, knit together the wrong loop and the crochet wrong sewing. Repeat until the end of the row.
Row number 5 (face). Move the sample to the other end of the spoke. The thread is red. One front loop and double crochet are knitted together front for the front wall, one double crochet, one to remove. Repeat until the end of the row.
Row number 6. Repeat knitting from row number 2 to number 5.