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Often there are small partners in the comment area to leave a message saying that they are knitting novices, like knitting but do not know how to get started, today, Xiaobian found a very classic knitting primer, suitable for most novice babies, well, not much to say, let's take a look at it together ~
preface
A few years ago, because the new job was relatively easy, I picked up the stick and needle that had been shelved for a long time, and suddenly I felt that I bought a lot of books, tools, and wool in one go, and started a huge work. Speaking of starting work, in fact, in the past, it was only a small thing such as knitting some scarves, but now it is ready to expand its horizons and develop in all aspects.
First of all, of course, lay a good foundation! What I want to talk about today is the problems I encountered at the beginning of learning weaving and my own experience.
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Selection of Knitting Books: Try to choose the imported Japanese knitting books
There are no predecessors who can teach me by hand, in order to learn to buy a lot of weaving books, I feel that the books written by the Chinese people are not suitable for me, because the illustrations tend to teach you how to knit patterns, rather than teaching you how to knit a sweater or other things that are not simple flakes. So turn to foreign countries, Europeans seem to particularly like to use words to describe the weaving method, it looks tired, some of the illustrations I can not understand, finally, found that I still like the Japanese to write the weaving book, pay attention to details, the illustrated steps are very detailed, not inclined to teach you how to knit a pattern, but to teach you how to weave a beautiful pattern into a sweater, a shawl, a decorative collar and other finished products. This is also the reason why many publishing houses have now introduced Japanese woven books. Including the familiar Japanese treasure house works "Yarn Ball", "World Weaving", "Hitomi Shida", etc., in addition to "NHK Workshop" and "Wind Workshop" books I also like, the work is younger, but unfortunately can only find the Japanese version of the e-book on the Internet.
However, these books are suitable for weavers who have a certain weaving foundation, and I recommend several more basic books: Henan Science and Technology Publishing House's "The Most Detailed Stick Knitting Textbook" and "The Most Detailed Crochet Textbook" These two books are the foundation of the foundation. Japan Treasure House "Stick Knitting From the Neckline" and "Crochet from the Neckline", the basis of sweater knitting.
In addition, when reading the book found a problem, the Japanese needle number and the domestic needle number is not the same, and the knitting book is often only marked with the needle number, which brings me some small confusion, so I sorted out the number of common stick needles and crochet numbers, and the picture is attached to the text for later reading convenience.
Selection of yarn
Thickness: divided into very fine, medium fine, medium coarse, coarse wool, etc., the most commonly used is the fine wool, the knitted sweater gap is small, warm, but the number of needles that need to be knitted is more, the novice may feel impatient to complete a sweater; medium and thick wool is used for winter weaving cold clothing, the knitted sweater is not too thick and not too thin, the most suitable for novices to learn; thick wool is more used for winter coats.
Material: Wool is divided into four categories in composition: cotton, hemp, wool and silk, and there are many synthetic fibers. Wool and cotton threads are more commonly used.
Wool: warm, not easy to deform, generally containing more than 60% of the wool is very warm, if more than 80% may feel very prickly, need to base, mostly thick or thick line.
Cashmere: mostly thin lines, indicating a few professional nouns of thickness and thinness, personally feel more confused, there is no standard, so it is best to ask the store about the appropriate thickness of the stick needle.
Merino wool: a relatively soft and close-fitting wool thread, but also my personal favorite kind of wool, there are very fine threads, suitable for 2-3 strands of weaving, or single strands of hollow fabrics, there are also several strands of twisted into a medium and medium thickness of the thread, used to knit sweaters the most comfortable
Mohair: It is easy to produce a good work of wool, especially the hollow effect class, but you must choose a good mohair to ensure softness, and cashmere and mohair after the finished product, must be finalized after the water, in order to produce a good effect, if you want to weave these two woolen fabrics, it is recommended to learn the experience of the predecessors first.
Cotton thread: poor elasticity, but soft, suitable for spring and autumn or winter close to wear, to the baby knitting clothes also use cotton thread, such as organic cotton, Egyptian cotton, milk cotton and so on.
In addition, there are many fancy wool threads, such as gold and silver clips, printed clips, large and small beads, circle lines, musical scores, etc., and it is best to see the sample clothes in advance when choosing this type of flower thread.
How to choose: according to the thickness and material of the wool used on the weaving book, choose similar threads, such as the use of merino wool on the weaving book, no. 6 stick needle, then you choose a medium thick thread suitable for 4mm weaving, each wool thread has its own characteristics, and the fabric may also have its own requirements, such as hanging, to be straight, to be soft, to have a shape, etc., even the same kind of wool may also have different effects because of different processes, so this can only be done by asking the store, I have accumulated experience by asking my seniors for advice and my own exploration. Just learned to knit sweater recommended to choose a medium price of wool, too good yarn may not have enough ability to knit it, if too bad then it is too sorry for their own efforts.
Selection of stick pins
Type: (1) 2 stick needles with round heads, round heads to prevent needles from slipping off, suitable for round-trip weaving (sheet weaving) ;(2) 4, 5 sets of needles, generally double-headed, both sides can be woven, can be applied to sheet weaving is also suitable for circle weaving; (3) ring needles, with plastic wire or steel wire to connect two needles, suitable for ring ring weaving or braiding is very long.
Material: there are bamboo needles, steel needles and plastic, personally feel that the sweater knitted out of the bamboo is relatively soft and, the steel needle is relatively hard, and the plastic material is suitable for weaving scarves.
How to choose: when you first start learning, when you buy wool, you can generally let the store give away the stick needle that matches the wool, and so on, if you are skilled, if you often knit, it is recommended to buy a set of 36cm double-headed long needles and a set of 80cm ring needles (in addition, there are 25cm long needles and 60cm ring needles suitable for knitting children's clothes); As for the ADDI ring needles that are currently on the market, I personally feel that the quality is really good, but the price is too expensive, and the price of a needle can buy a set of domestic needles, and because of oxidation, It may also take a while to replace, so you can prepare 1-2 commonly used models, especially can be used in mohair, mink and other easy to break and more expensive wool weave, for example, I have prepared 3.25mm and 4.00mm two 80cm ring needles.
In addition, the needles from different manufacturers may not be the same model and size, it is best to ask about the size before purchasing, I bought the true love brand steel needle and the happiness brand bamboo needle, in addition to the domestic more common Hongda, panda, three swallows, etc., personally feel that there is no big difference between good and bad, the key is to see personal preferences, if you are not sure, you still buy good praise of the true feelings and happiness.
The combination of yarn and stick needles
1. Thick needle and fine thread Soft type: mostly suitable for scarves, hollowed out fabrics
2. Thin needle thick thread Compact type: not commonly used
3. Needle and thread thickness is quite moderate: the most commonly used
I have seen a small experience sent by someone on the Internet: put 3 threads to be woven together, slightly tightened, choose the same thickness of the needle can be, hand loose choice of small 1-2 needle, hand tight choice of large 1-2 needle, very useful.
When buying wool, the store will generally recommend you what size of stick needle to choose, you can also use the above method, use wool with different sticks to knit a small piece, and finally choose the right stick needle according to your ideal effect.
In practical applications, it is very common to change the size of the stick needle according to different patterns, such as the collar and hem of the clothes, the use of double ribbed or single ribbed needles, the front and back of the clothes are twisted needle patterns, if the same number of rod needles (the same thickness) is used, twist twist and ribbed stitches will appear different sizes of length under the same number of stitches, resulting in clothes may be larger than the body, the ribs of the collar are not tight enough, not good-looking, at this time, if the hem ribbed stitch method is used to use a needle that is 1-2 numbers smaller than the front and back body pieces, The size of the weave is the same. Of course, the easiest way is to weave samples, and weave a small sample of all the patterns that may be used to confirm whether a needle change is required. Because knitting clothes is a big project, I personally recommend that you consider the number of stick needle numbers that may be used before starting construction to match the appropriate pattern, so that the final finished sweater will not have regrets. Over time, with experience, this step can be slowly removed.
Tip: About loop weaving and sheet weaving
Many sweaters on the knitting book, are in accordance with the method of piece weaving, pieces of knitting the front, back, sleeves, and then stitching to pick the knitted collar, personally feel that if the size is not right, it may lead to unevenness after stitching, not very suitable for novices to learn to master, so it is recommended that the two sweater knitting basic books, from the top down the method of knitting sweaters, suitable for simple patterns, as long as you grasp the method of adding needles, do not consider the front and back body size will be different, do not have to pick collars and sleeves, more suitable for novices to learn. But if you need to knit some cumbersome patterns, especially when the front piece and the back piece pattern are different, the piece weaving is more appropriate, because the pattern is different, the number of needles under the same size may be different, so there are many masters who think that the clothes woven by the piece are better.
Circle weaving is the use of three stick needles to wrap the knit in a circle, weaving in one direction, the sheet weaving has a front and back points, after weaving a line of front and then weave a line of reverse, such as weaving flat needle (the front is the shape of the needle), the front of the needle, the reverse side to weave the needle. And the circle weaving does not have a front and back, has been weaving is the front, the same to the flat needle as an example, that is, always knit the needle. Of course, knitting sweaters is a technical job, which method is more suitable for yourself to use your mouth to say that you can not understand, only you can experience it yourself, you can know how to be the most suitable for your own method.
The choice of crochet
If you are in contact with crochet for the first time, in fact, a very cheap set of aluminum alloy crochet is enough, because crochet is like chopsticks, there is no gold chopsticks silver chopsticks are easier to use than bamboo chopsticks, only if you will not use chopsticks. When you really enter the crochet world and like this handicraft, then you can consider a more complete set of tools that are easy to use. Crochet needles are sessile, sessile, single-headed, and double-headed. Personally feel that of course there is a handle of the most comfortable, each brand of crochet handle design is not the same, there is no noble, only the one you use the most comfortable is the most suitable for you, when you are not sure which brand to buy, you can buy one of them first, for example, I first bought the hook brand 8 3.2mm, Hiroshima 4/0 2.5mm, because this is the two needle numbers I use most often, and then I entered the whole set of 13 hitomi, with faience to make their own handle. To sum up, personal favorite is the hook of the card, whether it is the comfort of the handle, the speed of the hook up or the price, are the most satisfactory to me, the needle of the pupil is very smooth, but the handle made by myself, let me feel a little lacking, but I still recommend buying a complete set, will not regret. Next I'm going to put in another hook 4+, which is perfect for the time being. Having said all this, in fact, you can also see that the most important thing is personal preference.
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