knit counterpane pattern

Let's start with some basic patterns. Knitting needles in a variety of sizes (US 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 15 from the bottom).

It does not require any special or inborn talent to start knitting. To achieve the garter stitch, either knit or purl every row. It is very easy to knit a sock, in the sock-knitting machine.

Of course, the challenge of a complicated pattern, or a technique previously untried requires a bit more focus and can result in "tinking" (also known as un-knitting) or even some serious "frogging" (ripping out more than a few stitches, so called because "rip-it, rip-it" is reminiscent of the frog's "ribbit"). A second potential difficulty is that the knitted piece will slide off the tapered end of the needles when unattended; this is prevented by "point protectors" that cap the tapered ends. For those of us who knit, there is almost nothing more relaxing than watching a row of neat, organized stitches line up on your knitting needles.

Exercise is great, yet, doing something for your soul, is just as important. To do a yarn-over after a knit stitch, just bring your yarn across your work from the back to the front.