This method of knitting, when the walls of the loops are made crosswise, was used by our grandmothers, knitting socks and mittens for us. And I must say that these products were more durable and worn much longer than others. You can also decorate your needlework with "crossed" loops.
It is necessary
- - knitting needles (two will be working and one will be auxiliary);
- - a ball of woolen threads.
Instructions
Step 1
To get a front crossed stitch, insert the right knitting needle from right to left into the loop on the left knitting needle, and grab the thread (located behind the knitting) with it from the back. Now you need to stretch the created loop to the front of the knitting.
Next, cross the purl loop as follows (the thread is now in front of knitting): insert the right working knitting needle into the loop with the left, but already in the opposite direction, that is, from left to right, and pull the thread to the seamy side of knitting.
Step 2
If you get confused, do not be upset, because in order to gain dexterity, you need daily training. Try to make a prototype of the future product and knit it only with crossed loops (over the purl - front, and then exactly the opposite: over the front - purl).
Step 3
Having gained enough experience, move on to working on simple patterns and also do them using the cross stitches. They will lie in the form of a cross, with a tilt to the left and right, depending on the relief of a particular drawing. Experienced needlewomen advise crossing them in this way: knit a second loop after the first (you get a "cross" with a tilt to the left), and then, also on the front side of knitting, a second loop in front of the first (here the cross "tilts" to the right). Of course, in the absence of experience on the first try, you may not succeed, but this is a profitable business.
Step 4
"Stuff" your hand by knitting a pattern with two criss-crossing loops on a plain canvas. In this case, in both rows ("face" - wrong side), everything should turn out like this: edge loop and 2 purl; then cross two loops to the right; two purl and again criss-cross loops.
Step 5
Look at the result - you see the thinnest braid. Moreover, it can be knitted in different widths, that is, in four, six, eight, etc. loops (even number only).
Step 6
Let's try to make this flagellum a little thicker, for example, using four loops. To do this, you need to alternately knit in the first row: hem, three purl loops, four front loops and again three purl, etc. In the second, start again with an edge loop, then knit three knit stitches, four purl stitches, and so on. The third row will require more care from you: after tying the hem and purl loops, put the first two knit stitches on the spare knitting needle and leave it in front of the canvas. Then, after completing the next two front loops, knit the ones that were left on the auxiliary. And after a while, you will get a beautiful plait plait.
Step 7
Having learned simple patterns, you can easily knit more "twisted" - rhombuses, rings, various nets and plexuses.
