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Have you ever understood the knitting symbols, but when you actually tried to knit, you found yourself a little confused?
This happened to me a few times when I first started crocheting.
There may be some people out there who are facing the same "I'm not quite sure" situation, so I'd like to introduce it here.
The first knitting pattern that gave me trouble was the method of knitting "1 small crochet, 1 chain, 1 small crochet" in the previous row, followed by "1 small crochet, 1 chain, 1 small crochet".
In terms of knitting patterns, for example, the case below.
This is a pattern that you sometimes see, where you knit a rectangle using knit stitches.
The first row is easy to knit as you insert the needle into the chain of the cast-on stitch and knit in a circular stitch, but what gave me trouble were the four corners from the second row onwards.
I understand that you need to knit "1 knit stitch, 1 chain stitch, 1 knit stitch" at the four corners, but when it comes to "scooping up" the chain stitch from the previous row and knitting it, I find it very difficult to know where to put the needle in the previous row.
Since there is only one chain stitch in the previous section, it is difficult to tell where that chain stitch is.
You will understand this as you become more familiar with it, but until you get used to it, if you put the needle in the wrong place a little, you will end up putting the needle into the top of the knitting stitch.
So, I will explain using actual knitted fabric.
Use thick thread so it's easy to see.
The point where you should insert the needle is at the tip of the arrow. By inserting the needle here, you will knit "1 knit stitch + 1 chain + 1 knit stitch." In terms of the knitting diagram, this is the thick red symbol in the image below.
Did you get a sense of how to knit the corners of a rectangle?
The above is an explanation of a case where the technique is not difficult, but it is a little difficult to know where to insert the needle.
By the way, why do you chain the four corners in one stitch? Wouldn't it be better to chain in two stitches to make it easier to knit?
I think you may have questions like this. I also had the same thoughts when I was a beginner.
However, when I actually try making various pieces, I find that the finished shape is a little different depending on whether I use one chain stitch at the corner or two! Two chain stitches results in a rectangle with pronounced corners, while one chain stitch results in a softer rectangle.
There are times when you want to use these differently.
When this difference doesn't have a big impact, I like to use the easier "two chain stitches at the corner" method.
This is a knitting symbol that can be used not only for the corners of rectangles, so if you come across it in the knitting pattern for a piece you want to knit and are stuck, I hope you'll remember that there is an explanation like this.
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