Valuable Skills beyond the square



Valuable skills after squares:
  1. The Hat Pattern:


Key skill: 
knit 2 together-making anything narrower
how to shape a crown or semi circle

How to knit 2 stitches together


How to knit a hat: 
https://www.craftyarncouncil.com/sites/default/files/K43_CYC_Knit-Beginner-1-Pompom-Hat.pdf

Eventually circular needles and double pointed needles

Knitting in the round:


Once you start decreasing in the round, you need to change to double pointed needles


After I learned this skill I was able to make

Hat
Baby coccoon
Egg covers
Owl puff
Hearts, flowers, leaves
Many applications to make toys: heads, ears, arms and legs and more

  1. Grandmother’s Dishcloth



Key skills:

Knit 2 together, yarn over



Decorative eyelets for purses, headbands, bracelets, crowns, soap cozies, drink cozies

  1. I-Cord




Uses: purse straps, handles, bracelets or necklaces
Animal arms or legs, elephant trunk

  1. Knit front to back (increase stitch)




Check out studio knit tutorials

Uses: 
making balls
Making heads and bodies for animals

Anything you want to get wider

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