Thank you!!!! I'm 16 and have been knitting for about a year, and wanted to make a bag for bringing my projects places while I work on them. I thought I would have to learn to crotche to make what I wanted how I wanted. Your enthusiasm made the start of this project so much more fun than I expected!
i had a similar problem and wanted to make amigurumi but couldnt find a way to knit like this, so i learned crochet. rly wish i saw this before literally tackling a new art arghhh
Thank you for sharing this. I've been struggling to find a way to make a 10cm mouth plate for a knitted plush doll I've designed. Within 30 mins I've knitted a perfect circle, it fits perfectly, I now have found a way of creating an open mouth, like a Muppet to my knitted toys. I can't tell you how grateful I am for the Pi Circle, it is quick, easy and creates the perfect knitted circle xxx
Finally! A knitting video on flat circle or pi circle! Have been wanting to figure out this because I love the flat circles of crochet, which isn't that common for knitting, figured out something but this is 100% better looking! Now we have the Knitter's version of the crochet's circles! I also love the pinhole CO without the crochet hook, it's ingenious of you doing it that way! Almost like doing the knitpurl CO or another type of Provisional CO. Thanks for sharing, keep it up! God bless.
I have been knitting for years and years, but I’ve never knitted a pie circle shape, this was a complete first for me, and I’m happy to say, it’s turning out fabulously, so thank you @verypinkknits for sharing this information with everyone x ❤
now I want to at-once-and-instantly start knitting a Pi Shawl. But first need to finish an other project. 🙁 Thank you for making it so simple and easy to figure out! 💝
4:10 Staci, call this your pie crust blocking. ; ) Elizabeth Zimmermann was a ‘calculated’ knitter. I have her Baby Surprise pattern that I’ll be making but in the adult version. It’s like the drawing lessons I took from a book that had you pencil an image upside down, you concentrate on the line drawing, not the end product.
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I've seen a "Pi shawl" done in crochet which is very lacy. But I do love this knitted shawl so much better. You always make difficult projects so simple.
When I first started out knitting working with dpns was very intimidating until I read a children's knitting book that explains the entire concept. The book is called Kids Knitting and even though it is for children there are a lot a useful and great techniques for any level. Good luck
The timing of this video is great! I am currently creating an Afghan using different knitting circle motifs. I am using the book knitting in circles by Nickey Epstein.
This is very cool indeed! I'm imagining.. lace table cloth for round tabletops or coasters! I've always thought about this since this is kind of how amigurumi is done, but never applied to knitting. Could you please show us how to do kitchener grafting on seed stitch and garter stitch another time?
I love the way the circles look when knitted! My dislike for DPN's would force me to try this on circular needles...either way it does look a little tricky.
I love this video! Something about learning some history gave this vid some substance... and the tutorial tucked in at the end was just amazing. I’d like to see more like this!
I am a man and when watching this tutorial makes me wonder who started the nasty rumor that the female brain does not function as well with mathmatics as the male ...and submit Knitting as proof ...pssst ...I think Elizaeth Zimmerman was either a man in disguise or a knitting witch that rides a pair of knitting needles ...a knitting pattern looks every bit as confusing to a lay person as any mathematical formula and talk about graphs and charts ...knitters have that covered as well
Thank you so much. I've been trying to figure out how to start a knit beanie from the top & it was driving me crazy cuz the shape just didn't come out right. Now I got a better idea thanks so much 😘🙂
This is very similar to crochet/amigurumi, but i have a question can i use magic loop method instead of DPNs since it gets very fiddly to me. Thank you so much for this tutorial :D
@@pamelajwatson988 thanks sweetie for replying :D using two circulars is great but problem is i don't have 2 needles for each size so magic loop is easier for me but it is a wonderful recommendation thank you so much for taking some time to help out i really appreciate it! ❤❤🌹
I love your videos and your advice, but this is so much easier to do with pinhole cast on with a crochet hook and, then, using circular needles with a magic loop.
Hi stacy! Lovely video as always. I wanted to message to see if you had been asked to do a tutorial on how to knit a planned pooling item such as a scarf?
Hi Staci, thanks for this video! Do you know whether the proportions for the pi circle still work if using a different number of CO sts (e.g., 6 instead of 8)?
Wonderful tutorial! Do you think this could be used to knit a poncho, but instead of starting with such little stitches you start with a later count (like 64), while following the same pattern (so k64 for however many rows, increase, k128 for however many rows, etc.)?
I am almost finished with my project made using this technique. A full circle cloak. Poncho would definitely work if you “start” at the later stitch counts and go with the same numbers.
That's what I'm trying to figure out. The only ones I've seen worn have had armholes worked into them. But the example in the book definitely didn't have them.
My cat insists on sitting on any knitted hat around so I have some old stash sashay yarn to use up to make her her own knitted circular prayer rug!!! Would this be suitable I really want it to be dense, not airy, to use up 1 skein only. I don't want to open up the sashay, just leave it rope quality. I will probably experiment before you suggest feedback, but the largest dp I have is size 13 but will that be too airy? Anyway you are the best, and I love that and how you channel Elizabeth Z. 😍
I'm knitting a circle skirt, I'm starting with 160 and increasing on until its ankle length..... Can someone please help me figure out the increases, how many, and when, please?
This is good but when I start doing the finger part everything just loosens up and it's not secure enough I dunno what I'm doing wrong since my brain 🧠 is as dead as a cow . So help. Pls 😭🐔🛌💤👍😴👿🤡💯
Thank you for these instructions. I haven’t used dpns in decades! Fought with them today and now at row 22. The middle seems to 'poke up' ... will this flatten out as it grows?
No...it won't likely flatten as it grows. If you're using a wool yarn, it should flatten out with some steaming from an iron. Otherwise, you might be using a yarn/needle combination that is too tight...using bigger needles or thinner yarn should help.
You mention being able to use any increase you like. If you use M1 increases, does it matter which one since they lean left or right? Trying to envision how that would work in a circle..tanks!
It would help if you mentioned what needles you should use. In your instructions you mention double ended needles and circular needles. Ok, I get you could use either, but imo clarity is important. Not everyone knows these things.
hi Stacy how are you i have subscribed your channel but you do net send me your new videos. could you tell me how can i get 16" circular needle for knitting hats and caps i searched on amazon etc but not finding the proper thing i do not need the bamboo one
I release a new video every week, if you aren't getting notifications, you can check your notification settings in RU-vid. You can also follow me on Facebook or join my Ravelry group to see new videos. There are lots of 16" needle sets on Amazon, here is one that I really like: amzn.to/305mjXX
LOL, I don't know. Maybe they hate my hair, or my voice, or the yarn color. It always happens, sometimes they let me know that they hate my hair, or my voice, or the yarn color. hahaha
Oh my gosh. Lame. Lol. Your channel is great, BTW, I have made several of your Tunisian quilts and the fingerless mitts! Love your explanations and taking the time to show technique!
Yes...I personally find DPNs to be much easier when you have so few stitches at the beginning, but you can use magic loop any time a pattern calls for DPNs.
