Thanks for this video! When I think of tensioning the yarn, I think of the way people wrap the yarn around their fingers, not how we wrap it around the needle! 😊
Knitting is full of words that have to do double and even triple duty sometimes. Like in the UK instead of calling the number of sts/rows per inch gauge they call it the tension of the swatch. Knit can me to make a knit stitch or to mean the act of knitting which includes purling, increases, decreases etc .... LOL. I'm glad the video gave you food for thought.
I watch your videos and I want to Thank You for this video so much! I am 70 years old and have knit my whole life and struggle with my knit stitches being uneven. I've knit where I've just pulled the yarn onto the other needle. Nobody ever showed me the way it should be done. I shared your video with my whole knitting group! I have thoroughly enjoyed my knitting today. I didn't have to go back every 10 or 20 stitches and snug them up. It has always taken me so long to finish a project because I've always gone back to even them up some. No More!!!! Thank You Again!!! ❤
Despite many years of knitting, I think I still "yoink" from time to time. It's good to have a reminder about it! (Oh, and the mm measurement for needles - and crochet hooks - is the diameter of the barrel.)
LOL, it's nothing to be ashamed of and if you're happy with how you knit you keep at it. But if you've been looking for a way to neaten things up you might want to shake things up.
I found this out when knitting my first sock. the sock looked like bigfoot put it on and stretched it out. LOL I found a new way to hold my yarn and the tension was so much better, my stitches are more even now and the second sock fit perfect on the long skinny foot it was intended for, including the heel. Tension was 90% of my problem.
Thanks for the thorough demonstration -- It was a great reminder about not yanking those stitches off the needle! So what can you offer to improve row gauge? My stitches are too short. I am knitting more sweaters these days and I spend a lot of time recalculating increase and decrease rates. Is it something I just have to live with or can something be done about it?
As far as I know the only thing to do is fiddle with your needle size/needle material type when doing gauge swatches. Don't be afraid to go up/down needle sizes to get what you want.
@@WatchBarbaraKnit yeah, I thought that was the answer that I did not want. I can usually get stitch gauge and I would rather have that in most situations but I want to knit a side to side sweater and it might be a bigger problem than usual. I am still waiting on the yarn so don't even know if it will be a problem. Yarn is definitely a factor in this equation. Thank you for your input!
