A knitting question!?

Well I learned how to knit,I got a book I did eveything and read everything in the book took me a long time but I got it.So know I have a pattern it said K1,I don't know that one,what is M1 mean?how does that stitch go,it is going to be a Dragon Skin pattern very pretty .I am so proud of my self oh I am left hand it.The book does not explain anything about M1 everything else did.Thanks

A knitting question!?
The k1 means knit one stitch. When you take the stitch off the needle it should look like the stitches look in the front of a sweater. If you are increasing, in ONE stitch make a knit and a purl. If you pick up and increase a stitch by using the bar across two of the stitches you can make a hole on the project.
Reply:M1 is another way of increasing. You can either make a backward loop and add it to the needle or, if you're doing something like the 5-Hr. baby sweater, what you do is pick up and knit a stitch through the bar between the last stitch you worked and the next one. You can also just knit into the front and back of the next stitch, but that leaves you with a purl stitch on the front that you may not want if you're knitting stockinette (knit one row, purl the next).





If the stitch seems too loose on the next row, you may want to knit or purl it, whatever is required, through the back loop to tighten it up some.





Ellen, knitting in Florida
Reply:Congratulations on teaching your self to knit.





K1 simply means to knit one stitch. Knitting patterns use abbreviations to tell you what to do.





M1 is a method of increasing that does not involve an existing stitch. For a video demonstrating the technique try this link: http://www.arcadiaknitting.com/tutorials...





The site also gives a list of abbreviations used in patterns.





Hope this helps.
Reply:That pattern sounds interesting and very nice. If you need the various knitting abbreviations 'translated' into plain English, go to www.lionbrand.com and hunt around a little on their site. They have a page explaining knitting terms. Most knitting sites and books have that.
Reply:Here is a link for left-handed knitting below and a glossary of knitting terms.


http://www.hintsandthings.com/workshop/k...
Reply:Is this, perhaps, the Dragon's Skin Shawl from Dragontale Fibers? Lovely shawl, I'm working on the edging myself. In this pattern, whether the shawl or the stitch pattern, the lifted M(ake) 1 is best used. Use the tip of your right needle to lift the strand running between the stitches below the needle in the previous row to the tip of the left needle, so that the left edge falls to the back of the needle and knit into the back.





BTW, handedness has no bearing on knitting, lefties and righties learn the same way and knit the same way. You almost always knit from the left to the right. Knitting right to left can be done, but it also involves transposing your pattern completely, it's much more taxing to do that, even though it isn't technically more difficult to do. I have learned to knit in both directions, so I never have to turn my work as I go. This doesn't mean I don't choose to turn my work, I just don't always have to %26lt;G%26gt;. It takes lots of practice, though.

orchid cactus