In this master class we will talk about how to ensure that the edge is neat and perfectly smooth.

Video master class on joining circular knitting:

We cast on the required number of loops for your product, plus one loop to connect the row. We produce the set in any way. In our master class you can see a set of loops using an additional double needle. After casting, we take out the additional knitting needle and put it aside; we won’t need it anymore.

IN right hand We take the knitting needle with the last cast-on loop and the working thread, and in our left hand on the knitting needle we bring the loops to the edge, the first cast-on loop should be located on it.

Before joining the edge, be sure to ensure that the edge does not twist! Once connected, it is no longer possible to correct the twisted row and everything will have to be unraveled.

So, let's begin the connection process itself. Using the right knitting needle, remove the first loop from the left, inserting the knitting needle from right to left. Now, using the left knitting needle, we throw the last of the cast-on loops over the first one, transferred to the same knitting needle, i.e. we throw the second over the first. In this way we removed that extra loop, and the edge will now be smooth and beautiful. The loop must be returned to the left knitting needle and the threads tightened.

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Author Svetik

Noskov, there was a question - how to close knitting in a circle? No matter who I turned to, the answers were extremely vague - “divide the loops into 4 knitting needles and knit,” and even when they seemed to explain it to me, I didn’t understand. For example, why do you need a fifth spoke? How to make a circle continuous? All the time I ended up with just a wide, open fabric, I was tormented, thinking about where to fit the working thread, and until I “finished” it myself, I was very tired. And now for those who, like me, were once looking for an answer to the question - how to knit on five needles - the first part of my lesson!

Dear needlewomen! I want to warn you that in this master class I knitted the loops “grandmother’s way” - behind the back wall of the loop. This method is not classical, and in many sources the products are knitted “ in the classic way». When knitting using the “grandmother’s” method in the round, the fabric may curl! Read more about methods of knitting loops.

We cast on loops on 2 knitting needles. I will knit socks for a woman with foot size 38, cast on 15 by 4 = 60 stitches. For different yarns, and for different leg widths, the number of loops will be different. Let me just say that with woolen yarn I cast on 15-16 (for 4) loops for a man, 14-15 for a woman, 8 for a child 1-2 years old, 10 for 3-4 years old.

Take the knitting needles in your hands so that in your left hand there is a knitting needle with the right side not connected to the others, and throw the working thread over forefinger. Knitting needle with working thread under the left knitting needle.

And knit it. In knitting in the round, there are no edge loops and therefore no loops are removed - they are all knitted.

Going clockwise, finishing knitting on one knitting needle, move on to the other. For the first loop of each knitting needle, take the working thread from the previous knitting needle.

And all subsequent rows of elastic. The height of the elastic is a matter of taste. For example, my husband asks me to knit a small elastic band for him - 10 rows, and I generally knit knee socks for myself and my daughter (if you want to knit knee socks, you need to cast on 4-16 more stitches, depending on the girth of your calves, and then either in an elastic band or make narrowings in the facial loops). Here I knitted 25 rows of elastic.

Then I switch to stockinette stitch - knit all the stitches and also knit in the round. In knitting in the round, there are no purl rows - all the rows are knitted, since we essentially do not knit the front and back of the fabric, but only on one side - the outside.

5 rows. Rows of stockinette stitch can also be knitted in a different number of rows - from 1 to 15, or you can not knit them at all, but go straight from the elastic to the heel.

Now you need to transfer the loops from next knitting needle. Take the knitting stitch at the junction of these needles.

And the other seven. Ready! Our knitting from a square has turned into this triangle!

So, today we figured out how to knit the first part of the sock - the elastic band, continued - and in the following master classes.

Still have questions? Watch the video!

Like many other operations in hand knitting, closing the last row can be done in several ways.

Method 1(basic, classic). This method is universal and is used most often. The first loop is removed from the left knitting needle to the right one without knitting (the thread is behind). The second loop is knitted according to the pattern: knit stitch, if the loop is front and back, if it is back. The left knitting needle is inserted from left to right into the first loop on the right knitting needle, pull it towards you and throw it over (throw it through the loop on the right knitting needle. Knit the next loop and drop the loop from the right knitting needle through it. This method is also called the method of throwing a loop.

Method 2. The first loop is knitted so that the corner of the part is clear. The knitted loop is transferred from the right knitting needle to the left. The right knitting needle is threaded into the first and second loops from behind (behind the knitting needle), the working thread is grabbed with the end of the knitting needle and pulled through these two loops. Each newly formed loop is transferred to the left knitting needle and knitted together with the next loop. If there are knit and purl loops in the last row, then they are knitted with knit or purl stitches, respectively: if the second loop is a knit stitch, knit two stitches together; if the second loop is purl, knit two purl loops. This type of fastening of loops is best used in cases where the front and back loops of the last row are knitted.

Method 3. Kettel stitch. The last row of loops is closed with a needle. The loops of the last row are left on the knitting needle. Tear off a working thread equal to three lengths of the row to be closed and thread it through the needle. The needle is inserted into the first loop from the front side, the thread is pulled through it and removed from the knitting needle. The second loop is skipped, leaving it on the left needle. The needle is inserted into the third loop from the wrong side and the working thread is pulled through it. Next, the needle is inserted into the second loop from the front side, brought out into the fourth, etc. Make sure that the closed loops on the knitting needle fit tightly to each other. When the closed portion of the stitches becomes so large that it is inconvenient to leave it on the knitting needle, some of the loops can be removed, but a sufficiently large part of the closed row must be left on the knitting needle so that the edge is even.

When closing the loops with a needle, the last row is stretched in the same way as the initial one, without forming a pigtail. This way you can finish knitting a collar or neckline. This method is also good for closing elastic. The only drawback of this method is the need to leave a long end of the thread: this is not convenient for long sections.