How to do helix knitting for beginners [plus ingenious tips for advanced knitters]

How to do helix knitting for beginners [plus ingenious tips for advanced knitters]

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Publish Date:
28 August, 2024
Category:
Knitting
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A step-by-step tutorial on helix knitting - a fun and easy way to knit 1-row stripes without a jog.
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Helix knitting makes use of the simple fact that when you knit in the round, you actually knit in an upward spiral. To avoid a jog, helix knitting has you knitting a double helix. The start and end of the helix will be somewhat visible but the rest is perfect.
This tutorial shows you the basic helix knitting technique and a couple of ways to improve it.
THe second half of the video shows you how to knit jogless 2-row stripes, how to knit garter stitch in the round, stripes in garter stitch, and how to fix the offset at the beginning of the helix

0:00 Introduction
0:52 What is helix knitting and how does it work?
2:18 How to do helix knitting - the setup row
6:10 Starting the first real row of helix knitting
9:46 The improved way to do helix knitting
15:38 How to knit jogless 2-row stripes in the round
19:01 How to knit garter stitch in the round without a jog
21:20 How to knit stripes in the round when doing garter stitch
24:46 How to hide/fix the start of the helix

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