[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Making a slip knot in knitting

[Ericka]

This is so complicated the way it’s written. Of course I do a different kind of cast done because this confuse the heck out of me.

Ericka Nelson 


> On Jan 8, 2023, at 6:39 PM, Joyce Kane via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> This is from Davey Hulsher’s book, “The Touch of Yarn””
> 
> 
> 
> To make your slipknot: 
> 
> a.    Bring the working yarn up across your palm and between your left
> thumb and forefinger, your pinch.
> b.    Wrap it clockwise around your forefinger at about the first joint up
> by your nail.  Clockwise means that it starts in your pinch, goes behind
> your forefinger, comes around by your long finger, then back to the front.
> c.    Stop wrapping when the working yarn goes behind your finger the
> second time.  
> d.    Drape the working yarn down the back of your forefinger until it is
> below the first complete wrap.  
> e.    Gently lift the wrap up off your finger with your right thumb and
> forefinger.  Keep that loop open.  Use your long finger to snag the working
> yarn and tuck the working yarn UP through the loop to form a second loop.  
> f.    Grab that second loop with your right hand and tug on the yarn tail
> with your left.  That will snug the first loop around the second.  
> 
> 
> 
> Voilà!  You have your first loop that is going to go on your left needle.  
> 
> 
> 
> Take your time and a suggestion from Joyce, first time use large knitting
> needles and a thick type of yarn.  Size 10needles & No 5 or # 6 yarn
> weight..
> 
> Joyce Kane
> 
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