Top 3 tips for knitting a cozy scarf

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by Caitlin Evans0 views·Updated Apr 16, 2022
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  1. Hello. My name is Katie Evans. The date is April 15, 2022 and the password is Eagle.
  2. Hello, have you ever wanted to pick up a craft? But didn't really know where to start.
  3. Well you're in luck knitting is actually a really fun craft to begin with.
  4. And you get some cozy items along the way.
  5. Let's talk about the most important thing when it comes to knitting.
  6. Remember to be patient, knitting takes a lot of practice.
  7. You're gonna make a lot of mistakes so don't be afraid to start all over
  8. some of the items that you'll need to pick up
  9. from your local craft store are some super chunky yarn.
  10. This is actually what it's called inside the store. Super chunky yarn.
  11. In addition you'll also need some knitting needles.
  12. Now you want to go for larger needles and larger yarn because it's going to
  13. allow you to accomplish more on your scarf in a shorter amount of time.
  14. Before you begin knitting you're gonna want to cast on.
  15. So how you do that is you grab your tail, this is the tail right here.
  16. We're going to loop the tail around your thumb and
  17. point your finger and then hold it in your palm.
  18. Remember to keep tension.
  19. Then you're gonna take your needle your going to loop it through your
  20. thumb and point your finger through the loop around your thumb and then underneath
  21. then one on your pointer finger and then pull tight.
  22. That's already two stitches right there.
  23. You're going to continue this motion until you have about 10 stitches
  24. total and that'll end up being your first row on your project
  25. and eventually you'll get super fast in it and very impressive.
  26. Now let's talk about when you're actually doing the knitting the fun part,
  27. tune it as you can tell.
  28. I've already provided quite a few stitches here as an example.
  29. Again,
  30. you can see how the larger needle and the larger yarn allows for the
  31. scarf to be more flexible to be cushy er softer and more comfortable.
  32. You're gonna take your right hand needle,
  33. your going to loop it through the first stitch on the left,
  34. then you're gonna take your tail and you're going
  35. to wrap it around the right needle towards you.
  36. You're gonna drop the loop around the right and then drop the loop around the left.
  37. So again it goes through the needle on your left, wrapping around towards you.
  38. Drop on the right, drop on the left through the loop
  39. wrap,
  40. Drop there you go,
  41. you're going to continue this motion until you have about 10 stitches total.
  42. And again, eventually you'll get super fast and very impressive.
  43. Now let's talk about what to do when you've completed your scarf.
  44. So you've gone through all of your yarn and you're ready to cast off
  45. to cast off your going to do essentially the
  46. same process as you would when you're knitting,
  47. you're going to add one more crucial step.
  48. So again, the needle goes through the first stitch,
  49. your going to wrap it towards you, drop it on the right, drop it on the left,
  50. but then you're going to take the stitch that came directly before that one,
  51. you're going to lift it up and over the right needle.
  52. So loop
  53. wrap, drop and drop and then take the stitch before
  54. and then goes up and over and you can continue
  55. this motion until you've gone through the entire row.
  56. Like so
  57. and then just remember to get the very last one up and over.
  58. Then when you do this you'll end up with a really clean edge just like that
  59. see.
  60. So that'll be the end of your scarf and then eventually you'll have a nice long
  61. kind of clean edge right here that you can wrap around you and be super cozy.
  62. Remember when it comes to knitting the most important thing
  63. is to be patient and allow yourself to make mistakes.
  64. You're going to cast on by wrapping around your thumb and pointer finger.
  65. You're going to knit by bringing the right needle through the left,
  66. wrap it and then drop and then when you cast off your going through that same
  67. process but you're going to bring the last stitch up and over the right needle.
  68. So that way you get that nice clean edge. Remember to have fun and thank you. So