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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Guide on how to lengthen a stitch


Picture of how to lengthen a stitch

Have you wondered how to lengthen a stitch? or seen this technique used but thought it was too hard?  This post will show you how to do lengthen a stitch in a step by step guide.




What is lengthening the stitch?

Lengthening the stitch is also called extending the stitch and elongating the stitch just to be confusing, not sure why it has three different names but never mind. It is making an extra loop which is dropped on the next row to lengthen the stitch. There are a few ways of lengthening the stitch, but this is the easiest and is less complicated than one I have in a knitting book - thanks to my friend at knitting group for teaching me how to do this so I can share it with you.


How do you lengthen the stitch?

Here is a step by step guide to lengthening the stitch of all of the steps, and below it is all the steps broken down and explained.

Picture of guide on how to lengthen a stitch


1. Cast on your stitches to knit with

Picture of casting on in knitting



2. Knit four rows or how many your pattern states to knit



Picture of knitting



3.  Insert the needle into the first stitch


Picture of how to lengthen the stitch



4. Wrap the yarn around the needle twice, as shown in the photo below


Picture of how to lengthen the stitch



5. Slip the right hand needle down and slide the stitch off, just like you do when you knit.


Picture of what the stitch looks like after its knitted



6. Continue step 3-5 along the rest of the row



Picture of the row after making two loops



7. Knit the next row by inserting the right hand needle into the first loop.


Picture of getting ready to knit


8. Wrap the yarn around the right hand needle and slide the stitch off the needle, letting the 2nd loop drop.


Picture of wrapping the yarn around the needle


9.   Once finished the lengthened stitch should look like the photo below.


Picture of the lengthened stitch


10. Continue following step 9 along the row and  keep knitting or continue as your pattern states.


Picture of the finished row after lengthening the stitch


Hope you have found this guide on how to lengthen a stitch helpful. If you get stuck or have any questions feel free to email me at arjaye@cozywoodlandcottageknits.com



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