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Making a yarn-over is a simple way to increase stitches when knitting. Using a yarn-over makes a small hole as well as a new stitch, so is sometimes referred to as a 'visible' increase.  Yarn-overs are used to make garments bigger or to add some shape when knitting .  Some patterns use yarn-over techniques to intentionally add holes as part of the design. Placed carefully yarn-overs can make your knitting appear light and airy. The most common situation in which ... MORE you will be asked to do a yarn-over when knitting, is between two knit stitches, but that is not the only way to do it. You can also increase at the beginning of a row as knitting tutorial below explains.   Some knitters become confused when asked to yarn-over at the beginning of a row. They can't understand how to wrap the yarn around the needle when there's nothing to hold it in place? But all you have to do is drape the yarn over the right-hand needle and immediately make the next stit...

There are a lot of knitting books out there that claim to be for the beginner knitter, but I beg to differ.  I feel that many knitwear designers,  may have forgotten what's it like to be a 'beginner', when even the most simple of stitches can seem a challenge and everything is so confusing that you wonder if you will ever be able to complete even a 'simple scarf' I picked up a copy of a book by Val Pierce, entitled 'Love Knitting, 25 Simple Projects to Knit. Val, is a long established knitting expert, who has designed patterns for knitting magazines and has several other books under her belt. the main focus being toys. I  expected someone with this amount of experience to understand the difficult journey of a beginner knitter, working alone without guidance. This was the not the case at all. This is a not a book for the less experienced knitter.  My sample of the blackberry stitch I've been knitting for some time and I was quite surprise...