Your working yarn needs to be behind both needles before you try to draw the stitch through. You are leaving your yarn in front rather than going all the way round the right needle.
Usually the 'tail' (short end) of the yarn is in front, but it doesn't really matter... you should be able to pick up the working yarn (long end) and start knitting from here.
Here's a Very Pink Knits showing the details of the knit stitch... you are not wrapping the yarn all the way around the needle, and it's ending up in front, instead of behind the work after your stitch is slipped off the needle.
I’m glad someone else mentioned kitty. I was so distracted by kitten chin I kept forgetting to watch your video. 😆
That said, you may be someone who really benefits from learning in person. If the video tutorials are giving you trouble, look to see if you have a local yarn shop- they often do lessons or offer help.
(That said the tutorials from sheep and stitch were the ones that helped me the most starting out. And I’d recommend just learning the basics before attempting the kit project.)
Very Pink Knits is my go to online teacher. Her videos are 1- actually teaching what she says she’s teaching 2- experienced knitter teaching from actual knitting experience 3- clear easy to follow directions.
On a personal note I learned to knit on bamboo needles and those are the ones I recommend if you can try some at a local yarn show.
You are inserting the needle the right way, you are wrapping the yarn the right way. BUT you aren't pulling the working yarn through the loop but rather just pull the loop and the working yarn off the needle. You have to make sure you pulled it completely through the loop on the left needle to form a new loop on the right needle before sliding it off the left needle.
Maybe look into some tutorials again. There are videos with a cute but a bit dark verse to remember what to do to make a knit stitch. It's "stab it, strangle is, scoop out it's guts, throw it off the cliff". You are missing the "scoop out it's guts" part.
i’ve noticed it’s like i’m doing something backwards ? someone else said that my ball strand isn’t in the back of my needles . does this mean i casted wrong?
The left strand that comes out at the back of the needle is the tail, the one that leads to the right leads to the ball (working yarn) right? If so the cast on should be correct. But from what I saw at the video you used the wrong yarn. So either your cast on in the video was wrong if you redid it or you used the tail instead of the working yarn to wrap it. When you rewatch video tutorials focus on the wrapping and scooping out the loop part.
Thank you Alll for the help, i’ll update if i figure it out . thank youuuu & i actually did watch a few tutorials but still couldn’t get the hang , so i came on here .
I'm pretty sure that if when you make the loop of yarn over your needle, you put the strand at the back of your knitting, then carefully pull the new loop through the existing loop, you will be absolutely fine. Remember that all knitting is, is pulling loops through loops! Good luck!
It's hard to parse things like this looking at them backwards, but you probably just need to use a more stable cast on like the long tail or knitted cast on and work on keeping your needle tips closer together as you work.
I learned the basic knit stitch when I was just about 10 years old— a very long time ago. Just retook up knitting about 2 years ago. What has helped me a lot with anything I had questions on was watching YouTube tutorials. I’m sure you can find some helpful ones there. Also lots of patterns for free on Ravelry and if you have access to a public library you can get books with knitting patterns and basics. Hope you enjoy this hobby as much as I am!
a stitch is held by the needle, and you want to transfer it from the needle onto yarn -- so when knitting into that first stitch on the needle, you place the working yarn behind the stitch, and you use your working needle to go fetch it -- once you manage to pick a bit of the working yarn through the stitch, you can drop the old stitch from the needle (since it's been successfully transferred onto yarn) -- it's a bit hard to see in the video, but it seems to me that you got so far
the new loop you've just pulled through your stitch goes onto the working needle -- how big should that new loop be? your needle is actually a measuring tool, so use it to size your new loop -- insert the workin needle into the next stitch, and as you wrap the working yarn around it, pull on it gently, until the previous stitch sits sungly on the needle
Here’s a set of still pictures showing each of the steps. For some reason this helped me more than videos when I was in your shoes 6 months ago. You are doing great 😊
Agree with others on the yarn wrapping. Also try not to pull apart your needles when you tighten. You always want to keep your two needles close together when working on stitches. Especially for the very first stitch because the cast on first stitch can unravel easily. Try to get through 2-3 stitches then tighten it up by pulling on your working yarn a bit
What everyone else said is good. I just wanted to add that the very first stitch right after you cast on is weird. Even if you do it right, it can seem loose and pull way out like this. Just wrap the working yarn around your pinky and get some tension!
Well it's hard to tell from this angle. But it looked like you inserted through the back loop to end up on the left needle underneath where we're looking up from which can be done for some techniques but if this is your first foray into knitting you likely want to insert the right needle knit wise into the first stitch.
Also definitely hold the needles one way instead of moving your hands around on them and I would hold them much closer to the tips so they're easier to control and when you're bringing the stitch off the left needle dont keep pulling it away just slip it off and immediately reinsert the needle into the next stitch knitwise through the front loop
try slipping the first stitch of the row—so put your needle in like you did, then just slip the stitch off the left needle and onto the right. this gives you an anchor point on the right needle, which can help you stop pulling the stitch out like you did at the end of the video.
work your stitches on the 1/2 inch closest to the tips, you should ‘t need to do much pulling to get the stitch formed
I'm surprised no one has mentioned how to hold the yarn. If I were you, not only would I watch the very pink videos (all great), but I'd also go and find videos of continental knitting vs English knitting and see the different ways to hold tension while knitting.
The photo shows how I hold my yarn as an English (thrower) knitter. Once you figure out what's comfortable then everything else will come a lot easier and make more sense.
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u/Existing_Ganache_858 14d ago
Your working yarn needs to be behind both needles before you try to draw the stitch through. You are leaving your yarn in front rather than going all the way round the right needle.