Well I am brand new to knitting and this is my first post in this area. I am trying to teach myself. I started with a baby beanie and up until now everything was going well. Then I have to do a "cross to front" stitch and I have no idea what that means!
The pattern says: "k into the front of 2nd st on the needle, then k 1st st, slip both off needle at the same time."
So I took that to mean that I knit into the 2nd stitch in on the left needle, then knit the previous stitch and slide them off the needle.
But when doing the next row the C2F stitches are very close together, so do I knit those seperartely still or together like a decrease of some sort??
Also, every other definition I find seems to involve a cable needle. The others I've found for cross to front say, "slip next 2 stitches to a cable needle and hold in front of work; knit the next 2 stitches; then knit 2 from the cable needle."
So which one do I do? Any details you can help with would be great. THANKS!!!
The pattern says: "k into the front of 2nd st on the needle, then k 1st st, slip both off needle at the same time."
So I took that to mean that I knit into the 2nd stitch in on the left needle, then knit the previous stitch and slide them off the needle.
But when doing the next row the C2F stitches are very close together, so do I knit those seperartely still or together like a decrease of some sort??
Also, every other definition I find seems to involve a cable needle. The others I've found for cross to front say, "slip next 2 stitches to a cable needle and hold in front of work; knit the next 2 stitches; then knit 2 from the cable needle."
So which one do I do? Any details you can help with would be great. THANKS!!!
You knit the second stitch on the left needle, then the first stitch, and slip them both off the left needle after that. On the next row, the stitches will have swapped spots (so the one that had been the second is now the first, and the first is now after it) and you will knit them seperately, as two stitches (no decreasing) They're close together because they swapped places, so the stitches have to travel a bit which makes them a bit more snug on the needle because of the horizontal movement.
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