What is a twisted stitch? I have been knitting for a few years now but this is the first time I have heard of this. Is it easy?
Also, does anyone know an easy way to convert American yarn measurements to Australian, we use metric, you say #wool, we talk in ply. Find lovely patterns from up north but tend to steer away from them due to converting. Sad on my part! Await some help.
Hi, here is a conversion table for needles and yarns. It doesn’t have the # system I don’t think, like #4 is worsted, but one worsted can be quite different from another, so you really need to watch recommended gauge.
You can twist a stitch by knitting into the back of it. There are also other things that may be called twists like knitting 2 stitches together, but not letting them off the needle and then going back and knitting the first stitch again then letting them off the needle.
2 ply = laceweight
4 ply = fingering
5 ply = sport (or sometimes it’s 6 ply)
8 ply = DK
10 ply = worsted
12 ply = aran
14 ply + = bulky and super bulky
You can get twisted sts if you knit a normal st through the back loop. Look at k tbl on the Glossary page.
What you gave me for conversion is just what I needed, thanks. As for the twisting, I will have to put brain in gear and sit down and play with that one.
Look at the video for k tbl on the Glossary page. It’s possible that you already do it that way which can compensate for wrapping purl sts backwards. So for ktbl, it’s normal.