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Do You Know How to Knit Backwards?

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how to knit backwardsKnitting backwards sounds like a cool trick, but it’s more than that. It can actually be quite useful when working entrelac or short rows or even just narrow rows of knitting where you don’t want to have to take the time to turn your work every few stitches.

This allows you to maintain Stockinette Stitch without turning the work or purling. It’s really a cool thing.

I have occasionally known how to do it, but it’s one of those techniques I don’t do often enough for it to stick with me so I have to look it up every time I want to do it.

This Facebook Live video from Creativebug and Marly Bird is a great demo of how to knit backwards, and it really helps to see someone else doing it rather than just reading instructions for how to do it.

Is this a technique you have ever tried? I’d love to know what you used it for.

[Photo via Creativebug.]

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  1. I am afraid to do DPNs and sock knitting but his Entralac, I have done. I did it shortly after I learned to knit and I made a backpack. OK I have not ever knit in this manner again but it is not to say I wouldn’t.

  3. Being ambidextrous I thought doing this would be easy. LOL Silly me. It *still* takes practice, as does any new technique.

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Christmas Sock Knitting Patterns

Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts. 

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