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All right, today we're going to get rid
of this dreaded long first stitch and how you're going to
do that with an easy move.
So I am Deja with Knit and Crochet Ever After. Be sure to hit the like,
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So let's talk about why this happens. When we're knitting across
Each stitch that we make is followed by another stitch
and as we make that next stitch it helps
to tighten up the stitch that we just made.
However, on the end of a row there is no next
stitch. We turn our work and then we're working a new row
which is slightly different than just
creating your next stitch.
So when you do that row you sometimes get that loose stitch because
Because there's nothing creating that tightness.
So I'm going to show you a quick easy trick
to tighten those edge stitches up. I didn't do it
here so that you can see how big that thing can get,
but for us we're going to fix this one.
So we're going to do our first stitch like normal, knit that off.
Now this stitch is below is
going to be adjusted by the stitch we just made.
So we're going to hold on to that stitch that we
just made with our finger and we're going to pull up slightly
and you'll see that stitch got smaller,
this loop got bigger. So then we're going to pull
that loop back to our needle size. If you still
need to adjust, you can see I closed it up even more
and I'm just pulling on that and
then you can adjust again.
Then you're going to go ahead and just keep on knitting.
And what that does is tighten down that stitch
so you can see the difference. It's much smaller
than this row below. So that is a quick way
to get that edge stitch looking good. It's a very
simple trick. You just hold on and pull up
and it's going to tighten because it's got
yarn attached to it over here.
So that is how you make your edges nice and tight.
I am Deja with Knit and Crochet Ever After and thank you for watching.
