“To knit from a crochet hook and crochet from a knitting pin” is the
best description of Cro-Knitting. The rows of crocheting and knitting
are worked alternately or as the various patterns demand. The work
requires a pair of knitting pins (or needles, as they are sometimes
called) and a crochet hook of the same length and size as the pins. The
hook should be of an even thickness down its entire length, with a knob
at the end, as the stitches are allowed to accumulate on it as in afghan
stitch.
The work is always commenced on a knitting pin, the stitches being cast
on in the usual manner (see Bear Brand Manual of Handiwork), followed by
one or more rows of plain knitting.
KNITTED ROWS: the wool is to be held in the usual manner. The first
stitch is to be slipped or knitted as directed, but where a row of
knitting commences with a different wool, the first stitch is always
knitted, to keep the stripe distinct.
CROCHETED ROWS: when working these from the knitting pin, the hook is
inserted through the stitch on the pin, as though it were a second
knitting pin (from left to right). When working into the back of a
stitch, the hook is inserted in reverse manner (from right to left).
When working the crocheted rows the wool is passed over the fingers of
the left hand. When two knitting stitches are taken together the hook is
passed through the stitch nearer the left hand (as in knitting) before
entering the stitch next to the point of the pin. When the back threads
of two stitches are taken together, this is reversed and the crochet
hook enters first the stitch at the point of the pin. As the crocheted
rows are worked from the stitches on the knitting pin, it is not
possible to “skip one” as in ordinary crocheting, as the stitch would
drop, but it is an easy matter to put one stitch into two knitting
stitches taken together, thus producing an extremely pretty effect.
In the instructions, when the phrase occurs “1 double through two
stitches, 1 double through the back of the same two stitches,” the
repetition means that the stitches are to be held on the knitting pin
until the second double has been made; then slip stitches from pin.
When knitting from the crochet hook the point of the hook must be kept
pointing downward to avoid catching the wool.
STITCHES. The knitting stitches are merely the usual plain and purl. The
basic crochet stitches are single, double and treble crochet and the
various cluster stitches, some of which are illustrated.
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