By How to Knit a Top, in the words of the late Knitting Coach, Sharon Shull, is about “being a part of something bigger than yourself.” I’ve read a lot of advice in the knitting world and it has always seemed to me to be either too much or not enough. For a while now, I’ve been experimenting with some of those tips.
I think there are two methods that are both very good for knitting tops. One is to just focus on the top itself. This is something I learned from Sharon Shull. The other method is to focus not on the top but the yarn. This involves working to the yarn rather than the fabric. The most common yarns for a top are rayon and nylon, but Ive also worked with acrylics and even wool.
The key here is to focus on the yarn you’re working with. When you start working with a yarn that’s thick and very strong, it can be very difficult to weave it through the fabric of your top. With thinner yarns, it’s easy enough to work it through your top. The best tip I have for working with yarn is to knit top fabrics from the same yarn as your top.
If your top is thin and thick, like my purple and black top, start by wrapping the yarns together in the back of your knitting machine. Then just keep knitting the yarns in the same direction, but then weave the yarns in through the fabric to make the top.
Like any knitting project, the best way to learn how to knit a top is to show someone a top you have made. There are no secret techniques or secret instructions. It’s just a step by step process that can be done in a minute or two, if you’re willing to go through all of the motions.
This is the kind of thing that makes me feel old. When I was in first grade, for my first “big” project, I had to make a top for my teacher. I don’t remember how I did it, but I know I was proud of it. I don’t remember how old I was, but my memory is hazy.
If you were to ask me how to knit a top, I would say, “I don’t know. I dont remember how”. But if you were to ask me how to knit a top, I would say, “I dont know. I just know I’d rather be knitting instead of watching my mother sew.
If this is your first time knitting, it might be tough to tell if you’re doing it right. Many of us have no idea how to do it and when we try, it ends up being a disaster. To the untrained eye, a “knitted top” is one thing, but once you get use to the process of knitting, it becomes a whole lot easier to accomplish. The key is to start with a good foundation.
The foundation of a knit top is a solid, loose knit, using a needle that will not bend, and using a yarn that will not break, and is the same length as the needle. This is a good foundation because you are knitting with the same amount of work as if you were knitting a regular sweater. The next thing you should do is add color.
Color is key for any knit top because it helps you to show off the knitting. By adding color to your knitting, you are also adding color to your garments. You can either do this right on the knitting itself, or you can add colors on the outside of the garment you’re knitting. When you add color on the outside of the garment, you’re showing off the work you’ve done and that you’ve finished a garment.
