Aug 22, 2017 · How to steek. As I’ve said before you knit a tube. In the places where you will be cutting you usually knit a special steek pattern for five, seven or nine stitches. These stitches …

A steek is a bridge of stitches added to a project in order to cut it open later on. A typical steek is 5 or 7 stitches wide. From an etymological perspective, the word derives from the proto-west …

Nov 16, 2022 · In modern knitting parlance, a steek is a narrow panel of extra stitches connecting two pieces of fabric with the intention that they will be cut when the knitting is complete. …

Sep 18, 2014 · What can I steek? If you look around online there are a LOT of opinions on what yarns can be used for steeking. We have successfully steeked superwash and woolly …

Aug 14, 2014 · A steek is a set of extra ‘bridging’ stitches added in addition to the pattern in a piece of in-the-round knitting, in order to reinforce and cut those stitches to produce a flat …

The term steek refers to the “bridge” that you work into your knitting, along the vertical axis where you want your piece to be cut. It helps guide your scissors and reinforces both sides of the …

Decide where you want to add a steek to your knitting. In that place, you’ll want to add about 8 stitches for the steek, alternating colors for every stitch. The stranded colors in this area will …

Aug 20, 2024 · Steek is an old Scots word that means “a stitch in sewing or knitting.” For knitters, steeking has become the name of an entire process that culminates in cutting one’s knitting. …

The meaning of STEEK is shut, close. Macleod threatened to steek the door in my face if I ever said a word against the Scots again.

The steek itself is a bridge of extra stitches, in which the cut is made, and is usually 6-10 stitches wide. This technique was developed by the knitters of Shetland and is particularly associated …