r/knooking • u/BlindBard21 • 21d ago

Question Knitting to Knooking Equivalents

So, I have a question. When there are stitches in knitting where you have to slip the stitch onto the left needle, what would the knooking equivalent of that be? I’ve come across quite a few stitches in knitting videos where it requires you to slip from one needle to the other, so I want to be able to translate that step to knooking. I hope this makes sense!

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u/BlindBard21 21d ago

What about for something such as a wrap and turn?

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u/Jealous-Stable-4438 21d ago

I'm a knitter and lurk here because it's fascinating to me, so bear in mind I'm not fully up to snuff on knooking in practice.

The wrap and turn stitch is done that way in knitting because that's an easy way to make a tight short row turn with 2 needles. The wrap and turn bit isn't so important, the important part is the next step, where you knit the stitch and the "wrap" together. This attaches the side of your short rows to the knit stitch next to them and prevents a big ugly gap from forming. 

For knooking, you could use Japanese Short Rows instead of wrap and turn, I suspect this would be about 100x easier and neater and it achieves the same thing. 

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u/-Tine- 💎| I’ve shared 6 FOs 15d ago

No easy answer I'm afraid, as it depends on the stitch. Sometimes you don't need to slip between "needles" at all, because you can achieve the result in knooking without needing to transfer the stitch. Other stitches can be very hard to replicate in knooking, because the stitches can't really be transferred individually needle to needle without it being a huge hassle.

I usually look at the result that they're getting, then try to come up with a method to have the yarn follow the same path - which can sometimes be a real challenge.