9 years later and I’m still referring to your video. You really built an encyclopedia for knitters. Your videos are referenced in patterns. You are a true legacy
My mom had been singing the praises of German Short rows for years, but I finally encountered a pattern that requires them. As always, your video was exactly what I needed!
OMG! I hereby dub you Professor of Knitting Tutors!!! Everyone else's tutorial was sooooo convoluted and unclear that I did and undid my knitting a gazillion times and contemplated setting fire to it. Thank you so much wonderful lady .. you are the archangel of Knitting fumblers such as myself. You have saved the day, bless you. 💖💖💖
OMG! Thank you thank you thank you! Every time you've asked for suggestions for tutorials (that I have seen) I have suggested this because there are NO good, clear, descriptive German short row tutorials for sock heels that I could find. It's also called a yo-yo heel, a jo-jo heel, and a double stitch short row heel. So THANK YOU, once again, for a video that I can share with all of my friends that is exceptionally explanatory and detailed that they can use to make awesome short rows too!
I'm glad that I'm not the only one, who doesn't understand why these work. Maybe one day... Thank you. My first socks were just "turn, & go back". It worked, & no holes. That must be the simplest way. At the time I didn't know that there was any other way. Oh...ignorance is bliss. :))
You should be commended on your honesty! I have watched soooo many continental knitting tutorials and yours if by far the easiest to follow. 'Love your attitude about knitting in general and I agree with you completely that either English or Continental is fine. Yet, it's nice to know both. Thanks for the great video! 👍👍👍
Wow! That you for this simple to follow video! I’m a top down sock knitter trying my first toe up socks. The pattern calls for German short row heel with double stitch. I put my knitting down for two months because I was so puzzled. After watching your video, I’m no longer afraid to proceed with my socks. Yay!
Thank you for all your work in 2014 - Staci you keep me learning new techniques and new challenges and now I am teaching my daughters as well. Have a great 2015!
Well this is the very first time I can actually say I am glad I was sick today so I could stay in bed and prowl the web for knitting videos to pass the time! Your videos are great. Thank you SO much for sharing. I look forward to viewing more and definitely sharing you on social media!!!
OMG. You have saved me. I have been struggling with a capped sleeve that has insane instructions. After ripping it back untold times, trying all different methods that all looked like crap, this popped up in the side bar on TH-cam and seems like the answer! Thank you Staci! ❤️
I knit socks cuff-down on tiny size 0 DPNs and have always done a traditional heel flap with decreases and a gusset. I want to try the neater-looking turned heel with GSRs but have not found a single tutorial with anyone using DPNs to knit socks. Everyone is using Magic loop, toe-up, two-socks-at-a-time techniques and continental knitting. Yours is the first GSR tutorial I've seen with just regular knitting with the working yarn in your right hand, using DPNs (not continental!). I think I can adapt this to my old-fashioned sock knitting techniques and do a GSR heel. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. W&T has confused me so much and looked so crappy every time I have tried it. The German short rows are so much nicer and neater and easier. And your instructions are SO CLEAR! I love your videos. Thank you so much for sharing!
Staci! I found a way to get used to keeping the counts right when sub'ing these for regular W&Ts. I call them Wonky Turns! Since I usually talk to myself when doing a particular stitch combo, this is how I did the rows of the toe/heel in the pattern, for example: K until there are 3 left, Wonky Turn (in the next st). Purl until there are 3 left, Wonky Turn (in the next st). That verbal count also worked on the way back "picking up the wraps." It looks fantastic....and now I'm on the easy part, back w the MC. Whew!
What the HECK??? My brain is struggling to comprehend this way too simple idea. I have more half finished socks than would be proper to even admit to. What they all have in common is that the W/T is where they stop. Wow. I am sincerely stunned to realize I may actually be able to finish them. I didn't even realize how much sadness I have about the basket of them sitting in the cupboard and how many times and ways I have tried to learn how to w/t. Wow. This is huge for me, thank you so much!
Never done the short row toe version of toe-up. Partly overawed by short rows and partly worried about bulk. Thank you for being so clear -- you really point out how it will be less bulky. Short rows were on my "new things to try in 2015" list. Thanks for making it so appealing!
I love watching your videos. The pace is perfect and your explanations are so clear. Short rows are so intimidating to me, but I can't wait to try them now. Thanks so much!!
I just bought a pattern on ravelry, requiring German short rows, but they didn’t explain how to do them. I watched on the Brooklyn tweeds channel since that’s the yarn called for in my pattern (and my phone knew this 😂 I guess because I also admittedly did do a quick search for that exact yarn) and in the other video it was explained just fine, but he didn’t make the distinction between these and wrap and turns…so I felt a little insecure since it had been a while. Then I saw a Very Pink Knits explanation and yay! I’m ok…🙏🙂 I actually watch your videos a lot and I always appreciate how quickly you get right to the point and just do what you need to do. Thank you so much you are always truly appreciated.
Thank you for this tutorial! The German short-rows look a lot more like the socks my great grandma used to knit than the other types of short-rows I've seen tutorials for. Maybe now I'll gather the courage to knit a pair!
I'm so glad you put theIs technique video up!! I tried your wrap and turn scarf and just could get the "pick up" part right. I just purchased your Two Socks at a Time on. Magic Loop pattern but have been putting it off because of the "pick up" part. Watched this video 4 or 5 times (I think I got it now), took notes, and am now going to make my 1st knit socks! So excited! Thank you so much!!
The reason you're seeing these requests is bc of a German shawl pattern on Ravelry called Dreambird, by Nadita Swings. It's very beautiful and makes use of German short rows.
A whole new realm of possibilities has just opened!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never got used to all those wraps and turns but this technique is very easy and I like the way it looks. Thanks so much for making this video. HAPPY NEW YEAR ^_^
That's simply incredible that it works! Definitely saving this for later, I've been so afraid to knit socks because my wrap n turns look terrible, but I feel this will really fix my tension issues in the area! Thank you so much xx
Thank you so much for your video. I looked at several others before I found yours that makes perfect sense. I am new at knitting socks and was using a Germany pattern because I am vacationing in Germany and it wasn't making sense until I persisted at watching videos until I found yours. Thanks again.
I just thought of an idea that would help folks like me who need quite a bit of direction to learn a new technique. When you make these kinds of videos, it would be cool if you had directions in the description for a mini practice project. For example for these short rows maybe one of the sample sized toes you do for your regular sock videos. I'm someone (and I'm sure there are more like me out there.) who likes to practice on old yarn before dedicating a new technique to real yarn. Having a simple row by row guide in the description like how you do for dish clothes in your fancy stitch series would be of great value to someone like me!
Thanks ever so, Traci --- because I am one of those knitters who does *not* enjoy traditional wraps on short rows. I succeeded in doing them, but I did not like them. German short rows look so much *easier* to do, so I'm going to incorporate this technique in my next pair of 2-at-a-time-toe-up socks. :)
I really value and appreciate your tutorials. You are such a professional, and you make everything that seems hard, seem so much easier. You are literally, my favorite instructor. Thank you.
Staci, to help me understand fully so that I can substitute GSR for W/T: If any pattern calls for W/T, then I should follow pattern BUT knit one extra stitch instead of doing the W/T; turn work, slip first stitch, pull up on it, and proceed purling to end of row. I do understand how to "pick up" the "wraps" in GSR, but I want to be sure I understand how to substitute GSR for W/T in any pattern. Thank you, as always, for your great videos.
explanation of how these short rows Work compared to wrap and turns: the point of doing a special stitch at the end of a short row is to prevent a jog, and therefore a hole in the work when the stitch is picked up. the reason that there would be a jog if you turned a short row without making a special stitch, is that you would have knit the same stitch two more rows than the stitch beside it ; thus creating a small edge. it's a similar reason to why you have a bump where you join in the round. wrap&turns solve this issue by wrapping the yarn around the un-knit stitch. when you pick up the wrap, it turns into a stitch from the row you made it, bridging the gap between all the rows. the way that German short rows work is by tightening the stitch. those "two stitches" created when the yarn is pulled back are actually the two legs of the loop which is the previous knit stitch. you pull back on the yarn until the stitch barely exists, so that the jog will be small enough that it will blend into the fabric.
Excellent, clear instructions and video. No 'waffle' just the business of the short rows - thank you! I am knitting the Wingspan shawl and this has helped immensely.
Thank you, Staci! I was so excited to try the German Short Row technique that I decided to incorporate it into my first attempt at knitting socks. It's also my first attempt to knit two-at-a-time socks using Magic Loop, though not my first time using Magic Loop in a project. I decide to use your pattern for Bulky Sleep Socks, since they knit up even faster than the worsted weight sock pattern used in your "2 Socks at-a-Time, Toe-Up, Magic Loop" video. I've gotten through the cast on and the first 2 short rows of the toes of the Bulky Sleep Sock pattern using the German Short Row technique instead of the Wrap & Turns, but I've run into some uncertaintly on Row 3 of the Short Row Toe section where it says "K to second-to-last stitch, w&t." The last "stitch" looks like 2 stitches, due to the German Short Row technique used on Row 2. So do I count that as one stitch or two stitches when I'm deciding what is the "second-to-last stitch"? Also, since you work one more stitch when doing GSR than you do when doing W&T, do I knit up to just before that wonky stitch that looks like two stitches, or do I work up to the stitch before the wonky double-stitch? Finally, since I have to do the second sock before turning my work, what do I do at that point? Do the stitches remaining on the left needle just get slipped to the right needle and "hang out" there while I do the second sock? Sorry so many questions at once! Alternatively, would you consider doing a "2 Sockes at-a-Time, Toe Up, Magic Loop, German Short Row" video, so we can see everything incorporated together? (I've got both your GSR video and your 2AATTUML video open on my computer screen, trying to "merge" them in my knitting for this project as I go along, but it's a bit tricky, and I'm not confident I'm getting all the steps right! In any event, many thanks for your awesome videos! They are my "go to" resource out of all the knitting videos out there because they are so clearly explained, and easy to see and follow. :) Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Best wishes for this 2015. Good Health, Joy, Harmony, Love, Peace, Money, and what ever else your heart may wish for Thank you for all the great tutorials!
Thank you so much! Talk about timing! I am doing a sock using wrap and turn, its not confusing but needs concentration, so when I do the other sock will try your version of it. It looks so easy. Happy new year and thanks for your fab videos over the year.
Woohoo!! Thank you so much, I just started a sweater pattern yesterday that uses German short rows and thought to myself, man I wish Staci had video on these. Don't think I'll ever be going back to wrap and turns. Cheers :)
Had been hesitant to knit socks because of the heel/toe methods. All other techniques were intimidating. Then I learned the “German Short Row”. Been making socks ever since!
Für mich ist das normal, ABER sehr interessant es hier zu sehen :) Ich stricke natürlich "continetal-style". "verkürzte Reihen (german short rows)" ist kein cheating :D :D Es ist das Leben: "Warum kompliziert, wenn es auch einfach geht?" ;) Vielen Dank für all die schönen Videos, ich habe sehr viel gelernt! Ganz besonders wie ihr strickt, mit dem Faden rechts. (englisch-style) Dadurch kann ich nun beidhändig und auch gleichzeitig, sehr hilfreich bei fair-isle-Technik. Du bist sehr sympathisch. Frohes neues Jahr! Viele Grüße aus Berlin, Germany
Hi Staci! First, I just want to say that I love your tutorials. I was so excited to see this video today. I have been trying to get a 10 stitch blanket started with needle knitting (it is much easier on a loom which is how I learned to do the 10 stitch first). I watched this video and started doing the 10 stitch with these German Short Rows instead of wrap and turns and it is SO much easier - you are totally right - it feels like cheating and I kept thinking "No way will this work" but it does! I figured out how to do it on my own, but a recap video with these short rows in place of the wrap and turns might be beneficial for some viewers. I'm part of a few knitting groups on Facebook and I know questions about this pattern come up ALL the time. Just a thought! Love your videos!! Happy New Year!
Thank you for this great tutorial for GSRs. On the first GSR u say to knit one extra than the pattern calls for but on all the subsequent GSRs u don’t. My pattern is to slope the front of a cardigan, so only one side, the top, has w & ts. Do I knit an extra stitch each time I do at GSR at the top of the cardi? Thank you.
YES! YES! YES! Thank you! I loved your Japanese short row tutorial and had asked about the German short rows and here it is. I will be using this on my next pair of bulky sleep socks. I can't say thank you enough. Happy New Year to you and your family and looking forward to lots of great Very Pink tutorials in 2015!
When i made a first sock i hadnt done short rows or anything so i just turned my knitting but what i did on the return where you would pick them up was pick up the bar which was a lot like the german short row in the end
thank you for this technique! I am finishing up my first pair of two at a time magic loop toe ups from your pattern and i did the toes with wrap and turn but i switched to this for the heels and I like this much better! They both came out nice but the heels were much faster to work.
Thank you so much for the very clear instructions. I was getting confused looking at other videos. I'm still a little confused about how to translate this into a pattern that calls for regular wrap and turn but I'll work on it. Thanks again!
Thank you for the clear and even entertaining videos. I am a beginner Continental knitter and after I worked out how to translate the English style into mine I do not have to look any further. All I need to learn is on your website.
I've seen other knitters say that they used German short rows in the project notes for the Bandana Cowl on Ravelry but had no idea what they were. Now that I know, I'm definitely going to try this out! Happy New Year Staci & I can't wait to see what's coming in 2015!
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I just tried these for the first time a few weeks go. I'll never go back to w&t's! They are nearly invisible, so they're perfect for bust darts. When I'd use w&t short rows, they'd always be very obvious.
I prefer the Germain Short-Row (GSR) to all the others. The one other thing that would be helpful is to learn how to fix the stitch of a GSR that accidentally jumps off your right needle so that you don't have to frog all the way back to re-do the stitch.
Thanks for putting together this video! It (your video) is actually referred by Ravelry for the 3 in 1 Boot (slipper). I'm on the very first line of the instruction (Yup, it calls for it at the onset of the pattern, the very 1st stitch, which has me super confused... lol). Wish me luck! Thanks again, for the clear instruction!
My GSR turns from knit>purl row always look neater than the turns from purl>knit row (which usually has what looks like a little third strand in the V of the stitch, and is slightly bigger than all the other stitches). The yarn wrap that creates the double stitch also feels much more natural. But I've seen perfectly invisible GSR's before, and I've even created them myself; I'm just not sure how to replicate what I did before! Any suggestions for neatening up the purl>knit row turns? Thanks for the wonderfully informative videos and for helping us all in the comments. I've been knitting since I was 4 and I've still learned a BUNCH from you! :D
Do you have a video showing how to add short rows in the round? I’m working on a sweater and would like to build up the back so the collar is higher than the collar in the front. I tried this technique and ended up having some yarn-over stitches that I had to drop. Thanks for any advice!
Regardless of the shape of the thing you're knitting (like a sweater in-the-round) when you work short rows, you're always knitting "flat". So the technique for short rows is the same, whether your knitting is flat or ITR.
Picking up the wraps on a heel - would you knit to first “wrapped stitch” knit it together, turn the work and slip it back over and purl to the next “wrapped” stitch on the other side? Or knit to the end? I have multiple wrapped stitches in a row at each end.
Actually I gave that a go and it created a toe shape rather than a heel :/ how could I amend that (other than unknitting and reverting to wrap and turns)
Short-row toes and heels are actually identical - I don't fully understand your first question, and I think the video explains better than I can here...but if the pattern calls for a wrap on the stitch after the stitch you've just picked up, you'll want to work the GSR on the following stitch, too.
VeryPink Knits ah you’ve solved it thank you!! I wasn’t doing another gsr/double stitch after I picked up the “wrapped” one. Thank you!!! Does that work if the following stitch (the one I should do GSR stitch where i should wrap) is already a "double stitch" from GSR? So I have a bunch of double stitches in a row (would've been wrapped stitches) and in the pattern i would pick up the wrap (knit the GSR double stitch together) and then do a wrap on the next stitch (which is already wrapped, hence a double wrap). How does one convert a double wrap to GSR?
I really recommend following a pattern that is written for GSRs to get the idea of how they work in socks...I have several patterns/tutorials. Even if you don't follow one of my GSR patterns, you can watch the videos to see how the toes are constructed: verypink.com/category/socks/
Thanks! What if you want to use w&t instead of doing German short rows making double stitches? Do I have to add things to my pattern 🤔 right now I have "knit to last 58, turn and make double stitch" for example
Thank you for this tutorial on German Short Rows. I'm doing a cowl collar that has a 1X1 twisted rib. Are the directions the same for W&T or the Japanese or German Short Rows if you are doing a knot or purl stitch? Do the directions only change depending on if you are doing the right side or the wrong side of the garment?
Hello, I am trying to swap the wrap and turns the pattern calls for for the GSR, and I understand that you add one extra stitch before you GSR than the pattern had called for - do you also do this when it says ‘knit to 4 sts before the wrapped stitch’? So I would knit to 3 sts before? Or do I keep it as 4? Thank you! 😊
Thank you for this video. It's as clear as a bell, now that I've seen it done. Question...love the short sleeved cardigan you are wearing and wondered if you remember the pattern? Thanks!
Spend lots of time watching you. What is the pattern of the sweater you have on. I love it. Would like a little longer sleeve. I visit Austin frequently to visit my son. Do you have a shop or what.
I don't have a yarn shop, but the sweater I'm wearing can be found here (free pattern and video tutorial): verypink.com/2014/10/22/cropped-raglan-cardi-tutorial/
You can see that the technique itself doesn't leave holes...my guess is that your yarn weight/needle size combination are creating a fabric that is just loose enough to show holes when GSRs are worked. It is likely that the look will improve after washing.
A question about using this technique in your toe-up, two-socks-at-a-time pattern. I just purchased it, love the pattern and LOVE doing two socks at a time, but it seems that I'd have to do the toe and heel "wrap" sections of each sock separately, in order to be able to turn and work the German short rows (or Japanese short rows). Am I right that I'd need to change to dpns for these sections only?
fraugerm - no, you shouldn't have to switch to DPNs. I can't help you much with pattern modification, but I can tell you this about using the German Short Row technique when you're knitting two socks at-a-time - work the first half of the GSR technique on one sock, then the other (the part you do before turning the work), then turn the work, and work the second half of the GSR on each sock.
I found your work with short rows much easy to follow... but I would like to know who you did the raglan sleeves on the knitted jacket you are wearing..I love the loops on the edge of the raglan.. Thanks you for your videos..
I'm still having trouble...on the knit side, I bring the yarn to the front, slip purlwise, and pull up. But when I pull up, it does not create a double stitch. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
I am a little curious about that "yank on the stitch to create a double stitch". This yanked stitch is treated as one stitch. What happens if you don't yank at all and just knit it as if it was yanked. I hope his question did not make me look like an idiot.
Ethel Pepper - no, it's a good question. :) By yanking on the stitch and pulling it into a "double" stitch, you're changing how that stitch looks in that row, which hides the hole you would normally get by turning the work in the middle of the row.
This is really cool, and so much easier. Thanks also for the link to the toe, because I've never seen a toe knit where you double-wrap. Though I usually knit my socks toe up, and that's probably the reason. Have a wonderful New Year Staci! Thanks for all the incredible helpful knitting tips!
I came here to ask if you could recommend this instead of w&t in the ten stitch blanket. I started it and ripped it out so many times at the first corner! I've been using your video as a guide for the ten stitch but I just can't get the wraps and turns.
+Deb Ridgeway - thank you! You'll always find info and links about everything you see in my videos (including my nail polish) in the video description field, just below the video. The nail polish I'm wearing is by Julep, color "Malala". refer.julep.com/s/stacip
I was wondering if I can use this with the collar of ur zasio sweater ?? Since I'm still struggling on the collar 😁... Thank u so much for everything u got me into knitting again ... Gbu and ur family ... HAPPY NEW YEAR ....
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9 years later and I’m still referring to your video. You really built an encyclopedia for knitters. Your videos are referenced in patterns. You are a true legacy
My mom had been singing the praises of German Short rows for years, but I finally encountered a pattern that requires them. As always, your video was exactly what I needed!
OMG! I hereby dub you Professor of Knitting Tutors!!! Everyone else's tutorial was sooooo convoluted and unclear that I did and undid my knitting a gazillion times and contemplated setting fire to it. Thank you so much wonderful lady .. you are the archangel of Knitting fumblers such as myself. You have saved the day, bless you. 💖💖💖
OMG! Thank you thank you thank you! Every time you've asked for suggestions for tutorials (that I have seen) I have suggested this because there are NO good, clear, descriptive German short row tutorials for sock heels that I could find. It's also called a yo-yo heel, a jo-jo heel, and a double stitch short row heel. So THANK YOU, once again, for a video that I can share with all of my friends that is exceptionally explanatory and detailed that they can use to make awesome short rows too!
I'm glad that I'm not the only one, who doesn't understand why these work. Maybe one day... Thank you.
My first socks were just "turn, & go back". It worked, & no holes. That must be the simplest way. At the time I didn't know that there was any other way. Oh...ignorance is bliss. :))
You are a lifesaver, I have been trying to learn how to pick up wraps for literal years
Ahhh. Now it makes sense. I was a little distracted because I was admiring your sweater. So happy to see you shared a link! 😊
For me it was the nail polish! ☺
You should be commended on your honesty! I have watched soooo many continental knitting tutorials and yours if by far the easiest to follow. 'Love your attitude about knitting in general and I agree with you completely that either English or Continental is fine. Yet, it's nice to know both. Thanks for the great video! 👍👍👍
Wow! That you for this simple to follow video! I’m a top down sock knitter trying my first toe up socks. The pattern calls for German short row heel with double stitch. I put my knitting down for two months because I was so puzzled. After watching your video, I’m no longer afraid to proceed with my socks. Yay!
Thank you for all your work in 2014 - Staci you keep me learning new techniques and new challenges and now I am teaching my daughters as well. Have a great 2015!
Staci, as always, you are right on the money! Thank you for all you do to help us who don't understand!!!!!
Well this is the very first time I can actually say I am glad I was sick today so I could stay in bed and prowl the web for knitting videos to pass the time! Your videos are great. Thank you SO much for sharing. I look forward to viewing more and definitely sharing you on social media!!!
OMG. You have saved me. I have been struggling with a capped sleeve that has insane instructions. After ripping it back untold times, trying all different methods that all looked like crap, this popped up in the side bar on TH-cam and seems like the answer! Thank you Staci! ❤️
Your demonstrations are the best, and easy to follow.
I am a devoted fan. Thanks
I knit socks cuff-down on tiny size 0 DPNs and have always done a traditional heel flap with decreases and a gusset. I want to try the neater-looking turned heel with GSRs but have not found a single tutorial with anyone using DPNs to knit socks. Everyone is using Magic loop, toe-up, two-socks-at-a-time techniques and continental knitting. Yours is the first GSR tutorial I've seen with just regular knitting with the working yarn in your right hand, using DPNs (not continental!). I think I can adapt this to my old-fashioned sock knitting techniques and do a GSR heel. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. W&T has confused me so much and looked so crappy every time I have tried it. The German short rows are so much nicer and neater and easier. And your instructions are SO CLEAR! I love your videos. Thank you so much for sharing!
Well, I've watched 20 GSR videos and I FINALLY understand it. Thank you SO much, I got it!!!
Staci! I found a way to get used to keeping the counts right when sub'ing these for regular W&Ts. I call them Wonky Turns! Since I usually talk to myself when doing a particular stitch combo, this is how I did the rows of the toe/heel in the pattern, for example: K until there are 3 left, Wonky Turn (in the next st). Purl until there are 3 left, Wonky Turn (in the next st). That verbal count also worked on the way back "picking up the wraps." It looks fantastic....and now I'm on the easy part, back w the MC. Whew!
CopperPearl Hilarious! Wonky Turns!!!!!
What the HECK??? My brain is struggling to comprehend this way too simple idea. I have more half finished socks than would be proper to even admit to. What they all have in common is that the W/T is where they stop.
Wow.
I am sincerely stunned to realize I may actually be able to finish them. I didn't even realize how much sadness I have about the basket of them sitting in the cupboard and how many times and ways I have tried to learn how to w/t.
Wow.
This is huge for me, thank you so much!
You got me curious: What does socks and short rows have to do with each other?
@@s70k socks heels can be done using short rows, as can the toes. The mentioned W/T (wrap and turn) is a type of short row.
Never done the short row toe version of toe-up. Partly overawed by short rows and partly worried about bulk. Thank you for being so clear -- you really point out how it will be less bulky.
Short rows were on my "new things to try in 2015" list. Thanks for making it so appealing!
I've been searching for a German short row tutorial for MONTHS!!!! Of course I liked and subbed!! 😁
I love watching your videos. The pace is perfect and your explanations are so clear. Short rows are so intimidating to me, but I can't wait to try them now. Thanks so much!!
I just bought a pattern on ravelry, requiring German short rows, but they didn’t explain how to do them. I watched on the Brooklyn tweeds channel since that’s the yarn called for in my pattern (and my phone knew this 😂 I guess because I also admittedly did do a quick search for that exact yarn) and in the other video it was explained just fine, but he didn’t make the distinction between these and wrap and turns…so I felt a little insecure since it had been a while. Then I saw a Very Pink Knits explanation and yay! I’m ok…🙏🙂 I actually watch your videos a lot and I always appreciate how quickly you get right to the point and just do what you need to do. Thank you so much you are always truly appreciated.
It wasn't the Gander Gardigan was it? That's what I'm learning this for!
Thank you for this tutorial! The German short-rows look a lot more like the socks my great grandma used to knit than the other types of short-rows I've seen tutorials for. Maybe now I'll gather the courage to knit a pair!
I'm so glad you put theIs technique video up!! I tried your wrap and turn scarf and just could get the "pick up" part right. I just purchased your Two Socks at a Time on. Magic Loop pattern but have been putting it off because of the "pick up" part. Watched this video 4 or 5 times (I think I got it now), took notes, and am now going to make my 1st knit socks! So excited! Thank you so much!!
The reason you're seeing these requests is bc of a German shawl pattern on Ravelry called Dreambird, by Nadita Swings. It's very beautiful and makes use of German short rows.
+Kelly Bell True, but there's also Melanie Berg & her On The Spice Market.
Thank you so much for sharing this video. How amazing it is that you will learn a new technique just to help others!
A whole new realm of possibilities has just opened!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never got used to all those wraps and turns but this technique is very easy and I like the way it looks. Thanks so much for making this video. HAPPY NEW YEAR ^_^
This is brilliant. I've worked several heels subbing GSR for the written pattern instructions while watching your video. It works so well! Thank you!
That's simply incredible that it works!
Definitely saving this for later, I've been so afraid to knit socks because my wrap n turns look terrible, but I feel this will really fix my tension issues in the area! Thank you so much xx
Thank you so much for your video. I looked at several others before I found yours that makes perfect sense. I am new at knitting socks and was using a Germany pattern because I am vacationing in Germany and it wasn't making sense until I persisted at watching videos until I found yours. Thanks again.
Oh my word, I have been struggling with short rows. This technique looks great and I am going to use it in my next project. Thank you!
I just thought of an idea that would help folks like me who need quite a bit of direction to learn a new technique. When you make these kinds of videos, it would be cool if you had directions in the description for a mini practice project. For example for these short rows maybe one of the sample sized toes you do for your regular sock videos. I'm someone (and I'm sure there are more like me out there.) who likes to practice on old yarn before dedicating a new technique to real yarn. Having a simple row by row guide in the description like how you do for dish clothes in your fancy stitch series would be of great value to someone like me!
Thanks ever so, Traci --- because I am one of those knitters who does *not* enjoy traditional wraps on short rows. I succeeded in doing them, but I did not like them. German short rows look so much *easier* to do, so I'm going to incorporate this technique in my next pair of 2-at-a-time-toe-up socks. :)
I really value and appreciate your tutorials. You are such a professional, and you make everything that seems hard, seem so much easier. You are literally, my favorite instructor. Thank you.
love how clear and straightforward this is i was unsure if the the wrap was supposed to be an increase
Staci, to help me understand fully so that I can substitute GSR for W/T: If any pattern calls for W/T, then I should follow pattern BUT knit one extra stitch instead of doing the W/T; turn work, slip first stitch, pull up on it, and proceed purling to end of row.
I do understand how to "pick up" the "wraps" in GSR, but I want to be sure I understand how to substitute GSR for W/T in any pattern. Thank you, as always, for your great videos.
Yes - the stitch you would normally wrap in a traditional w&t is knit, then "pulled up".
Thank you very much Staci!
explanation of how these short rows Work compared to wrap and turns:
the point of doing a special stitch at the end of a short row is to prevent a jog, and therefore a hole in the work when the stitch is picked up. the reason that there would be a jog if you turned a short row without making a special stitch, is that you would have knit the same stitch two more rows than the stitch beside it ; thus creating a small edge. it's a similar reason to why you have a bump where you join in the round.
wrap&turns solve this issue by wrapping the yarn around the un-knit stitch. when you pick up the wrap, it turns into a stitch from the row you made it, bridging the gap between all the rows.
the way that German short rows work is by tightening the stitch. those "two stitches" created when the yarn is pulled back are actually the two legs of the loop which is the previous knit stitch. you pull back on the yarn until the stitch barely exists, so that the jog will be small enough that it will blend into the fabric.
Excellent, clear instructions and video. No 'waffle' just the business of the short rows - thank you! I am knitting the Wingspan shawl and this has helped immensely.
I am working the wingspan now, and this also helped me with that! :)
Thank you, Staci! I was so excited to try the German Short Row technique that I decided to incorporate it into my first attempt at knitting socks. It's also my first attempt to knit two-at-a-time socks using Magic Loop, though not my first time using Magic Loop in a project. I decide to use your pattern for Bulky Sleep Socks, since they knit up even faster than the worsted weight sock pattern used in your "2 Socks at-a-Time, Toe-Up, Magic Loop" video. I've gotten through the cast on and the first 2 short rows of the toes of the Bulky Sleep Sock pattern using the German Short Row technique instead of the Wrap & Turns, but I've run into some uncertaintly on Row 3 of the Short Row Toe section where it says "K to second-to-last stitch, w&t." The last "stitch" looks like 2 stitches, due to the German Short Row technique used on Row 2. So do I count that as one stitch or two stitches when I'm deciding what is the "second-to-last stitch"? Also, since you work one more stitch when doing GSR than you do when doing W&T, do I knit up to just before that wonky stitch that looks like two stitches, or do I work up to the stitch before the wonky double-stitch? Finally, since I have to do the second sock before turning my work, what do I do at that point? Do the stitches remaining on the left needle just get slipped to the right needle and "hang out" there while I do the second sock? Sorry so many questions at once! Alternatively, would you consider doing a "2 Sockes at-a-Time, Toe Up, Magic Loop, German Short Row" video, so we can see everything incorporated together? (I've got both your GSR video and your 2AATTUML video open on my computer screen, trying to "merge" them in my knitting for this project as I go along, but it's a bit tricky, and I'm not confident I'm getting all the steps right!
In any event, many thanks for your awesome videos! They are my "go to" resource out of all the knitting videos out there because they are so clearly explained, and easy to see and follow. :)
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Thank you for all the great tutorials!
The reason it works is that is exactly the same as a Japanese Short Row but done in one step. GSR are wonderful. Thanks for your video.
Thank you so much! Talk about timing! I am doing a sock using wrap and turn, its not confusing but needs concentration, so when I do the other sock will try your version of it. It looks so easy. Happy new year and thanks for your fab videos over the year.
Woohoo!! Thank you so much, I just started a sweater pattern yesterday that uses German short rows and thought to myself, man I wish Staci had video on these. Don't think I'll ever be going back to wrap and turns. Cheers :)
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am so delighted to learn this. It is so easy. Thank you so much for teaching this!
Thanks for the demo. First time working on a pattern (Kigali Shawl from Knit Now magazine) with German short rows.
Had been hesitant to knit socks because of the heel/toe methods. All other techniques were intimidating. Then I learned the “German Short Row”. Been making socks ever since!
Für mich ist das normal, ABER sehr interessant es hier zu sehen :) Ich stricke natürlich "continetal-style".
"verkürzte Reihen (german short rows)" ist kein cheating :D :D Es ist das Leben: "Warum kompliziert, wenn es auch einfach geht?" ;)
Vielen Dank für all die schönen Videos, ich habe sehr viel gelernt! Ganz besonders wie ihr strickt, mit dem Faden rechts. (englisch-style) Dadurch kann ich nun beidhändig und auch gleichzeitig, sehr hilfreich bei fair-isle-Technik.
Du bist sehr sympathisch. Frohes neues Jahr!
Viele Grüße aus Berlin, Germany
Could you show how to fix/repair a dropped double stitch? I believe you would be the first because I've searched and searched for that help.
I hadn't ever seen these techniques before. Thank you so much!
Hi Staci! First, I just want to say that I love your tutorials. I was so excited to see this video today. I have been trying to get a 10 stitch blanket started with needle knitting (it is much easier on a loom which is how I learned to do the 10 stitch first). I watched this video and started doing the 10 stitch with these German Short Rows instead of wrap and turns and it is SO much easier - you are totally right - it feels like cheating and I kept thinking "No way will this work" but it does! I figured out how to do it on my own, but a recap video with these short rows in place of the wrap and turns might be beneficial for some viewers. I'm part of a few knitting groups on Facebook and I know questions about this pattern come up ALL the time. Just a thought! Love your videos!! Happy New Year!
I actually made a 10 stitch blanket with wrap and turn, and I can definitely see how much faster these short rows would have been.
Thank you for this great tutorial for GSRs. On the first GSR u say to knit one extra than the pattern calls for but on all the subsequent GSRs u don’t. My pattern is to slope the front of a cardigan, so only one side, the top, has w & ts. Do I knit an extra stitch each time I do at GSR at the top of the cardi? Thank you.
YES! YES! YES! Thank you! I loved your Japanese short row tutorial and had asked about the German short rows and here it is. I will be using this on my next pair of bulky sleep socks. I can't say thank you enough. Happy New Year to you and your family and looking forward to lots of great Very Pink tutorials in 2015!
When i made a first sock i hadnt done short rows or anything so i just turned my knitting but what i did on the return where you would pick them up was pick up the bar which was a lot like the german short row in the end
Happy New Year! I have been hesitant to even attempt a pair of socks, but with this looking so easy, I might give it a go! Thank you :)
thank you for this technique! I am finishing up my first pair of two at a time magic loop toe ups from your pattern and i did the toes with wrap and turn but i switched to this for the heels and I like this much better! They both came out nice but the heels were much faster to work.
Thank you so much for the very clear instructions. I was getting confused looking at other videos. I'm still a little confused about how to translate this into a pattern that calls for regular wrap and turn but I'll work on it. Thanks again!
Love the cardigan you wear!
Thank you so much...this will definitively make my life so much easier!
Thank you for the clear and even entertaining videos. I am a beginner Continental knitter and after I worked out how to translate the English style into mine I do not have to look any further. All I need to learn is on your website.
Thank you so much for your video! So well explained! And the cardigan you are wearing is lovely. May I ask if you used a pattern? Thanks again!!
I've seen other knitters say that they used German short rows in the project notes for the Bandana Cowl on Ravelry but had no idea what they were. Now that I know, I'm definitely going to try this out!
Happy New Year Staci & I can't wait to see what's coming in 2015!
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I just tried these for the first time a few weeks go. I'll never go back to w&t's! They are nearly invisible, so they're perfect for bust darts. When I'd use w&t short rows, they'd always be very obvious.
I prefer the Germain Short-Row (GSR) to all the others. The one other thing that would be helpful is to learn how to fix the stitch of a GSR that accidentally jumps off your right needle so that you don't have to frog all the way back to re-do the stitch.
This happens to me. Big time drain. Would love to know how to pick up.
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Thanks for putting together this video! It (your video) is actually referred by Ravelry for the 3 in 1 Boot (slipper). I'm on the very first line of the instruction (Yup, it calls for it at the onset of the pattern, the very 1st stitch, which has me super confused... lol). Wish me luck! Thanks again, for the clear instruction!
Very cool. Haven't done socks yet, but that is how I'm doing the toe for sure.
Excellent video topic! You answered several questions I had. Thank you!
Thank you so much, your explanations are so very clear.
My GSR turns from knit>purl row always look neater than the turns from purl>knit row (which usually has what looks like a little third strand in the V of the stitch, and is slightly bigger than all the other stitches). The yarn wrap that creates the double stitch also feels much more natural. But I've seen perfectly invisible GSR's before, and I've even created them myself; I'm just not sure how to replicate what I did before! Any suggestions for neatening up the purl>knit row turns?
Thanks for the wonderfully informative videos and for helping us all in the comments. I've been knitting since I was 4 and I've still learned a BUNCH from you! :D
Youre hilarious, Traci. "German short rows feel like cheating" - so good!
Your videos are so clear,helpful and well done,
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Do you have a video showing how to add short rows in the round? I’m working on a sweater and would like to build up the back so the collar is higher than the collar in the front. I tried this technique and ended up having some yarn-over stitches that I had to drop. Thanks for any advice!
Regardless of the shape of the thing you're knitting (like a sweater in-the-round) when you work short rows, you're always knitting "flat". So the technique for short rows is the same, whether your knitting is flat or ITR.
Picking up the wraps on a heel - would you knit to first “wrapped stitch” knit it together, turn the work and slip it back over and purl to the next “wrapped” stitch on the other side? Or knit to the end? I have multiple wrapped stitches in a row at each end.
Actually I gave that a go and it created a toe shape rather than a heel :/ how could I amend that (other than unknitting and reverting to wrap and turns)
Short-row toes and heels are actually identical - I don't fully understand your first question, and I think the video explains better than I can here...but if the pattern calls for a wrap on the stitch after the stitch you've just picked up, you'll want to work the GSR on the following stitch, too.
VeryPink Knits ah you’ve solved it thank you!! I wasn’t doing another gsr/double stitch after I picked up the “wrapped” one. Thank you!!! Does that work if the following stitch (the one I should do GSR stitch where i should wrap) is already a "double stitch" from GSR?
So I have a bunch of double stitches in a row (would've been wrapped stitches) and in the pattern i would pick up the wrap (knit the GSR double stitch together) and then do a wrap on the next stitch (which is already wrapped, hence a double wrap). How does one convert a double wrap to GSR?
I really recommend following a pattern that is written for GSRs to get the idea of how they work in socks...I have several patterns/tutorials. Even if you don't follow one of my GSR patterns, you can watch the videos to see how the toes are constructed: verypink.com/category/socks/
Thanks! What if you want to use w&t instead of doing German short rows making double stitches? Do I have to add things to my pattern 🤔 right now I have "knit to last 58, turn and make double stitch" for example
Thank you for this tutorial on German Short Rows. I'm doing a cowl collar that has a 1X1 twisted rib. Are the directions the same for W&T or the Japanese or German Short Rows if you are doing a knot or purl stitch? Do the directions only change depending on if you are doing the right side or the wrong side of the garment?
no - the basics of the GSR turn are the same, regardless of the stitch or the side of the work.
awesome video! is there any way you could do s pattern video on a sock pattern using German Short rows?
Hello, I am trying to swap the wrap and turns the pattern calls for for the GSR, and I understand that you add one extra stitch before you GSR than the pattern had called for - do you also do this when it says ‘knit to 4 sts before the wrapped stitch’? So I would knit to 3 sts before? Or do I keep it as 4? Thank you! 😊
Without being familiar with the pattern you're knitting, I can't answer that.
Thank you for this video. It's as clear as a bell, now that I've seen it done. Question...love the short sleeved cardigan you are wearing and wondered if you remember the pattern? Thanks!
Can you demonstrate German short row knitted with continental stich ?
Thank you for your instructions. I will surely try this new technique.
Happy New Year, to you and everybody .
Thanks so much for a great tutorial! I just worked my first section of short rows for a baby hat and they look perfect!
This looks so amazing! No holes! But, please tell me: Does this method work the same way when knitting top-down?
It does, yes.
Spend lots of time watching you. What is the pattern of the sweater you have on. I love it. Would like a little longer sleeve. I visit Austin frequently to visit my son. Do you have a shop or what.
I don't have a yarn shop, but the sweater I'm wearing can be found here (free pattern and video tutorial): verypink.com/2014/10/22/cropped-raglan-cardi-tutorial/
This is such a great video! You are adorable.... I too am in "awe" of the german short rows. :))))
btw I haunt knitted since I was young and your videos have been amazing!
My GSR and on my experienced friend’s works both left holes
You can see that the technique itself doesn't leave holes...my guess is that your yarn weight/needle size combination are creating a fabric that is just loose enough to show holes when GSRs are worked. It is likely that the look will improve after washing.
Also, I love the cardi u are wearing in this video. Can u tell me where I can get this pattern pls? It is very cute!
All of the info is there in the video description field. :)
A question about using this technique in your toe-up, two-socks-at-a-time pattern. I just purchased it, love the pattern and LOVE doing two socks at a time, but it seems that I'd have to do the toe and heel "wrap" sections of each sock separately, in order to be able to turn and work the German short rows (or Japanese short rows). Am I right that I'd need to change to dpns for these sections only?
fraugerm - no, you shouldn't have to switch to DPNs. I can't help you much with pattern modification, but I can tell you this about using the German Short Row technique when you're knitting two socks at-a-time - work the first half of the GSR technique on one sock, then the other (the part you do before turning the work), then turn the work, and work the second half of the GSR on each sock.
Thank you so much - recommended by the pattern I was working on and really helped. Hxxx
I found your work with short rows much easy to follow... but I would like to know who you did the raglan sleeves on the knitted jacket you are wearing..I love the loops on the edge of the raglan.. Thanks you for your videos..
Clelia Rs - the sweater I'm wearing is a free tutorial that can be found here:
th-cam.com/video/9sCaXn6Og_s/w-d-xo.html
I'm still having trouble...on the knit side, I bring the yarn to the front, slip purlwise, and pull up. But when I pull up, it does not create a double stitch. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
I am a little curious about that "yank on the stitch to create a double stitch". This yanked stitch is treated as one stitch. What happens if you don't yank at all and just knit it as if it was yanked. I hope his question did not make me look like an idiot.
Ethel Pepper - no, it's a good question. :) By yanking on the stitch and pulling it into a "double" stitch, you're changing how that stitch looks in that row, which hides the hole you would normally get by turning the work in the middle of the row.
So glad someone else had to guts to risk looking idiotic so I could get this answer! Thanks!
This is really cool, and so much easier.
Thanks also for the link to the toe, because I've never seen a toe knit where you double-wrap. Though I usually knit my socks toe up, and that's probably the reason.
Have a wonderful New Year Staci! Thanks for all the incredible helpful knitting tips!
really cool technique. what would you use it for besides socks?
I came here to ask if you could recommend this instead of w&t in the ten stitch blanket. I started it and ripped it out so many times at the first corner! I've been using your video as a guide for the ten stitch but I just can't get the wraps and turns.
This was a life-saver for me today!!! Thank you
Thank you - excellent video and very clear teaching. Your hands are lovely - what is that color nail polish?
+Deb Ridgeway - thank you! You'll always find info and links about everything you see in my videos (including my nail polish) in the video description field, just below the video. The nail polish I'm wearing is by Julep, color "Malala".
refer.julep.com/s/stacip
Brilliant, Thank you for sharing, very helpful info. 🌼🌺🌸
I was wondering if I can use this with the collar of ur zasio sweater ?? Since I'm still struggling on the collar 😁... Thank u so much for everything u got me into knitting again ... Gbu and ur family ... HAPPY NEW YEAR ....
Jaymilly Clarillo - yes, this technique can be substituted for any pattern that calls for traditional wraps and turns.