{"id":860,"date":"2020-06-06T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/?p=860"},"modified":"2020-06-06T01:31:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T08:31:54","slug":"left-twist-stitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/left-twist-stitch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Left Twist Stitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"arve\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-0julfdwikso65d6fd25c37c2211243275\">\n<span class=\"arve-inner\">\n<span class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.250000%\"><\/span><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" data-arve=\"arve-youtube-0julfdwikso65d6fd25c37c2211243275\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0JuLfDWikSo?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0JuLfDWikSo?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newstitchaday.com\\\/left-twist-stitch\\\/#arve-youtube-0julfdwikso65d6fd25c37c2211243275\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/0JuLfDWikSo?iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>This video knitting tutorial will help you learn how to knit the left twist stitch. This mock cable stitch allows you to create twists in your knitting over two stitches without a cable needle. The left twist stitch compliments the <a title=\"How to Knit The Right Twist Stitch\" href=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/right-twist-stitch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">right twist stitch<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also known as:<\/strong> mock cable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abbreviation:<\/strong> LT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skill: Beginner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pattern:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Insert your needle into the second stitch on your main needle through the back loop and knit the stitch, leaving it on the needle.<\/p>\n<p>Step 2: Bring your working needle around the front of your work and insert your needle into the first stitch knitwise and knit the stitch as normal.<\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Slip both stitches off the main needle together.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of the left twist stitch used in the <a title=\"How to Knit: The Twisted Cable Rib Stitch\" href=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/how-knit-twisted-cable-rib-stitch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">twisted cable rib stitch<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_861\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-861\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/NSAD-Left-Twist-Stitch.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-861\" title=\"NSAD-Left Twist Stitch\" src=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/NSAD-Left-Twist-Stitch.jpg\" alt=\"Example of the Left Twist Stitch used in the twisted cable rib stitch\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/NSAD-Left-Twist-Stitch.jpg 700w, https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/NSAD-Left-Twist-Stitch-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/NSAD-Left-Twist-Stitch-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/NSAD-Left-Twist-Stitch.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of the Left Twist Stitch used in the twisted cable rib stitch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The left twist stitch is a mock cable. By knitting stitches out of order, a twist can be created in the fabric. It&#8217;s more efficient than a 1\/1 Cable Left or Cable 2 Forward and can be used in place of those stitches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[55],"stitch-attributes":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860"},{"taxonomy":"stitch-attributes","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stitch-attributes?post=860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}