How To Knit: German Short Rows | Brooklyn Tweed
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- German Short Rows are one of our favorite methods for working partial rows to add shaping and dimension to your knitted fabric. In this Brooklyn Tweed knitting tutorial, we show you how to work German Short Rows for sock heels, bust darts, to raise the back neckline of a sweater for a better fit, to create a high-low hem, or wherever else you can imagine!
Slip & Pull (S&P):
0:38 Work the number of stitches indicated in your pattern for your first short row, then turn your work.
1:13 Slip & pull (S&P) purl side facing: Slip the first stitch on the L needle purlwise with yarn in front. Pull the yarn tightly up and over the R needle so that the two legs of the stitch in the row below are pulled up and exposed.
1:37 Hold tension on the yarn while working the next stitch to keep the pulled-up stitch in this position.
1:48 Bring your yarn up and around your R needle to the front again (as if creating a yarn over), pulling tightly. Continue as directed in pattern.
2:43 Slip & pull (S&P) knit side facing: Bring your yarn to the front. Slip the first stitch on the L needle purlwise. Pull the yarn tightly up and over the R needle so that the two legs of the stitch in the row below are pulled up and exposed. Continue as directed in pattern.
5:13 Resolve your Short Rows:
5:38 (Knit side facing): When you reach the two loops of your slip & pulled stitch, knit the two loops together, pulling your yarn tightly.
7:05 (Purl side facing): When you reach the two loops of your slip & pulled stitch, purl the two loops together, pulling your yarn tightly.
9:10 Substituting German Short Rows for the Wrap and Turn method
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I’ve watched a lot of videos for German short rows and just want to say that this is the best video I’ve ever watched. Very clear. At last, I know how to exactly do it on my project. Thank you sooooo much
Wow, thank you! Glad it was helpful! Happy knitting!
Brilliant idea to use a contrast colour, it clearly shows what is being done. Thank you so much for a really useful presentation !
Glad it was helpful!
Perfect! Appreciate the clarity and easy-to-follow delivery! Plus the lovely calm and reassuring voice... :)
Thanks so much! Happy knitting!
Best video on UA-cam for this topic. I had to learn this technique for a sweater. Thank you for such a clear concise demonstration.
The very best short rows tutorial I've come across up to now,thank you❤️
Glad it was helpful!
Agree with the previous comment. This is easily THE BEST tutorial for German Short Rows. Thank you so much - I now feel I can carry on with knitting my Scandi pattern
Glad it was helpful! Happy knitting!
This was a very good presentation on German short row. Made so much more sense to me than others.
We're so glad you found it helpful!
True even i think this is the best tutorial on getman short rows😊
I agree esp when I need to make a few...so I start furthest out and slowly go inward. I need to do 3 on each side of a cardigan.
This video has changed my life!!! Color contrast was key…..THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
You're so welcome! Happy short-rowing!
The very best knitting video ever. How wonderful to show the different color yarn for progression
Hi Penny! Thanks so much, we're glad you enjoyed it! Happy knitting!
Thank you for sharing this tutorial! The blue yarn really helps to demonstrate this technique! AMAZING!
You are so welcome! Short rows make so much more sense when you can visualize what's happening!
This is the best German short row video I’ve seen; clear and concise instructions and the use of two colours to illustrate the short rows is very helpful. Explaining how to substitute GSR for W&T is an added bonus. Well done, and thanks so much!
We're so glad you found it helpful! Thank you for watching!
This is the best tutorial I’ve seen on this. Other tutorials just you “how” to do short rows but I was not clear on why do it and what it actually achieves. The 2 colours and your explanation makes it so clear and unintimidating. Thank you!
Thanks so much for watching! We're glad you found our tutorial helpful - it definitely makes a difference when you can see what's actually happening in the knitting!
This is the best demonstration I have found so far. THANK YOU!
You're very welcome! Happy knitting!
The best tutorial about German Short Rows. Thank you 🙏🏻
Thanks so much! Happy knitting!
My first time trying german short rows. And may I say, I am so thrilled to see that you hold the needles and yarn ike I do! :)
Thanks for watching! (It really is so interesting to see all the variations in how everyone knits!)
Thank you. Your simplicity and clarity are appreciated.
Thank you for watching, Suzanne! Happy knitting!
Fantastic even the swatch looks lovely
Thanks so much 😊 Happy knitting!
Best presentation I've seen of the best way to work short rows. Thank you!
Thanks so much! Happy knitting!
the 2 colors really clarified it beautifully!
Thanks Lizzie! It's so much easier to do a technique when you can see what it's supposed to look like, right?
Amazed at the perfection of the fabric you knitted.Also at the neatest edges I have ever seen!!! Do you have a video on that?I have watched a lot of videos on german short rows and yours is clearly the best! You make all aspects of it seem obvious.Thank you so much.
Hi Rose! We confess, we steam all of our swatches before filming so they look extra nice!
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I understood that from the look of it and thank you for this: you made sure, showing such a perfect sample that I would not skip that step ever again. The satisfaction of having one’s own beautiful sample is such an incentive to start a project.I am grateful for you making me realise that the blocking stage is really transformative.
A huge thank you.
@@rosemongeau7891 Blocking really does make all the difference! (What's the Elizabeth Zimmermann quote about how vintage sweaters always look so perfectly knitted, because the stitches have had decades to even themselves out?)
great demonstration. i now feel happy that i can use this method.
Glad it was helpful! Happy knitting!
this is so clear, and i love the use of the "public side" ha!
Glad you found it helpful! (Right? It's not the WRONG side, it's just the "side you aren't wearing on the outside"!)
Wow that explanation and the added color made so much sense. Thank you !
Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching!
Thank you this is a very satisfying piece of knitting to learn about :-)
You are so welcome!
Excellent tutorial. Cheers 👏👍🏻
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
The very best tutorial I have seen. So easy to follow. Many thanks!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, awesome, I have looked at several German short row vids because I didn’t want to do wrap and turn in a sock pattern I am working (just restarted socks after YEARS) and you actually have the best video and in only six minutes! Fantastic, thank you so much, the contrast yarn really helped and how you say to substitute was just what I needed! So appreciated!!! Edit:subbed!!!
Thanks so much! Glad it was helpful!
Fabulous lesson!! Thanks😊 ❤❤❤
You're so welcome! Happy knitting!
Thank you for clear instructions!!
You're so welcome! Happy knitting!
Love the instructions so clear, even this 78 could follow. Thank you
Great to hear! Happy knitting!
This is the best tutorial I've ever seen on the subject. There's only one area that I can't comprehend. I don't understand why you bring the yarn to make 2 legs only to knit or purl it as one stitch anyway
Thank you, Donna! Pulling the stitch up & over the needle pulls the end of the row up, effectively making the row shorter at your turning point, so that there's not a one-stitch-tall gap as there would be if you simply turned and knit back at the end of your short row. TECHknitter has an excellent post on various short row methods here: techknitting.blogspot.com/2009/10/short-rows-method.html (German short rows would fall somewhere under variation 4 or 5)
Thank you for this excellent tutorial! Many of your tutorials have made me a better knitter and I certainly appreciate it!
We're glad we could help!
The clearest demonstration I’ve seen! Thanks.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
This is the best explanation yet !!! Perfect.....thank you !
You're very welcome! Happy knitting!
Best GSR video I've seen. Thank you!
Thanks so much! Happy knitting!
Thank you for this very clear video! Glad I found it as I could not fathom how to do the double stitch from the written instructions of my sock pattern. I agree with the other comments that the use of contrasting color yarn is a great idea. Really helps to understand what's going on.
You are so welcome! Glad you found it helpful!
Thanks for this! I was also in awe with your perfect stockinette yarned fabric. Looks so good! I can't get the knit and purl tension to be the same
You can do it! Some knitters find that working their purl rows on a smaller needle is helpful.
I knit continental and haven’t had any issues with differences in gauge.
Whoosh I'm lost for words and that's not usually a problem, thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills and experience thankyou
You're very welcome! Happy knitting!
Excellent presentation! Clear, precise, and beautifully demonstrated! Thank you so much Brooklyn Tweed!!!
You are so welcome! Happy knitting!
Much better way to do short rows. Thank you for a definitive Explanation. It’s so much easier when you can see it happen!
We always like a good visual aid! Happy knitting!
Great tutorial best one i have seen now i understand it and will have a go
Thank you
Have fun!
BEST. EXPLANATION. EVER!
Thank you! We love this way of doing short rows!
A joy to watch thankyou Jared
Thanks so much for watching!
This was so incredibly helpful and I thank you
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!
Excellent presentation and explanation!!! Thank you so much!!!
You're very welcome!
dido. to all of these. thank you. oh I almost gave up. now going to try. love you. thank you Teach.
You can do it! Short rows are so much easier when you can picture what's going on!
Great job in explaining. Thanks
Thanks for watching! Happy knitting!
Love how easy you make it for us thank you 💓🌸
You're very welcome!
Best demo for this. Thanks guys!
Glad you liked it! Happy knitting!
Thank you, so clear and easy to follow. I started my first top down project and just couldn't get my head around the turn. Thanks for clarifying so well. Chris from Australia.
Hi Chris! We're so glad this helps! Happy knitting!
Thank you for sharing. I understand it a lot better.
Glad it was helpful! Happy knitting!
Very well explained, thank you!
I wanted to add some short rows to a cardigan that doesn't have them in the pattern, now I know how to!
Thanks for watching! Happy knitting!
This is what i was looking for when i started my crop top!!
We are here to help! Rock that crop top!
using two colors is so helpful!
Short rows make so much more sense when you can see what's happening! Thanks for watching!
Excellent presentation. The technique was "clear as mud" before seeing this tutorial. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Such a good explanation! I struggle trying to do this in a pattern. I did I perfectly in my grandson’s sweater but in my sweater got a mind block. Thank you! I will try again
We're sure you will succeed! Happy knitting!
Omg. When I'm not knitting continental, in myiright hand, I knit like this!
We love how everyone develops their own totally individual knitting styles! It's always so interesting to watch someone else knit and see how they do it. Happy knitting!
omg your tension is perfect 😍
Thanks for watching! (The secret is giving our swatches a little steam before we shoot our videos to make them look extra nice!)
Great tutorial
Thanks so much!
Thank you so much, this is the best tutorial for German Short Rows, none of the others I have seen show how it is supposed to look after you have finished the short rows.
You're very welcome! Right, it's kind of a mystery as to what's supposed to be happening until you get to the end and can see it!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
You are so welcome! Happy knitting!
You are amazing!!
YOU are amazing! Thanks so much for watching!
thank you - great instruction!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the tutorial Jared! BTW, I made my husband two of your Wanderer Cap design from Weekend hats book , he gets lots of compliments on them😊
That's awesome!
Excellent excellent tutorial!! Thank you
Thanks so much! Happy knitting!
Thank you for explaining so Beautifully ❤️
You're very welcome, Shakirah! Thank you for watching!
This was excellent, thank you~!! I just discovered that I've been doing it ENTIRELY wrong,,which explains why I have little holes in the back of my sweaters😔 I've only knitted 3 sweaters so far(I'm fairly new to knitting) but the sweater I JUST finished is for my one year old grandson and yep~holes!😭
I wish I'd come across this video 2 weeks ago~!! Your explanation made it easy to understand,other videos I've watched had me thinking I either just slip the stitch or knit it with no double stitch thingy~I never knew which to do so it was always just a random guess with both choices being incorrect~!! Hence,the holes🤦♀️
Thank you for making this easy~!!🥢🧶
We bet your grandson's sweater is adorable! Glad you found the video helpful - happy knitting!
@@BrooklynTweed_Official I just finished it,and yes,it's perfect! I didn't follow a pattern bc I like like to fly by the seat of my pants lol,,so I reduced an adult size pattern in DK stockinette st down to a baby size in #5 yarn with a 4x2 rib and stockinette sleeves😂 I usually end up with more perfection than expected or,an absolute disaster lol..got lucky this time~!!
.....NEXT sweater I'll get the short rows on the shoulder shaping correct,and hopefully no holes to tidy up~!! Thanks✌
@@vivienneclarke2421 Love it! They're not holes, they're a design element! ;)
Thank you for explaining that substituting wt to German short row.
You're very welcome!
Very helpful! Thank you :)
You're very welcome! Happy knitting!
Great video thanks! Your knitting is perfect
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful!
Thanks so much for watching! Happy knitting!
Excellent instructions.
Thank you! Happy knitting!
Thanks 😄🤗🤗👍🫂
Thank you for watching!
great video! I get it now!
We're glad we could help! Thanks for watching!
Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Thank you!!
Thanks for watching!
@@BrooklynTweed_Official I’m binge watching as a relatively novice knitter.. and my short row came out beautifully.. thanks to your guidance. I’m coming for your yarns, too:)
Such a clear, well presented tutorial! I subscribed just now because of your awesome presentation.
Thank you so much, Annabelle! Happy knitting!
German short rows feel soooo wrong but the end result is so clean and pretty.
Right? "Remember that thing you learned to NEVER EVER DO as a beginner knitter? OK, now you're going to do that on purpose."
Thank you very much.
You're very welcome! (We love doing short rows this way!)
Any chance of a video of German short row in the round? Pretty please ? I’m asking only because this video is the best of all others recorded and I believe you would do a great job
When you turn, hold the yarn in front and slip the first stitch off from the right needle to the left, and then pull the yarn up and over. Ta da. If you are purling, bring that taut yarn to the front and keep purling the row. If you are knitting, keep the taut yarn in back and keep knitting.
We'll add that to the list!
What is the yarn you're using? I'm assuming it's a BT yarn. It makes a great fabric 😊 Also, thanks for explaining that you have to knit one stitch more than you would in instructions for "wrap and turn" methods. The German short row is a superior method--quicker and handsomer. Thank you 😊
We're using Arbor here! (in colors Tincture & Rainier). Thanks so much for watching!
An excellent tutor.thanks.
You're very welcome!
Perfect. Thank you.
This makes so much sense when you did it, but on my pattern that I bought I don’t understand where I start working the yoke. I can’t understand it.
Hi Janet! This tutorial from Berroco is helpful in determining where to start & end short rows in a yoke pullover: blog.berroco.com/2018/03/07/adding-short-rows-to-yoke-sweaters/
If it's a Brooklyn Tweed pattern, feel free to reach out to us at support@brooklyntweed.com for help!
Excellent tutorial! Thank you. Can you explain how to do GSR if you are doing 1X1 rib? Do you do it exactly the same- considering which side of your garment you are working on OR do you do the steps according to whether you are working on a knit or a purl stitch. I have a cowl collar that I am working on with 1X1 twisted rib and no matter what I do it does not look good when I pick up the short row stitches. Thanks
Thanks so much! Great question - GSR is a good choice for 1x1 ribbing. You'll work your slip & pulls the same way after you turn - if the yarn is already in front, go ahead and S&P, if it's in back, bring it to the front and work your S&P. When resolving your short rows, work your stitches in pattern. Here's a tutorial by Laura Peterson that you might find helpful to visualize how it looks in 1x1 ribbing: ua-cam.com/video/uColOXXyVKI/v-deo.html
Thank you for demonstrating the GSR. I have two questions.
1. Does anything change when you use the continental style of knitting as opposed to the English style. I am finding it a little difficult as I use the continental style
2. At 2:43 in the video when you demonstrate the GSR moving from the purl to the knit side you don't actually do a "yarn over" as you did at the beginning......or am I missing something.
Im a late learner so please forgive my silly questions
Hi Sharon! Thanks for watching!
Continental may be a little more fiddly when you're pulling your stitch up and over since you'll have your working yarn in your other hand, but you can use your right hand to help keep the pulled-up stitch secured on your needle until you make your next stitch.
There's not actually a yarn over happening, you're just pulling the stitch up and over the needle (if you did this more loosely, it would be a yarn over, but you're pulling up all the slack).
There are no silly questions - we're here to help!
German Short Rows
I'm just starting out in knitting - when and why are German short rows used? Thanks.
Christina Apostolopoulos I use short rows for shoulder seams and when I’m working a curved neckline.
@@jbwhitesell9650 Thank you very much
Exactly! Anywhere you need to add shaping / extra fabric in just one area of your knitting.
I am new to German short rows. I learned the Wrap and Turn method earlier this year, but the GSR method has me stumped. Is the purling part of your pattern or is it because of the short rows?
Hi Nathalie! The purling is to stay in stockinette stitch - knitting on the right side, purling on the wrong side. You can work German short rows with any sort of pattern stitch. Try practicing on a swatch with two different color yarns, as we've done here - it will be easier to see the slip & pull stitches. Happy knitting!
I'm trying out a v-neck slipover pattern which tells me to do short rows for shoulder shaping. What's the purpose of using short row when it's all going to be the same colour? Is it to help with shaping?
Hi Nicole! Yes, we just did our short rows in a different color here to make them easier to see, usually you'd be working them in the same color to add shaping in a certain area of your garment. Happy knitting!
At 4:41 your verbal instructions are to “bring it up and over” but at 4:42 your fingers undo that action. I assume I should ignore the verbal instructions at 4:41?
Hi Betz! Great question - Jared brings the yarn up and over, takes it back down to readjust, and then brings it up and over again at 4:43 (it's pretty quick the second time, so easy to miss). You'll always want to bring your yarn up and over when working the slip & pull. Thanks for watching!
Which needles are you using? (I'm not curious about their size.)
Hello! Jared is knitting with Addi Turbos here. Which needles are your favorites?
@@BrooklynTweed_Official Thank you for getting back to me. (◍•ᴗ•◍) I'm very new to knitting, so can't vouch for a favourite yet. Although, my preferred material is definitely metal (and the needles in the video seem right up my alley).
@@aptname9710 Excellent, you can have fun trying them all! Happy knitting!
@@BrooklynTweed_Official Likewise. ^_^
Su Davy short row
"Wrap" not "Warp" -- I hope!
Set needles to warp 9!
The music is so loud I can not hear instructor!
Hi Shirley - thanks for watching! Which part of the video are you finding difficult to hear? There's no music in the video while Jared is speaking. We have the steps listed in the video description and you can also turn on closed captioning.
Constructive criticism …
Great tutorial
But remember the one that land in here :
IS LEARNING THE TECHNIQUE
Please SLOW DOWN
Thank you
Hi Sonia! If you click the Settings button on the video playback window, you can set the playback speed to your preference. Happy knitting!
I'm trying to do my first sweater and it incorporates German Short Rows into it right after the I-cord cast-on method and seeing as I hadn't done either of those things it was slow going! I have a tendency to pick patterns that are a big challenge (to me) as starters or else my brain gets bored. I apparently can't "just make a washcloth"! I am having trouble with the German Short Rows, however. This tutorial helped me understand what they were and how they were made and what their function is, beautifully. I'm (attempting) making the Sorrel Summer shirt with Loops and Threads woolike yarn. If anyone has any tips, it'd be grand :)
What a great first sweater challenge! We're so glad that this tutorial helped!
You sound like the same kind of knitter as me lol.....
@@vivienneclarke2421 Same!
Excellent, very clear instructions.
Glad it was helpful! Happy knitting!
Thank you so much for this clear & concise tutorial. I knit Icelandic jumpers and the crew neck versions always migrate to the front of the neck due to being knitted in the round. I tried the wrap and turn shaping but was always left with small holes I needed to fix later. These German short rows are PERFECT - raised-up back necks and NO HOLES..!
You are so welcome! Happy knitting!
Watching you knit and explain how you are making the German short row wrap and turn really made sense to me and didn’t seem as difficult as I thought it would be. Many thanks. I love you teaching method.
Glad it was helpful! Happy knitting!
Thank you so much for this clear & concise tutorial. I viewed several, but yours makes perfect sense for a 1st timer. I can now knit the 3 sweaters I have had waiting on the shelf while I worked up the patience & courage to learn how this is done. My swatch came out perfectly. I appreciate your explanation on how to sub gsr for w&t in my pattern. I’m excited! 🌿🦋
We're so glad you found it helpful! We're excited to see your sweaters!