Here are some complex twists used in Liy: TL-ssk - twist left (1 over 1), ssk second (front) stitch with next stitch:
(see the video on YouTube here) T2out1-inc1 - twist 2 stitches outwards over 1 (in both directions), increasing 1:
(see the video on YouTube here) TLsl2-m1L-btwn - twist left, slip both, make 1 left between the stitches:
(see the video on YouTube here) Below are some complex twists used in Adventure Knitting 3:
T2out2-inc1 - twist 2 stitches each outwards over 2, increasing out from 1 center stitch:
(see the video on YouTube here) T2in2-dec1 - twist 2 stitches each inwards over 2, knit them together to decrease 1 and create 1 center stitch:
(see the video on YouTube here) TLR - start to work a TL partway, then work that top stitch into a TR with the third stitch:
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T2out2-inc1twist 2 stitches outwards over 2, increasing 1 from the center - start by slipping 2 |
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lift the lower stitch below the next stitch... |
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...up onto left-hand needle, so that it's positioned correctly, with the right side of the loop in front on the needle |
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slip the 2 stitches back to the left-hand needle |
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work a twist right 1 over 2 stitches, by first slipping 3 stitches as if to knit 3 together... |
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...then slipping them back to the left-hand needle, straight over so they are twisted |
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knit the first (front) stitch through the back loop |
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knit the next 2 (back) stitches through the back loops |
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work a twist left 1 over 2 stitches, by first slipping each of the next 3 stitches, all knitwise |
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slip those 3 stitches back to the left-hand needle, twisted, by sticking the needle point through all 3 stitches at once, so that the two needles are pointing in the same direction |
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knit the 3 stitches |
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T2in2-dec1twist 2 stitches each inwards over 2, decreasing them together in the center - start by first slipping each of the next 3 stitches, all knitwise |
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slip those 3 stitches back to the left-hand needle, twisted, by sticking the needle point through all 3 stitches at once, so that the two needles are pointing in the same direction |
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knit the first 2 (back) stitches... |
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...and slip the third stitch - so you've worked a TL2 twist, but with the front stitch slipped |
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begin to work TR2 by first slipping 3 stitches as if to knit 3 together... |
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...then slipping them back to the left-hand needle, straight over so they are twisted |
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if you twisted them this way, you need to reposition the front stitch so that it's sitting correctly on the needle, with the right side of the loop in front |
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slip the stitch from the right-hand needle back to the left |
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work a k2tog decrease (knitting together the 2 front sts, from the outsides) |
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knit 2 stitches (the back stitches from the TR2 twist) |
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