Basic Knitting
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
BASIC KNITTING 32 Bar Jig For 3 Couples In A 4 Couple Set Michael IachiniFirst eight bars: "Cast on"
1-4 1st couple cross over with right hands and cast off to second place, 2nd couple step up on bars 3-4
5-8 1st couple cross over with left hands and cast off to third place, 3rd couple step up on bars 7-8
Second eight bars: "Knit"
9-10 2nd couple cross over with right hands
11-12 3rd couple cross over with right hands
13-14 1st couple cross over with right hands
15-16 All three couples cross over passing right shoulders
Third eight bars: "Purl"
17-18 2nd couple cross over with left hands
19-20 3rd couple cross over with left hands
21-22 1st couple cross over with left hands
23-24 All three couples cross over passing left shoulders
Final eight bars: "Bind off"
25-28 All three couples dance back to back, 1st couple finish in the center nearer hands joined
29-32 1st couple dance up to the top and cast off behind 2nd couple into second place on own side, 3rd couple step down on bars 31-32
(Dance crib compiled by Michael Iachini, October 2007 - copyright 2007 by Michael Iachini. All rights reserved)
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Dance Information
Traditionally, every San Francisco Class Solstice Party program includes a dance devised by or for a class member.The deviser of this dance, Basic Knitting, is Michael Iachini who started dancing in 2006-2007.

Basic Knitting (By Joan)
Dance information copyright by Michael Iachini, all rights reserved, 2007.
Image copyright Joan Moran, all rights reserved, 2018.
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