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How To Articles (Hand Knitting)
- Aran sweater knitting techniques and design tips.. List of links to my articles on knitting Arans.
- Bind off in rib. Shows how to knit twisted rib and how to bind off in rib.
- Bind off: Final two stitches in the round.. Binding off without leaving a
- Button band: How many stitches?. Calculator to determine how many stitches to pick up; method illustrated.
- Buttonhole: One row. My favorite button hole illustrated in rib, stockinette and seed stitch.
- Cable. Cross without a needle.
- Cable Decrease.. How to work a decorative cable while working raglan decreases.
- Cable.. Cross a complicated cable using a cable needle.
- Casing. I used this at the top of my halter pattern and threaded a cord through. You can make it deeper to create a hem.
- Cast On Elastic.. Simple elastic cast on using waste yarn.
- Cast On Extra Stitches. Tip: Cast on extra stitches and unravel to avoid counting errors and create a nicer corner.
- Cast on stitches in middle of row.. Shows how to cast on stitches under the arms when knitting a raglan top down.
- Cast On: Tubular. Stretch cast on; a bit difficult.
- Casting on. Cable cast on and join for first round when knitting circular.
- Charted knitting. How to read charts. This is four part article.
- Count rows. How to keep track as you knit. A popular tip!
- Decrease stitches (raglan, paired). I used this for a raglan knit in the round.
- Decrease: Centered Double. Slip 2, k1, pass 2 over. Vertical looking decrease.
- Decreases, symmetric on purl side.. Symmetric decreases worked in purl. How to ptbl.
- Decreases: Centered Double. Sl1, k2tog, psso
- Decreases: skp, ssk, tskp. How to work an skp, ssk and a tskp.
- Design a Semi-Fitted Sleeve Cap. Explanation and Calculator
- Design polo neck.. American usage! This is a split opening.
- Divide for Neck. Instructions in plain English!
- Double Knitting. Knit tubes back and forth on straight needles.
- Duplicate Stitch. Also known as swiss darning.
- Duplicate Stitch. Also known as swiss darning.
- Eyelet row (yo, k2 tog). Thread a draw string through these. Also explains yarn overs.
- I-cord: attached and regular.
- Increase stitches (paired and invisible). Used when knitting a raglan top down.
- Increase: Knit twice into same stitch.. Increase by knitting into the front and back of a stitch.
- Increases: Paired for raglan / scarf afghan. Shows how to work increases on either side of a central stitch. Pretty.
- Inset pockets: Horizontal. It’s easier than you think!
- Intarsia. How to twist yarns to prevent holes when changing colors.
- Join sleeves to body.. when knitting in the round from the bottom up.
- Join to knit circular
- Kitchener stitch / Grafting. Used for toes of socks.
- Knit Pumpkins.. Tutorial toy pumpkin. ( Links to short rows, 3 needle bind off , idiot cord and provisional cast on.)
- Knitting with two strands.. How to estimate the gauge you will get if you knit using two strands of yarn.
- Kool aid dying
- Life Lines. How to avoid loosing stitches when you rip back!
- Phony seams. Use when knitting sweaters in the round to create a crisp fold when you store your sweater.
- Pick Up Dropped Stitches that were Twisted.
- Pick up dropped stitches.. Illustrates how to pick up dropped stitches; demonstrated in garter stitch.
- Provisional CastOn. Let’s you remove the cast on and pick up stitches to knit in the other direction.
- Seaming knits.. Shows how to sew vertical seams. Techniques works for sides of sweaters and seams.
- Short rows
- Shorten or lengthen a sweater.. How to shorten or lengthen knitting. Series: How to split the knitting, and graft.
- Sock tips, techniques and patterns.. Links to my articles on sock knitting.
- Stockinette: Eastern Crossed Method. Illustrates the Eastern Crossed method of knitting which results in interesting twisted stitches.
- Stockinette: Western Uncrossed Method. Illustrates the Western Crossed or
- Swatch: Designer. This discusses swatching; also calculates.
- Swatching. How to knit a swatch — thorough! Will calculate your gauge.
- Three needle bind-off.. Seam and bind off shoulders in one fell swoop.
- Top down raglan: increase stitches underarm.. How to join the body and sleeves knitting a sweater from the top down.
- Yarn over backwards or forwards.. Shows YO, backwards, forwards, and discusses “yarn forward”.
- Yo twice and purl through back.. Shows how to purl through the back loop of a yarn over.
How To Articles (Machine Knitting)