Knitting with Charts – Part 2
If every time you see a chart your brain goes blank, then are denied hundreds of thousands of patterns.
Well, we can’t have that.
Knitting with charts – part 1
For everyone who wants to knit from charts, but finds their efforts foiled time and again, this post is for you.
Weaving in Those Pesky Cotton Ends
Here is a way to weave in your cotton ends and they will stay where you put them.
Getting the Yarn I Wanted from the Roving I Had
Necessity is the mother of this free video tutorial for combining handspun and commercial thread to make a nice, finished yarn.
How to Spin Beads into your Yarn
If you spun your own yarn… and you know my evil master plan is to turn every knitter and crocheter into handspinners… then you could add beads right into your yarn. Here is how.
Knit with Beads, Setting as you Work
This post contains affiliate links. If you’ve stuck with me in my beading adventures, then thanks. Here is the final tutorial in my series on how to add beads to […]
Knitting with Beads by Pre-Stringing
You can add beads to a knit project anytime you like! Don’t wait for a pattern to suggest it. Just grab some beads, pre-string and cast on.
The Politically Incorrect Knit Stitch – faggoting
In knitting there is a stitch that most people are embarrassed to call by its proper name: faggoting. But not me. Let’s try faggoting.
Knitting the drop stitch
Here is a continuation of yesterday’s post in which I’m whipping up headbands in a desperate attempt to combat the pile of frizz that my hair has become. Since I […]
Knitted Borders and Corners
When you’re adding a knitted-on border there may be corners. Here is a method using short rows to smoothly round those turns.