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Are you a visual learner? If so, you have so come to the right place!

Berroco has, in their tutorial library, this video, How To Sew On A Buttonband. Go here to learn how:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odJeZnk9CQg

And here for more of Berocco’s tutorials:…

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village2Picture an idyllic village in the rolling hills of England. Picture small old world houses and buildings nestled in with each other.  Now picture all of this knitted!

A group of knitters in Mersham, England has done just this. Nearly every…

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dittyThere are more and more knitting tutorials popping up everywhere from individual web sites, to retails sites to YouTube videos.

Here are some I found this morning featuring twisted cordings, picot edges, and wet finishing handspun yarns, here: http://www.tactilefiberarts.com/patterns

Also available is…

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sm_logoThis is great, a tutorial showing different ways to do socks!

Come To Silver has these online classes, here: http://www.cometosilver.com/socks/

There’s not a lot of words on her site to explain, but she’s got some beautiful pics of her knitting! Check it…

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A knitted village! Not that it’s particularly funny, or even ridiculous, it’s kind of cool. Actually it’s really cool! Complete with people, cars, flowers, all knitted! Even the roads are knitted. The more I look at it, the more…

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Blocking is a most important part of knitting. Or finishing. Or both, really. You can gain length or width. You can open up a scrunched up lace design, and you can “gently stretch to fit” a garment that isn’t behaving…

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Blocking is not my favorite part of knitting. Probably because it’s not really knitting. Ya think?  And, being a philosophical sort, I’ve figured out that the reason I really don’t like to block is probably because I’m not all that…

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How to spool knit a 2 color cord with 4 pegs by Noreen Crone-Findlay  

Here’s a really neat way to make a 2 color cord that won’t stretch.  Because this spiffy cord doesn’t stretch much, it is the perfect candidate for…

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technicolorVogue calls this one “Technicolor”.  I like the blues and golds together with a splash of green, but I know stitches are way more than their colors. If you look in between the blues and golds and focus your eyes…

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hatSo I have all of this sock yarn. Yes, I knit socks, mostly because I need smaller portable items to keep with me, but also because I love the variety of fibers and designs that this wonderful industry has produced.…

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img_8139Misocrafty has come up with a tutorial showing how to knit a short row heel. The pictures are great. The tutorial is awesome, you’ll have to check it out. I always appreciate when someone can explain something so well. Definitely…

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howto2video_hdrThere seems to be a lot of UFO’s in my stash spot (I’d call it a room, but that would make it seem like I have enough yarn in my stash to support a small country. We can’t have anyone…

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  • YouTube and Instructables are invaluable sources for people who need a visual, rather than just a read and do.

Here’s one for knitting with beads that you’ve already pre-strung: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2-YbLvyNCY and another, more in detail: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ib6nyWKQg

But that’s not how I do it.…

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Berroco has published a Seaming Tutorial, free on their site. Go here to learn how to do the Mattress Stitch: http://www.berroco.com/video/mattress_stitch.html

Watch as Norah demonstrates this easy, invisible seam!

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The new issue of KnitNet is out. This online magazine features not only new patterns, but also video archives, as well as all their previously published patterns. Listings of knitting blogs and knitting guilds and free catalogs and newsletters are…

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