Patterns, projects and techniques
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Initiate Knitwear Design features daily challenges sent by email, live streams … Read More ...
Washcloths and dishcloths and hotpads are really fun projects to knit, both because they are small and because they are a great way to try new techniques (also, having something you made that you can use every day is pretty … Read More ...
When I worked at a newspaper, it was often said that news is what happens to your editor on the way to work.
If that’s true, there must be a knitting editor at the New York Times. They seem to … Read More ...
Weaving in ends may be the most dreaded chore a knitter faces, except perhaps swatching, and at least swatching you can sometimes skip, but most of the time weaving in a few ends is a must. Even more so when … Read More ...
Different hobbies tend to have their own languages that are indecipherable to people not in the know, but in knitting the code can be particularly frustrating to break because so many abbreviations are used in knitting patterns themselves.
Whether you’re … Read More ...
Sock knitting is so fun. They’re great travel projects and I like to have one on the needles all the time to work on wherever I am.
But one thing that can be tricky for people who are new to … Read More ...
Check out this cool technique for altering knit fabric by making cyanotypes — a fancy word for using the sun to make a blue print — from Studio Knit.
I have heard of doing prints like this on paper … Read More ...
I love this idea! The Cyclo-Knitter project, by designer George Barratt-Jones, is a bicycle connected to a knitting machine that allows passersby to knit a scarf in about five minutes.
He built the tower that holds the knitting machine … Read More ...
Most knitters use stitch markers when they are knitting in the round to mark the end of the round, but many of us don’t use them as often as we should or could to make our knitting lives easier.
I … Read More ...
I have this knit coat (a Tilted Duster, if you remember that long-ago pattern) that’s been finished where the knitting is concerned for about a month now. I sewed up the sleeves and everything.
It needs to be blocked before … Read More ...
Fisherman’s Rib is a great knitting stitch that looks like brioche but is a lot easier to knit than traditional brioche designs.
Hands Occupied not only has a great baby blanket pattern using the stitch, but Heidi has also written … Read More ...
Knit slippers are great all year long, and this fun design is a no-sew version of a shape that’s popular in Finland.
Anja, the designer, told me these slippers are usually made by knitting a bunch of squares and sewing … Read More ...
Most people, when they learn to knit, seem to learn the knit stitch and then the purl stitch. We make endless Garter Stitch and Stockinette Stitch projects before combining knit and purl in the same row, usually to add ribbing … Read More ...
Brioche is a knitting technique that scares a lot of people because it looks super fancy, and the truth is it certainly can be complicated.
Once you get the hang of it, it’s not so bad, but it’s a great … Read More ...
I have not yet given up on winter knitting (and am, in fact, finally almost done with my long-awaited Tilted Duster) and, depending on where you live, you might not have, either, so I wanted to share this lovely cowl … Read More ...