Blog Posts by Topic
Basic Knitting Techniques
For Perfectionist Knitters Only: How To Knit a Gauge Swatch In a Hurry
How To Change Colors in Knitting: Making Stripes
How To Pick Up and Knit Stitches Two Ways
How To Slip A Stitch In Knitting – Sl 1
Knit And Purl Yarnovers In Any Combination
The Fastest Way to Count Stitches And Rows In Knitting
The Trick To Counting Rows and Changing Colors Smoothly on Garter Stitch
What “Work Even” Means And How To Do It
Beginner Knitting
“30% Off Everything” Sale and Announcing the Brand-New E-Book “Intermediate Scarves and Stitches”
Common Beginner Mistake: Forgetting to Move Your Yarn
FREE Learn to Knit Video E-Book
Mistake Rib (or Man-Stitch): An Easy, Masculine Scarf, Plus Knitting for Men
The Magic Of A Plain Garter-Stitch Scarf
Tree of Techniques Beginner: A Step-by-Step Roadmap to Knitting Success
What Is Mosaic Knitting? An Introduction to Color-Knitting’s Best Kept Secret
Intermediate Knitting
Advanced Knitting
Cast-Ons
A Perfect Detail: The Italian Cast-On
Edge Treatments: How to Knit a Picot Hem
Fixing a Dropped Long-Tail Cast-On Stitch
How To Do The Knitted Cast-On
How to Knit a Hemmed Edge
How To Knit Emily Ocker’s Circular Cast-On
Knitting a Provisional Cast-on
Liat’s Limitless Cast-On… for Two-at-a-Time ANYTHING
Never Run Out Of Tail Casting On – The Infinite-Tail Method
Short-Tail or Long-Tail? The Fundamental Difference Between Cast-Ons
The Chinese Waitress Cast-On – A Stretchy, Reversible Cast-On
The Garter Tab Cast-On for Triangular Shawls
When You Run Out Of Tail – Tricks For Casting On And Weaving In Short Ends
Why Your Cast-On Is Too Tight… And How To Fix It
Bind-Offs
3-Needle Bind-Off: A Great Easy Bind-Off For Sweater Shoulders
5 Ways to Fix A Too-Tight Bind-Off
An All-Purpose Stretchy Bind-Off: The Yarnover Bind-Off
Best Bind-Off for Garter Stitch: The Icelandic Bind-Off
Best Bind-Off For Lace – The Frilled Standard Bind-Off
Best Knit Buttonhole: Tulips Buttonhole by TechKnitter
How To Bind Off In Pattern
How to Neaten the Last Stitch of Your Bind-Off in the Round
How to Neaten the Last Stitch of Your Bind-Off on Flat Knitting
Picot Hem Bind-Off: The Cadillac Of Bind-Offs
Russian Grafting: The Alternative to Kitchener Stitch
The Best Stretchy Bind-Off for Toe-Up Socks: Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off (JSSBO)
The Invisible Ribbed Bind Off For 1×1 Rib
What All The Bind-Offs Look Like: A Bind-Off Extravaganza
What I Learned From Knitting 200 Bind-Offs
Finishing
How To Crochet A Scalloped Edge or Border
How To Weave In Ends Invisibly On Garter Stitch
Knitted Dishcloth Pattern and How To Add a Single Crochet Border Onto Your Knitting
Mattress Stitch: How To Invisibly Seam Knitting- Russian Grafting: The Alternative to Kitchener Stitch
- When You Run Out Of Tail – Tricks For Casting On And Weaving In Short Ends
Fix Knitting Mistakes
- 5 Ways to Fix A Too-Tight Bind-Off
- Common Beginner Mistake: Forgetting to Move Your Yarn
Getting Turned Around (Purl Bumps on Outside) on Magic Loop
Getting Turned Inside Out… In More Ways Than One
How To Fix A Dropped Knit Stitch 10 Rows Down
How To Fix a Dropped Stitch on Garter Stitch
How To Undo Knitting Mistakes And Get Stitches Back On Your Needles- Recognizing When You’ve Accidentally Slipped a Stitch
- Why Your Cast-On Is Too Tight… And How To Fix It
Magic Loop
“Tinking” on Magic Loop – How to Undo Knitting in the Round
Free iPhone Cozy Pattern
Free Key Cozy Pattern For Leftover Sock Yarn
Free Pattern: Basic Magic Loop Hat- Getting Turned Around (Purl Bumps on Outside) on Magic Loop
- Getting Turned Inside Out… In More Ways Than One
How To Bind Off On Magic Loop- How to Neaten the Last Stitch of Your Bind-Off in the Round
How To Switch Needles on Magic Loop
Knit Purl Gurl Reviews “Learn to Knit in the Round on Magic Loop”
Magic Loop 2.0 – Adapting Patterns, Purling, and More- Purling Tips: How To Purl On Magic Loop (How to Start with a Purl Stitch)
The Best Circular Needles For Magic Loop
Traveling Loop Method For Magic Loop
Socks
Everything You Need To Know About The Fleegle Heel
Heel Flaps Are BACK – The New “Faux-Heel-Flap” Toe-Up Sock
How to Avoid Gaps in Two-at-a-Time Socks
How To Avoid Tangling Yarn On 2@aTime Socks
How to Block Socks and Why
NEW: Free Super-Bulky Sock Pattern for Magic Loop, Toe-Up or Top-Down
NEW! Fingering-Weight Toe-Up Socks With A Faux Heel Flap
Slip-Stitch Heel Pattern And Video- The Best Stretchy Bind-Off for Toe-Up Socks: Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off (JSSBO)
What To Do When You Have A High Instep – Tips for Using KnitFreedom’s Faux Heel Flap Toe-Up Sock Pattern
When To Start Your Fleegle Heel Increases (Where is the “Front of Your Ankle?”)
Workshop With Cookie A: Adding Stitch-Patterns to Socks
Reading Knitting Patterns
Tree of Techniques
Knitter's Life
5 Ways To Relieve Knitting Back, Shoulder, and Neck Pain – Video Demonstration with Posture Expert Esther Gokhale
How Having a Growth Mindset Can Motivate You In Your Knitting
How To Get Away With Not Planning
How To Overcome Your Knitting Fears- Liat and Knitting for Health In The News
Six Tips for Teaching Kids to Knit at Home- The 3 Decisions You Have When Choosing a New Project
The Ideal Number of Knitting Projects to Work On at One Time
The K.N.I.T. Formula For How To Be A Superstar In Your Life
Top 5 Stretches For Knitting Hand Pain Relief
Holiday/Gifting
2014 KnitFreedom Holiday Gift Guide Part 1: Luxury Gifts
2014 KnitFreedom Holiday Gift Guide Part 2: Under $50
2014 KnitFreedom Holiday Gift Guide Part 3: Stocking Stuffers
Relax While You Knit: 7 Free, Easy, & Mindless Knitting Patterns for Christmas Day
Relax While You Knit: 7 Free, Intermediate, & Mindless Knitting Patterns for Christmas Day
Ringing in the Holidays – New Christmas Bells Pattern
The Ultimate New Knitter’s Toolkit – Needles, Yarn, Notions, and Supplies to Buy For Beginning Knitters
Interviews with Liat
Blog Interview With Knit 1 For The Road- Free Webinar: 3 Tips All Knitting Superstars Need to Know
Interview on KUTV2 News This Morning
Interview With Bonnie D. Graham of BlogTalkRadio
Interview With Fiberstory.tv
Introducing The KnitFreedom Podcast! An Interview with Liat
Knit Picks Founder Kelley Petkun Interviews Liat for Knit Picks Special E-Book Author Podcast
Liat’s Interview on the Donna Seebo Show- The K.N.I.T. Formula For How To Be A Superstar In Your Life
Top Five Knitting Questions of 2010… Answered- Watch Liat’s Las Vegas and Palm Springs TV Appearances And Meet Up With Liat On Her July TV Knitting Tour
- Webinar Replay – 3 Tips All Knitting Superstars Need to Know, Plus Brand New Tips and Content This Week
Liat Interviews Others
Exclusive Video Tour Inside The Malabrigo Factory In Uruguay
Jared Flood Interview: Inside Brooklyn Tweed & Shelter
Journey to the Birthplace of Malabrigo Yarns
Meet Stephanie of Tiny Owl Knits – The Fairy Princess Of Knitting- The Best Stretchy Bind-Off for Toe-Up Socks: Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off (JSSBO)
Liat's Story
Here’s What’s Been Going On…
How Knitting Rescued Me, and A Knitted Christmas Ornament
Lifelong Learning And A Move to Mexico
Live Your Dream – A Celebration of How Far We’ve All Come
My Backstory – How I Got Started As a Video Knitting Instructor
We’re Expecting! Liat Is Going on Maternity Leave
Welcome, Milo Rafael! Born August 11, 2019
News
The End of an Era – 12/09/20
We’re Having a Sale! – 11/20/20
New Video Class Coming Soon! Felted Slippers
Introducing Mary Claire Phillips, KnitFreedom’s New Knitting Expert – 09/14/20
Slew Of New Videos Plus Knitting Topics Pages – 07/29/20
Farewell Candy, Welcome Elias! – 06/24/20
Sign Up for Our Newsletter Again – 07/04/19
New Customer Accounts, Classes, Videos Page, and Site Search are Ready! – 04/03/19
ENTER TO WIN Ultimate Bundles Giveaway! Sewing, Knitting and Crochet, Embroidery Prizes and More – Ends November 26th, 2017 – 11/19/17
I’m Back! – 11/08/17
Liat Gat Takes Hiatus – 05/19/15
Enter to win a $250 Gift Certificate to Signature Needle Arts – 05/11/15- See Liat Gat Teach and Speak at the 2015 Knitters’ Guild Camp in New South Wales, Australia – 05/01/15
Introducing: Fantastic Mosaics! Color Knitting for Everyone – 03/28/15
Giveaway! Win a Copy of Fantastic Mosaics, Knitting Superstar, and 1-on-1 Time With Me- Liat and Knitting for Health In The News
- New Website Sneak Peek – Erica’s Top 2 Favorite Features – 03/20/14
- Introducing: I Love Bind-Offs (it’s here, it’s here!) – 03/08/14
- Attention G-Mail Users: Don’t Let KnitFreedom Go Missing – 11/17/13
- It’s KnitFreedom’s 3rd Birthday: Get 50% Off TODAY ONLY – 09/28/13
- Announcement: Video PDF E-Books Are Now Fixed – 09/23/13
Save 30% Off NOW: “Knitting Saves The World 2013” Sale – 07/08/13- WorldWide Knit In Public Day 2013 – Liat Will Be Making Appearances On TV And Meeting Fans In Palm Springs And Las Vegas
New Video Course Launches Today: The Secrets of Flawless Cast-Ons Revealed! – 05/10/13- Get Liat’s “Complete Video Guide to Cast-Ons” – Available To Subscribers Friday, May 10th – 05/04/13
- Here’s What’s Been Going On…
Birthday Party! 50% Off Sale TODAY ONLY, Plus Yarn Giveaway, Book Announcement, Media Blitz, And More – 09/29/12
Download The Aspen Ice Hat Pattern And Enter To Win Magnolia Handspun Yarn
Watch Your Email – Magnolia Handspun Pattern and Yarn Giveaway This Saturday – 02/27/12- “30% Off Everything” Sale and Announcing the Brand-New E-Book “Intermediate Scarves and Stitches”
FREE SAMPLE of Brioche Knitting Video E-Book – 12/12/11
Brioche Knitting Video E-Book is Here – 11/11/11
I’ll Be Teaching Live Classes at Stix This Month – 10/12/11
First Birthday Bash! Sale, Media Party, And My Gift To You
Two-at-a-Time Mittens Video E-Book is Here
Tangled Goes to Sock Summit and Launches Summer Sock Yarn Issue- Sick – Will Post Soon – 06/01/11
I’ll Be Traveling The World This Summer – 05/03/11
A Cute Way To Tell Your Friends About KnitFreedom (KnitFreedom Business Cards are Here!) – 04/26/11
Tangled is nominated for a Flamie Award! Please Vote – 03/29/11
Tangled Winter Issue Debuts Today – With 2 Of My Patterns! – 03/11/11
New Double-Knitting E-Book is Ready – 03/04/11
Hold my knitting, I’m going on vacation – 02/09/11
“Become a Knitting Superstar” Is Now Available For Sale – 02/07/11- Become a Knitting Superstar Pre-Sale Launches Tomorrow – 02/06/11
Bloopers!! – 02/04/11
New Chat Party Times: Sat 2/5 and Sun 2/6 – 02/03/11- I’ll be a guest on The Donna Seebo Show on Wednesday, 2/2/11, at 3:30 PST – 02/01/11
Become a Knitting Superstar – Sneak Peek at Table of Contents – 01/29/11- You’re Invited to a Ravelry Chat Party! Please RSVP – 01/23/11
A Shout-Out To Our Wonderful Knitting Forum – 01/20/11
Announcing Live Knitting Help and Tech Support – 01/07/11
In 2011, There’s No Excuse – 01/06/11
Thank You All So Much – 12/25/10- Knitting While Horseback Riding – 09/26/10
Free Pattern: Pentafold Felted Moebius Bowl
I’m All Tangled Up Over Tangled Online Magazine! – 09/02/10
How To Get KNITFreedom Free Patterns and Videos – 08/28/10
