NEW! Fingering-Weight Toe-Up Socks With A Faux Heel Flap

For toe-up sock lovers who want a great-fitting heel that can be adjusted for high insteps. This toe-up sock pattern has a “faux” heel flap which allows you to use heel stitch patterns like the Eye of the Partridge heel. You can also do a contrasting-color heel.
Read Post »Mistake Rib (or Man-Stitch): An Easy, Masculine Scarf, Plus Knitting for Men

In a chunky yarn this is a perfect stitch for a guy’s scarf or sweater, and it’s super-easy – but not boring – to knit. Mistake Rib is a great pattern for beginners to practice recognizing knit and purl stitches.
Read Post »Everything You Need To Know About The Fleegle Heel

In December of 2006, a blogger known as Fleegle changed the knitting world when she published a no-holes toe-up heel formula on her blog. Since I discovered the Fleegle Heel, I’ve been making videos showing how to do it, writing patterns that use it, and helping the whole world learn to knit it.
Read Post »Meet Stephanie of Tiny Owl Knits – The Fairy Princess Of Knitting

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Exclusive Video Tour Inside The Malabrigo Factory In Uruguay

Seeing is believing! In this exclusive video tour, you get to see inside the incredibly special world of Malabrigo Yarns and their factory in Uruguay.
Read Post »Picot Hem Bind-Off: The Cadillac Of Bind-Offs

This bind-off combines three things you love about socks, but couldn’t have all together until now: a picot edge, a hemmed edge, and the ability to do it on toe-up socks. Here’s how to create a picot hemmed edge at the end of your knitting.
Read Post »Heel Flaps Are BACK – The New “Faux-Heel-Flap” Toe-Up Sock

Wait – heel flaps are BACK? Yes, and better than ever. This integrated “faux” heel flap for toe-up socks lets you adjust for high insteps and more.
Read Post »A Perfect Detail: The Italian Cast-On

The Italian cast-on makes a stretchy invisible edge that blends perfectly into 1×1 ribbing. You can use it to start any ribbed project, like the cuff of a mitten or the brim of a hat. It’s a beautiful detail that will change and refresh your (otherwise possibly boring) ribbed cuffs.
Read Post »How To Knit The Ultimate Mitten Thumb, & Two New Free Mitten Patterns

Ever since I designed my first pair of mittens, I’ve tried to achieve the perfect mitten thumb. The key is picking up extra stitches around the thumb and then decreasing quickly. The included video tutorial shows you how.
Read Post »How To Pick Up Wraps On The Purl Side: Wrap and Turn

If you use the same technique to hide purl wraps as you do to hide knit wraps, it doesn’t look good on the right side of the work. This is the very trick you need in order to pick up wraps on the purl side of your short rows and keep your work neat and tidy.
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