Not advancing the stitches on your left-hand needle makes you work harder and harder to get into those stitches. Yet many people do it, because they are afraid their stitches will pop off if they keep them too close to the edge.
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Problem: If you do this, you may notice ten-twenty new stitches stacking up on the tip of your right-hand needle, in front of your fingers. This can slow you down, as your fingers are nowhere near the tips of your needles, helping you knit. Knitters who do this also tend to slow down for fear …
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Are you making one of these classic mistakes? Don’t worry, almost everybody does. That’s why they made this top-ten list. Just read through and watch the videos to see if you are making your knitting experience harder than it should be — and what to do about it. And just so you know, I’m not …
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This Video Knitting Dictionary contains 25 large, high-quality videos of all the knitting abbreviations you need to know in one downloadable PDF. Demonstrations (American and Continental-style) include: Beginnings, Knit and Purl, Terms and Abbreviations, Pattern Stitches, Decreases, Increases, and Finishing.
Learning to read a knitting pattern is one of the most important things you can do to increase your confidence and enjoyment of knitting. Here are three reasons why learning to read patterns will help you grow as a knitter.
Five projects is the ideal number of knitting projects to be working on at once. A variety of projects is best, from easy no-brain-needed projects for Knit Night to complex, lock-yourself-in-the-closet-to-concentrate lace projects.
