Video Knitting Course: Fearless Knitter
New knitters often get stuck knitting only scarves. This course will help you break out of beginner knitting and get you ready to knit hats, mittens, and more complex projects with confidence.
Add to cart
Video Knitting Course: Knit Faster!
Errors in your knitting technique slow you down. Speed up your knitting with efficient technique.
Add to cart
Blog Post: The Fastest Way to Count Stitches And Rows In Knitting

Counting stitches and rows in knitting is key to knowing where you are, what you’ve done, and how to get back on track if you get lost, which happens to the best of us. Here I show you the easiest and most efficient way to keep track in knitting.
Read Post »Blog Post: How To Change Colors in Knitting: Making Stripes

Making stripes in knitting is as easy as starting to knit with the new yarn. I show you how, plus tips like how to twist the yarn up the sides of your work so you don’t have to cut it, and how to make stripes on ribbing without an ugly purl-bump row.
Read Post »Blog Post: For Perfectionist Knitters: How To Knit a Gauge Swatch In a Hurry

Are you the kind of knitter who thinks you “should” knit a gauge swatch — and hardly ever does? You may be suffering from swatch perfectionism – when you believe swatches have to be perfect. Here’s how to overcome perfectionism and make a perfectly good swatch – FAST.
Read Post »Blog Post: How To Slip A Stitch In Knitting – Sl 1

A slipped stitch makes a smooth edge on knitting. It can also make lovely stitch patterns come to life. A “slip 1” is as easy as moving a stitch from your left to right needles without knitting. Always do it purlwise unless otherwise instructed.
Read Post »Blog Post: The Trick To Counting Rows and Changing Colors Smoothly on Garter Stitch

Counting rows on Garter stitch is a little more complicated than the “2 rows for every ridge” rule-of-thumb. Here I show you how to be sure of your rows, and also when to switch colors to make perfect-looking stripes on Garter stitch.
Read Post »Blog Post: How To Pick Up and Knit Stitches Two Ways

Picking up stitches is called for anytime you want to start knitting from an edge that has no live stitches. That’s right, you can create stitches on either a finished or a raw edge with the “pick up and knit” technique. Here’s how.
Read Post »Blog Post: Knit And Purl Yarnovers In Any Combination

“Yarnover” means to put a loop of yarn around the right-hand needle. Here’s how to do yarnovers before and after both knit and purl stitches. This is a good refresher for those just learning to knit.
Read Post »Blog Post: What “Work Even” Means And How To Do It

“Work even” or “work all stitches as they appear” means to knit all knit stitches and purl all purl stitches. To do so, you much be able to recognize a knit or purl stitch when you see it. Here’s how to remember which is which.
Read Post »Free and Premium Videos
Count Stitches by Fives
Free VideoHow to Join a New Ball of Yarn/Change Colors and Make Stripes
Free VideoHow to Count Rows on Garter Stitch
Free VideoThis video shows you how to count rows on garter stitch. Use the tail to know if you are looking at the right side while you count ridges.
How to Keep Track of Your Knitting – Count Rows Easily
Free VideoGauge – How to Check Your Gauge on Flat Knitting
Free VideoMake a swatch (a small square of knitting at least 3 inches wide), block it, and then check your gauge. If your stitches are too small, use a needle one size bigger. If your stitches are too big, use a needle one size smaller.
You don’t always have to check your gauge (I know, you won’t anyway), but please do it on projects that you really need to fit a certain size. Watch the video to see how it’s done.
P/u (Pu) and Knit – Pick up and Knit
Free Video for Subscribers
How to pick up and knit stitches in knitting:
Socks patterns and mitten patterns both call for you to pick up stitches.
Top-down socks have a heel flap which usually has a slipped-stitch edge that you need to pick up into, whereas mitten thumbs have a raw edge.
K – Knit Stitch – American Style
Free VideoLong-Tail Cast-On
Free Video for Subscribers
Sl – Slip 1 – Slip a Stitch
Free Video for Subscribers
Weave in Tails/Ends on Stockinette Stitch
Free Video for Subscribers
Blocking Knitting – How to Block Your Work
Free Video for Subscribers
Recommended Notion: Knit Chek Gauge-Checker by Susan Bates

A gauge-checker is essential for ensuring your knit projects come out the right size. Make a small swatch (or a big one, if you’re a perfectionist), block it, and lay the gauge-checker over the stitches. Count how many stitches are in 2 inches and divide by two. That’s your gauge.
Buy Knit Chek Gauge-Checker online
Testimonial: A New Knitter Over Sixty
I love all of your videos but especially the yarnovers. Since I am a new knitter I need all the help I can get. And since I’m over sixty it probably takes me longer to learn than, say, the young ones. Thank you so much for all your hard work.
  – Lane R.
Testimonial: Couldn’t Do It Until This Video
Thank you for this video. I have been trying to figure out from books and other videos (where folks are knitting waaaay too fast and the camera is far too far away) how to pick up and knit something "using the same dpn" or the "same needle"- just could not figure it out – until this video. My first Magic Loop socks were from your Magic Loop Socks one-at-a-time pattern I found on Ravelry.
  – violin1957