Optimize Your Knitting Habits
Table of Contents
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Tensioning Your Yarn
- How to Properly Tension Your Yarn
- How to Let the Yarn Flow Through Your Fingers
- How to Use Your Fingers to Help You Knit
Troubleshooting Tension
- Not Tensioning Yarn Correctly (Or At All)
- Not Pushing Your Needle-Tips Far Enough Through Your Stitches
- Scrunching Up Stitches on Right-Hand Needle
- Letting Stitches Lag On the Left-Hand Needle
Keeping Your Place
- How to Count Stitches and Rows in Knitting by Reading Your Work
- How to Count Stitches by Fives
- How to Count Rows on Garter Stitch
Managing Hand and Back Pain
- 5 Stretches for Knitting Hand Pain and Stiffness (not a video)
- 5 Ways To Relieve Knitting Back, Shoulder, and Neck Pain with Posture Expert Esther Gokhale
Optimize Your Knitting Attitude and Outlook
- Webinar: 3 Things Every Knitting Superstar Needs to Know
- The KNIT Formula For Being a Superstar In Your Life
Optimize Your Knitting Habits
This short course will help you check and improve your tension, track your stitches and rows, and incorporate other behaviors that make your knitting easier, more efficient, and more pleasant. Enjoy!
Tensioning Your Yarn
How to Properly Tension Your Yarn
Check Your Tension
How to Let the Yarn Flow Through Your Fingers
Knitting Too Tight
Using Your Fingers to Help You Knit
Using Your Fingers To Help You
Troubleshooting Tension Mistakes
Not Tensioning Yarn Correctly (Or At All)
Not Tensioning Your Yarn
Not Pushing Your Needle-Tips Far Enough Through Your Stitches
Not Pushing Needle Far Enough Through Stitches
Scrunching Up Stitches on Right-Hand Needle
Scrunching Up Your Stitches on Right-Hand Needle
Letting Stitches Lag On the Left-Hand Needle
Letting Stitches Lag On Left-Hand Needle
Keeping Your Place
How to Count Stitches and Rows in Knitting by Reading Your Work
Keeping Track
How to Count Stitches by Fives
KNITFreedom – The Fastest Way To Count Stitches In Knitting
How To Count Rows On Garter Stitch
How To Count Rows on Garter Stitch – Not Just Counting Ridges
Managing Hand and Back Pain
5 Stretches for Knitting Hand Pain and Stiffness
Read the full article here.
Main Stretch: Grasp your left forearm with your right hand. Squeeze just tight enough to prevent your skin from slipping, and push down towards your wrist.
Hold the stretch for 60 seconds. Now, maintaining your hand grip, now push your hand towards your elbow. Hold for 30 seconds.
Repeat on the other arm. See Top 5 Stretches for Knitting Hand Pain Relief for more stretches and tips.
5 Ways To Relieve Knitting Back, Shoulder, and Neck Pain with Posture Expert Esther Gokhale
Read the full article here.
![[KnitFreedom] 5 Ways To Relieve Knitting Back, Shoulder, and Neck Pain – Demo by Esther Gokhale](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qM0ICNdpp28/hqdefault.jpg)
[KnitFreedom] 5 Ways To Relieve Knitting Back, Shoulder, and Neck Pain – Demo by Esther Gokhale
Optimize Your Knitting Attitude and Outlook
Webinar: 3 Things Every Knitting Superstar Needs to Know
![[KnitFreedom] 3 Tips Every Knitting Superstar Needs to Know: Free Webinar](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/glmnExHLLKw/hqdefault.jpg)
[KnitFreedom] 3 Tips Every Knitting Superstar Needs to Know: Free Webinar
The KNIT Formula For Being a Superstar In Your Life
