Blog Post: The 3 Decisions You Have When Choosing a New Project October 29, 2014
Every time you’d like to try knitting something just a little bit harder than what you’re used to, try one or two (but not three) of these challenges: Pattern length, knitting abbreviations, and hand dexterity.
Blog Post: How To Pick Up Wraps On The Purl Side: Wrap and Turn June 30, 2012
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.
Blog Post: Picot Hem Bind-Off: The Cadillac Of Bind-Offs July 27, 2012
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.
Blog Post: Common Beginner Mistake: Forgetting to Move Your Yarn July 20, 2020
Recently, a beginning knitter wrote me asking about the confusing mess of yarn on her stitches. Simply put, she had forgotten to move the yarn to the front for purling and to the back for knitting.
Blog Post: Chinese Waitress Cast-On and Cast-Off July 17, 2021
Ordinary cast-ons are not reversible and don’t look great with every fabric. This tutorial teaches you how to correctly do the Chinese Waitress Cast-On so you can have a go-to stretchy, reversible cast-on that looks great on garter stitch, blankets, Brioche stitch, and more. UPDATED POST
Knitalong Lesson: Foot and Heel
You’re ready to turn the heel when you have finished your Foot and Gusset. Make sure you have the right number of stitches on your heel needle before you begin.
Knitalong Lesson: Foot and Heel
You’re ready to turn the heel when you have finished your Foot and Gusset. Make sure you have the right number of stitches on your heel needle before you begin.
Blog Post: “30% Off Everything” Sale and Announcing the Brand-New E-Book “Intermediate Scarves and Stitches” December 18, 2011
Now known as “Fearless Knitter,” this class was originally called “Intermediate Scarves and Stitches.” It is targeted towards beginning knitters who need foundational skills before moving on to knitting in the round and complex colorwork.
