Knitting Term: Increase
Add more stitches to your needle to make your knitted project wider.
Blog Post: Peek Inside The Felted Slippers Class October 21, 2020
In response to our last post, many of you said that felted slippers sounds like a perfect project for you right at this time. Here are details about the price, knitalong start date, and what you’ll need in terms of yarn.
Knitting Term: Decrease
Combine two or more stitches into one so that your project gets narrower.
Knitting Term: Gauge
“How big your stitches are and how big they should be to make your project come out the right size.
Gauge is measured in stitches per inch or as the number of stitches in 4 in./10 cm.”
Knitting Term: Yardage
Yarn length. This can refer to
1) How many yards of yarn a ball of yarn contains or
2) The length of yarn required to knit a project.
Knitalong Lesson: Practice Magic Loop and Check Your Gauge
Now it’s time to practice Magic Loop on a swatch and check your gauge in the round. This will ensure your socks come out the right size.
Blog Post: How to Knit Toe-Up Socks September 9, 2010
Toe-up socks are the hottest thing in knitting right now. You have to learn a lot of new skills in order to do them, and that can be hard to do on your own.
Blog Post: How to Knit Backwards May 11, 2022
If you just need to knit a few stitches and don’t feel like turning your work, you can always knit backward. This will create purl stitches on the side of the work facing you.
