I’ve been doing a lot of project planning in the past few weeks and have found myself using Ravelry’s advanced search function quite a bit. It occurred to me that perhaps not everyone knows about this really powerful tool, so here’s a little photo tutorial showing how you can use filters to narrow down your Ravelry search results!
Read moreKnitting inside out
Do you struggle to keep your tension even when you knit stranded colourwork in the round over small circumferences? Lots of people do!
I’ve mentioned the trick of working inside out a few times in our books and here on the blog, but I’ve never shown in detail what I mean by this, so in today’s “not totally gratuitous excuse for more photos of my nearly-finished cowl”, I’m going to take you through it.
Read moreAvoiding a jog in stranded colourwork
Have you ever wondered how to get rid of a jog in a colourwork motif? Here’s a tip to sort that out for you…
Read moreJoining in New Yarns, Method 2: Knitting in Ends
A few days ago, we brought you a video tutorial showing how to splice in a new yarn! Today, Jen shows you another fuss-free way to join in a new yarn which also leaves you with no ends to weave in: knitting in ends!
Read moreJoining in New Yarns, Method 1: How to Splice (A video tutorial)
Do you love colourwork knitting, but dread all the ends you have weave in? This month’s Boost Your Knitting technique is focused on two different ways to join in yarns in your projects … and as an added bonus, these methods eliminate the need to weave in ends! While this month’s featured pattern is the stunning colourwork Marangoni Hat, these techniques can be used any time you need to add in a new yarn, whether it’s a colour change or just time to add the next ball in a single colour project.
Read moreHow to Work a Tubular Cast Off (Video Tutorial)
Carol Feller’s Flying Leaves Scarf begins with a two-colour Italian cast on, and the tubular cast off provides a perfect match for finishing the project off! In this video tutorial, Jen shows you how to work this clever sewn cast off, which is also sometimes known as the grafted cast off.
Read moreBrioche Boldly! A trio of video tutorials
Jen’s got not one, but three videos for you today to help build your brioche confidence! Two-colour brioche might seem a bit daunting, but take your time, think things through and, with Jen’s calm and careful explanations, you’ll be on your way in no time!
Read moreThe two-colour Italian Cast-On Method (A Video Tutorial)
September’s Boost Your Knitting project is chockablock with new techniques to try (fitting given that, for many of, September is synonymous with back to school!) Today, Jen shows us how to work the Italian two-colour cast on which Carol Feller uses to start the Flying Leaves Scarf.
Read moreHow to choose colours for stranded colourwork (a video tutorial)
I don’t know about you, but I look forward to the release of the Boost Your Knitting video tutorials each month. Watching Jen’s kind and calm explanations is the next best thing to having your really talented knitting friend come over and help you work out a tricky bit of your pattern. And in this month’s video tutorial, we get double the fun: two knitting mates to help us build confidence in translating everyday sights and objects into beautiful stranded colourwork motifs.
Read moreKnitting How-To: Working Intarsia in the Round (A Video Tutorial)
I’m a big fan of stranded colourwork knitting – and I know many of our customers are aficionados too! But there are times when you want a single bold colour motif that’s non-repeating, no stranding required. It’s in these situations that we turn to another type of colourwork knitting: intarsia. Working the technique in the round poses special challenges. I’ll show you how to tackle them in today’s tutorial.
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