One of the things that keep me coming back to sock knitting is the endless possibilities it offers. Socks are, of course, great little canvases for trying out a new technique or stitch pattern. But even if you want to keep your sock knitting relatively simple — your go-to handbag or Zoom project, perhaps — there’s still plenty of scope to try something new! Perhaps you like to endlessly experiment with your knitting to, or you’re still just after your perfectly fitting, winning sock combination. If so, I present for your consideration: the short row heel.
Read moreReading Your Knitting: Right- and Left-Leaning Lace Diagonals
Learning new skills and techniques is always loads of fun — there’s nothing like mastering something new and realising a whole new world of knitting possibilities has just opened up to you. Harder to teach, but perhaps even more revolutionary, is to learn how to read your knitting and really understand what’s happening. In today’s tutorials, I show you how to keep track of your left- and right-leaning yarn over/decrease pairs.
Read moreVideo Tutorial: Joining i-Cord Ends
Last week, Jen showed you how to start the Bonhomie Wrap on a firm i-cord footing using the i-cord tab cast-on method. Today, she brings you a tutorial showing how to join your i-cord edges together at the corner of your lovely wrap so that you finish as you began … with lovely, seamless i-cord edging!
Read moreVideo Tutorial: i-Cord Tab Cast On
Sarah Hatton’s Bonhomie Wrap features an integrated i-cord border, giving the shawl an elegant and tidy finish. To achieve uninterrupted i-cord bliss, the wrap begins with an i-cord tab cast on — Jen shows you how it’s done in this video tutorial!
Read moreLittle lessons: Avoiding ladders on double-pointed needles
We have a double-whammy of knitting tips for you today! Not one, but two short video tutorial tips to help you to avoid those pesky ladders when you are knitting with double-pointed needles (DPNs).
Read moreInserting a True Afterthought Heel
… or afterthought heels for the lazy and/or tape measure-less.
Read moreLittle lessons: Weaving in ends in ribbing
Today’s post has news of not one, but two new pairs of socks on my needles, as well as a video tutorial on weaving in ends in ribbing. Happy sock knitting all!
Read moreLittle lessons: Using the long-tail cast on with double-pointed needles
Sometimes the hardest part of a project is getting started…
I remember so clearly when I first learned to knit socks, that casting on was actually the trickiest part of the process. The stitches were so small, and the needles were EVERYWHERE, like an out of control hedgehog! Getting going was what slowed me down the most.
Today’s blog post includes a video tutorial on casting on for socks.
Read moreLittle lessons: Seaming blanket squares
The squares of my Fly Away Blanket by Tin Can Knits are being completed bit by bit…
Today’s post includes a video tutorial on seaming blanket squares.
Read moreLittle lessons: Weaving in ends in garter stitch
I have been experimenting, and it turns out that I can film a basic tutorial video all on my own! Jim is at home with the kids, so I’ve lost my cameraman as well as my producer and film editor, but there were things I wanted to show you, so with some advice from a friend, I’ve got a set up that will do.
I am launching a series of short (hopefully!!), straightforward videos on basic knitting techniques, called Little lessons. I’m filming these in one shot with no editing, graphics or any of the fancy stuff that we normally do. This means that while they may not be quite as polished as our normal offerings (no shot of me at my desk at the start!), I can continue to film things, and hopefully you will continue to learn new techniques.
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