Blocking can be a really magical, transformative process, but its’s something that (and you can correct me if I’m wrong) knitters rarely get excited about. It’s consigned, along with swatching, to the list of things one should do when knitting something, much like eating your vegetables or drinking more water.
Read moreFlux Hand Warmers Bonus Video Tutorials: Purlwise Lifted Increases + a Stretchy Cast Off
This month, we’re celebrating the folded hem, the first technique from Confident Knitting, shown off in all its tidy glory in Martina Behm’s versatile Flux Hand Warmers. And while the folded hem is, of course, our “official” focus this month, we’ll never pass up an opportunity to help you wring every last drop of learning out of a project! So today, we have two bonus video tutorials to accompany Martina’s spring-y hand warmers!
Read moreThe Joy of Learning with Friends + Getting Started at The Knitalong Hub
Learning something new can be really fun but also, it can be hard! Even armed with clear instructions and tutorials, sometimes it just takes a couple of tries to really get a new skill. And a bit of camaraderie can really help you through the hard bits. Which is why we set up our online forum, The Knitalong Hub, where our monthly Confident Knitting knitalongs will be hosted. The first one will be kicking off this Monday, 1st March, and we’ve put together a short video tutorial walking you through the quick and easy process of creating your free account + have put together a few tips.
Read moreLow-Tech Lace Blocking (A Video Tutorial)
Blocking is a magical process that converts a cast off piece of knitting into a fully-fledged finished object. There are few knitted items that won’t benefit from a soak or a steam, but it’s especially transformative with lace knitting. After all the careful work you’ve done whipping up beautiful lace, it’s really worth it to take the extra bit of time to block it so your handiwork really shines! There are tools you can use — wires, pin combs — to help you on your way, but today, I’ve got a video showing you how to do it with minimal kit
Read moreGet Your Seam On! (A trio of sweater-finishing video tutorials)
While it might seem a little early to be talking about joining up the pieces of your Unite Sweater or Reunite Cardigan, honestly, these garments knit up so quickly in Something To Knit With Aran, you’re going to be ready to sew up before you know it. So today, we’ve got not one, not two, but three video tutorials in which Jen shows you how to bring together your sweater or cardigan without breaking a sweat!
Read moreKnitting How-To: Picking Up Stitches
One of the really fun details of Natalie Warner’s Fond Mittens, the latest pattern from Something To Knit Together Winter Edition, is the cable detail with which they begin. To achieve it, you start by knitting a cable strip, then pick up stitches along the row ends to begin knitting the mitten cuff. Today, we bring you a video tutorial to perfect your picking up technique!
Read moreTop Tips for Tidy Intarsia!
When you hear the word intarsia, what do you think of? Perhaps jumpers from the eighties with splashy motifs and a bit of mohair (both of which, as it happens, coming very much back into style!)? Maybe it brings up memories of a knitting disaster (as it used to for me)? Or maybe you’ve not come across intarsia —“Intars-WHAT?—before, and you’ve got no idea what I’m talking about! Read on for top tips for perfect intarsia…
Read moreTo Cable Needle or Not To Cable Needle? Four Video Tutorials Let You Decide
One of the things I really like about Natalie Warner’s Assembly Scarf, the first pattern from our Something To Knit Together Winter Edition collection, is how she’s played with scale with the two featured cables. Both are right crossing rope cables, but they’re worked over different numbers of stitches and with different lengths to great effect. If you’ve not knitted cables before, this is an absolutely great project for building you cable confidence. And today, we’re bringing you video tutorials to show you how to work both cables used in the pattern using two methods. Read on!
Read moreFinding Joy in Socks – and a video tip
I have to admit that my socks isn’t generally the first place I look when I need something to give me an injection of joy! But it has been my go to so far this month…
I’m not talking about my sock drawer, although as a knitter with a penchant for self-striping sock yarn, there is certainly joy to be found there! I am of course talking about my current knitting project: Dambisa Socks by Noma Ndlovu (Etsy link) (Biggerthanlife Knits on Instagram).
Read moreHow to Win at Yarn Chicken (In Photos)
There comes a time in every knitter’s life when they have to make a decision: can I squeeze one more repeat out of the yarn I have left or do I bind off now? The latter option promises safety and security from that most unpleasant of sensations: running out of yarn halfway through the bind off. But the former holds out the satisfaction of using up as much yarn as possible — particularly tantalising when using a treasured skein of yarn and also pleasing in its avoidance of unnecessary leftovers. What’s a knitter to do? Today’s tip saves you from having to make such a choice … no scales, no tools required, all it takes is a little knot!
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