Today I want to show you Latvian Braids. These are very cool! They add a neat 3-D effect to your knitting and are usually worked in two (or more) colors. These are found in a lot of Scandinavian knitting - think Norwegian mittens. They look complicated, but are really not that hard to work. They… Continue reading Latvian Braids
Category: Techniques
Make One Increases
Today we'll be discussing make one increases! Make ones are often misunderstood. Many times, designers will use the term "make one" in their pattern and simply mean to "increase" and not any particular technique. OR, they'll use the term "make one" to mean a completely different increase method. (It helps to look at the abbreviations… Continue reading Make One Increases
Lifted Increases
Today we will talk about lifted increases! These are great when you want to mirror your increases, since there is a right-leaning and a left-leaning version of these. They are worked slightly differently depending on which way they lean - the premise is that you are using the stitch in the row below the one… Continue reading Lifted Increases
Left-Leaning Decreases
Last week I showed you right-leaning single decreases. This week I'll show you left-leaning single decreases! These are typically harder to look sized the same as the right-leaning decreases, since the stitches get manipulated a bit more and stretched. It helps to work these on the very tips of your needles, and to manipulate the… Continue reading Left-Leaning Decreases
Right-Leaning Decreases
This month I'm going to cover various decreases and increases in knitting! We'll start with the easiest of these, the right-leaning single decreases. These are the knit two together (k2tog) and the purl 2 together (p2tog). You simply knit (or purl) the next two stitches together as one - easy peasy! These tend to look… Continue reading Right-Leaning Decreases
How to Work Yarnovers
Yarnovers are an essential stitch in knitting- in lace knitting especially. Yarnovers are made slightly differently depending on the surrounding stitches. And there are at least two ways to make each type of yarnover. Here is a video showing two methods for each combination of stitches - the "standard" method where the right leg of… Continue reading How to Work Yarnovers
Picking Up stitches along a Garter Edge
This week I have a video on picking up stitches along a garter selvedge. There are a few different ways to do this - two spots on the selvedge stitch itself, and then the "normal" spot for mattress seams between the selvedge and the next stitch. I much prefer the first of these - picking… Continue reading Picking Up stitches along a Garter Edge
Picking Up and Purling
Last week I showed you picking up and knitting. This week I'll show you picking up and purling! It's very similar, only it happens when the wrong side of the fabric needs to be facing you for whatever reason. I hope this was helpful!! Next week I'll be showing you how to pick up stitches… Continue reading Picking Up and Purling
Picking Up and Knitting
I have a video on picking up stitches for a neckline that has been out there for a while, but I thought I'd focus on just the act of "picking up and knitting" this time around. Here's a video showing you how that is done: Many knitters think that "picking up and knitting" means to… Continue reading Picking Up and Knitting
Sock Heels Comparison
For the issue of Cast On magazine that came out several months ago, I filmed a video to go along with my article on sock heels. Here's the video for you! I hope you find this informative! I cover lots of different types of heels. For more in-depth info, be sure to check out the… Continue reading Sock Heels Comparison