Scanning articles or patterns - Knitting
You have decided to use up some of your yarn stash to make a sweater for yourself and you have just the pattern. When you go to your stack of magazines and pattern books however you cannot find the pattern, you know it is there, but you have no ... [... more]
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Knitting and Keeping Track - Knitting
When you knit a project unless it is a very plain pattern at some point you have to keep track of how far along you have come, where in the pattern you are, or what row you are knitting. This can be accomplished in a variety of ways and with a ... [... more]
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How to judge a knitting book - Knitting
As of fall 2008 the Library of Congress had over 2,100 knitting books in their catalog. If you type knitting and select books in Amazon.com you get over 67,000 results. So how do you decide which books to own, which books to borrow and which ... [... more]
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More Knitting Increases - Knitting
Here are more variations of increases to try with your knitting. Increases that aren't invisible can add a design element to your work. When you are increasing at a seam it is good make sure that your increases match. On a sleeve make sure when ... [... more]
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How to Cast Off your Knitting - Knitting
You will see references in many knitting books to binding off and casting off. They basically mean the same thing, to finish off the live stitches on your needle so that they cannot run when worn or used in a garment or knitted item. There are ... [... more]
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Sock Knitting Techniques - Knitting
First, let me comment that no matter how you choose to knit socks they are a great portable project. They are small and depending on the pattern they are often simple enough to be knit in public. There are many ways to knit socks. One way is with ... [... more]
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How to do the Two Needle Cabled Cast On - Knitting
This cast on is not actually the one I use when I start to knit most items these days, but I do use it when asked to cast on a large number of stitches in the middle of a piece of knitting. It gives a good firm edge to the knitting and I always ... [... more]
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How to make a Knit Stitch - Knitting
To make a knit stitch, put the right hand needle point through the stitch nearest to the point of the left hand needle, slipping it under the loop on the front of this needle. Take the yarn anticlockwise round the right hand needle, and up ... [... more]
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How to make a Purl Stitch - Knitting
To make the Purl Stitch, insert the point of the right hand needle into the stitch nearest the point of the left hand needle, from right to left. Take the yarn round behind the right hand needle and up between the right and left hand needle. It ... [... more]
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How to make a Slip Knot to start your knitting - Knitting
You should by now have your yarn ready to knit. It is easiest to start knitting by making a slip knot though there are cast on methods which will not start this way. However we will leave these for later, as I am going to show you a basic cast on ... [... more]
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How to join on a new length of yarn - Knitting
Joining on new yarn in knitting is a very simple procedure but there are a number of different situations in which it becomes necessary. The first time you are likely to need to join in a new length of yarn is when running out of your first ball. ... [... more]
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How to decrease with Purl 2 together - Knitting
In some patterns you may be required to purl 2 stitches together. This may be for a variety of reasons. Sometimes you may need to decrease every row and if you are doing a piece of flat knitting you will need to purl 2 stitches together in order ... [... more]
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