How to Avoid Pain While Knitting
Knitting is a wonderful hobby, but, if you knit for long periods of times, particularly on larger projects such as afghans, you may find that your fingers, hands, arms, shoulders, and back begin to hurt. All of these symptoms can be alleviated or ... [... more]
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How to Begin the First Stitch in Knitting
Take the other needle and drive it into this knot tied on the first needle,take a strand out and make the first move to knit the first stich by pulling this knot out bigger and puting through the wool strand end around it by the second ... [... more]
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How to Begin the First Stitch in Knitting
Once the stitches are cast on to the knitting needle the process of knitting begins. If you are just learning or have forgotten what you have learned in the past this is a very good place to start... How to Begin the First Stitch in Knitting. ... [... more]
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How to Create New Knitted Accessories with Old Sweaters
Oops, you did it again; shrank that must-have sweater. Do not pitch it into the trash. Try tossing it into your yarn basket. What is old is new again. Recycling is a great trend that never leaves us. It is good for the environment and for the ... [... more]
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How to do the Knit Stitch in Knitting
Knitting consists mainly of 2 basic stitches, KNIT and PURL. This article will tell you how to do the KNIT stitch. (There is another article on PURL) Cast on the number of stitches your project requires. (There is another article about casting ... [... more]
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How to Draft a Pattern From a Sweater
There exists in each woman's closet (and some men's, I'm sure) the perfect sweater, the holy grail of fit, color and fiber content. But even with the most conscientious care and proper storage choices it will eventually begin to show wear or ... [... more]
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How to Avoid Second Sock Syndrome
Not something that can be diagnosed by a doctor--but your local knitting club probably knows it intimately--second sock syndrome happens when a knitter, usually a new knitter, completes her first sock and is so proud of her accomplishment, but ... [... more]
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How to Find Leftover Yarn Crafts
Leftover yarn can be used for many other projects, and crafts. Don't throw them out. Put them to use with these creative ideas. Many of these craft projects are kid friendly. Blow up small balloons and knot the end to hold the air in. Dip pieces ... [... more]
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How to Felt and Kool-Aid Dye Wool in One Step
Have you ever felted (or fulled) a crochet or knitting project? Have you ever dyed yarn with Kool-Aid? One day I was looking at a purse I'd knitted and I was thinking how I really disliked the color that it turned out after felting. So then it ... [... more]
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How to Crochet a Poinsetta Afghan
This is a lovely afghan to crochet, ideal for any season, especially Christmas. The pattern can be worked up with different colors to make a spring flower throw or to match the color scheme in a person's house. Rnd 1: Ch 4, [dc, ch 1] 7 times in ... [... more]
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How to Get Started in Knitting
Knitting is a great hobby in that you can start with very basic supplies and steps and gradually grow it into being more complicated over time. You can make gifts for friends and many useful things for yourself. In this article, I show you the ... [... more]
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