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The top three items in this picture -- scissors, tape measure and tapestry needle -- are all you need (besides yarn and needles) to start knitting. Have you ever looked at all the gorgeous knitted garments and accessories on the market and wished ... [... 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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How to use Stitch Markers in your Knitting - Knitting
There are a number of different ways in which markers can be used to help in knitting a garment. Markers - either rings or lengths of thread tied into a slip knot and slipped on the needle - can be used to mark the start of a round in circular ... [... more]
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Knitting
Knitting keeps Fayla Reiss up at night. Reiss knitted as a child and says she will even come home from dinner parties, sit down in her evening attire and knit until early in the morning. Reiss transformed a spare bedroom into a knitting room -- ... [... more]
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How to work SSK and SKPO - Knitting
The two knitting stitches SSK and SKPO are interesting ways to make a decrease lie in the opposite direction to K2 together. SKPO is in fact the older technique which still appears in many lace patterns and will often be found in older classic ... [... more]
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How to Knit and Purl into the back of a stitch - Knitting
Knitting and purling into the back of a stitch is a little more difficult than knitting a stitch normally, but it has many uses. These include tightening up the last stitch of a cable, making a neat selvedge to a garment by knitting into the back ... [... 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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Introduction to Aran Knitting
Aran knitting (sometimes referred to as fisherman knitting) is thought by many to be an ancient form of family identification, but it actually had its beginnings among the inhabitants of the Aran Islands in the early 20th century. While most ... [... more]
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Arctic Lace: Knitting Projects and Stories Inspired by ...
 Beautiful and Inspiring book -- not just for Qiviut yarn, though: This book is beautiful and inspiring. I'm just starting to get into lace -- something I never thought I would be interested in because I have always like larger needles and thicker yarns. [... more]
$26.95
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Knitting for Him: 27 Classic Projects to Keep Him Warm
Nice enough; expensive projects: As a man who knits (and has for 35 years) I am always interested in new patterns that I can make for myself or make for loved ones. This is a nicely laid out book and I enjoy reading it again and again, although the artsy, [... more]
$24.95
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Bamboo Circular Knitting Needles 16''-Size 3
great needles for the price: I had a hard time finding needles in this size, and these were great. I like the bamboo because it is light-weight and doesn't make your hands cold like metal needles can. Great product: I received my bamboo circular [... more]
$8.25
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Knitspeak: An A to Z Guide to the Language of Knitting ...
Great on-the-go guide: I had a terrible time trying to decide between this and the Knitter's Companion (KC). I needed a handy little reference guide that would fit into my purse whenever I took my knitting somewhere. I'm not very familiar with reading [... more]
$17.95
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