‘Techniques’ Archives
Free PDF of Tips »
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Today’s Technique: Laugh it up! »
Over at The Panopticon, Franklin Habit is helping you out with that with his knitterly take on Twilight. Because, c'mon, let's face it, I know this might be a new idea, but...life isn't all about stitching. Just sort of all about stitching. So make sure you take a bit of a break now and again. It's good for you, actually. Good for your eyesight, your posture, your whole body. Get out! Move around! Then come back to the [...]
Quick Tip: Weighing In »
One of your handiest available tools as a knitter is a digital food scale; the kind you can get in any kitchen gadgets section of any well stocked grocery, department, or other store. You might even already have one in your kitchen. Get the kind that shows weights in various formats; the ones you'll need as a knitter are ounces and grams. (I've seen scales range anywhere from $10 to $50.) Also handy is the kind of scale [...]
Continental knitting, Austrian style »
I knit by the English or throwing method. I can knit with two colors using both hands. But knitting straight-forward Continental has always eluded me. I knit fairly slowly (although I'm informed that I'm not as slow as I think), and would like to speed things up a bit so I can get projects done more quickly, and of course Continental streamlines up the knitting movement process, which means knitting faster. Peggy Stuart of [...]
Reverse Single Crochet, AKA Crab Stitch »
I was looking at a knitting magazine and spotted a top with a very pretty but subtle edging at neck, armholes, and bottom edge. The accompanying blurb said that it was finished with Reverse Single Crochet. I liked it, it was just a little bit lacey, a little bit stiffer than the body of knitting (so it made the edges firmer and added a tiny bit of flare). It's also a bit like a very light cording on the edge of the [...]
The Tulips Buttonhole »
The TECHKnitter's new buttonhole: the Tulips Buttonhole (so-called because the buttonhole has two lips that are symmetrical on the top and bottom). The buttonhole specifically solves the problem of buttonholes that need to successfully make it through the life of the garment, especially when the buttonhole has to contain one of the beautiful, heavy, hefty buttons that we so love to use on our hand-knitted creations. It's a [...]
Vogue Knitting: Kitchener and beyond »
The Spring/Summer 2010 VogueKnitting includes a tutorial on Kitchener stitch...and beyond. Joni Coniglio takes the knitter through all the basic steps of grafting with Kitchener stitch, plus introducing the knitter to grafting by chart, and also grafting any combination of knit and purl stitches, allowing grafting of colorwork, cables, textured stitches, etc. Very interesting, and a different take on a subject that [...]
Fixing loose columns of stitches »
Yay, TechKnitter! Continuing on with her series of posts on how to fix uneven knitting, Post #3 is on fixing those loose columns of stitches you often get in ribbing or cables when you're moving from knit to purl in the stitch pattern. I've still been working on getting this done properly as I knit, as I'm not crazy about re-knitting things as a fix. ("Aw, c'mon, I already knit that!") My favorite at first read is [...]
QuickTip: match cast-on to bind-off »
One thing that can really make a subtle but definite difference in how your project may look is that sometimes you really want the cast-on and bind-off to match. But which cast-on to use? Which bind-off? Here's how you can do it without hardly a thought! Use a crocheted provisional cast-on, whether you like to crochet a long chain and pick up and knit through the bumps in the back of the chain, or whether you like to [...]
Interweave Knits: Kitchener Stitch tutorials »
One of my favorite knitting resources/blogs, the TECHknitter blog, is touting her article in the Spring 2010 Interweave Knits, currently on the newstands. It's an article on Kitchener Stitch (grafting), in depth. As the TECHknitter herself explains: "Specifically, article shows how to use a tapestry needle to Kitchener stitch any fabric according to a formula, whether garter stitch, stockinette, reverse stockinette. In [...]
