I recently wrote a post about what I think about when choosing yarn for a knitting project, which is about how to substitute yarn in a general way. But there’s been a lot of talk in the knitting community the past few days about offering more yarn options in knitting patterns and whether it is […]
How to Choose the Best Yarn for Your Knitting Project
If you’re new to knitting or just new to picking out yarn other than what the pattern calls for, this quick guide will help you choose the best yarn for your knitting project. What Does the Pattern Call for? If you’re looking for yarn for a specific knitting pattern, the pattern will give you a […]
Knitting Decrease Methods: How to Decrease in Knitting
Learning a few knitting decrease methods is important for being able to shape your knitting when you want to, or for working lace knitting stitches. Decreases are used, to name a few examples, at the tops of hats and the toes of socks and in other ways to make garments fit the way we want […]
How to Knit Ear Savers for Wearing with Face Masks
Knit ear savers are a simple solution for people who wear face masks with elastic bands that go around the ears. Now that everyone is supposed to be wearing face masks outside the home, you might have noticed that they’re not always that comfortable. They fog up your glasses and, if they have bands that […]
Knitting Increase Methods: Your Guide to Adding Stitches to Knitting
You can do a lot of things in knitting without shaping, but there will come a time when you’ll need to know how to work a knitting increase. There are lots of easy ways to add stitches to your knitting, so let’s get started. The Easiest Knitting Increase: Yarn Over You might have done this […]
My Favorite Stretchy Bind Off
Instead of doing a standard bind off technique to finish my knitting projects, most of the time I will do a stretchy bind off. Why Work a Stretchy Bind Off? A stretchy bind off is ideal for socks knit from the toe up, hats knit from the top down and other projects that need to […]
Figure 8 Cast On Knitting Tutorial
The figure 8 cast on is my preferred cast on for toe-up socks, though it could be used for other small tubes like body parts for knit amigurumi. Learn to make the figure 8 cast on with this tutorial. What is the Figure 8 Cast On? This cast on is worked over two double-pointed knitting […]