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The felted join (also sometimes called a spit splice) is a great way to join two balls of yarn together when they are made out of natural fibers. You can use it to join two balls of the same color, to join different colors in a stash busting project, or even to join ends of […]
A bias garter stitch washcloth is such a knitting classic it’s sometimes known as “grandma’s favorite.” This easy knitting pattern is great for beginners and will teach you how to work yarn over increases and knit 2 together decreases if you don’t know how already. What is Bias Knitting? Bias knitting or knitting on the […]
The world lost a feminist icon and a brilliant jurist with the passing of Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and just a day later the knitting world lost one of its own luminaries with the death of designer and creative genius Cat Bordhi. Both of these deaths have made me sad for different reasons. […]
This garter stitch cowl knitting pattern was originally published at About.com, which has long since disappeared, but it’s a fun little pattern so I wanted to revive it. This project adds a little twist to garter stitch by working it in the round. Instead of knitting every stitch you knit one round and purl the […]
One of the first knitting projects new knitters usually make is a garter stitch scarf. I used to always teach knitting with bulky yarn and a simple garter stitch scarf (though washcloths are also good because they can be finished faster). A garter stitch scarf teaches you a lot of the basic skills you need […]
If you’re stash busting and trying to use all your yarn in a project, or you’re just a poor planner, there may come a time when you don’t have enough yarn to do a standard bind off so you need to use a no yarn bind off. This is actually really quick and easy to […]
Applied I-cord (sometimes called attached I-cord) is a method for adding a border to a knitting project that looks like a tube of knitting. It’s pretty easy to do, though it is also rather tedious. Why Knit Applied I-cord? Applied I-cord gives your projects a nice, clean, finished look. It’s a great way to add […]