Use this guide to pick up a dropped stitch in your knitting project. A dropped stitch can begin to unravel a person’s progress and even unravel the finished product. Dropped stitches occur when a live stitch slips off of the working needle and starts to unravel. A sweater or pair of soc...
This method is used anytime a right-leaning increase is required. The increased stitch is created after a knit stitch – or to the left of the stitch, which is a handy way to remember which is which. For other increase tutorials, see: KRL, PLL, PRL, PRL
You may want to wrap it through your fingers to control its tension as you knit.Step 4: Pick up your other knitting needle with the hand holding the yarn.Step 5: Take the tip of the needle you just picked up and insert it into the first stitch under the needle with the stitches on...
If you’re always on the run, this is the easiest way to wear your ankle boots this season. Wear your tried-and-true skinnies with a fall-toned [00:01:00] cozy sweater and throw on a pair of contrasting-color ankle boots. Thank you. No matter if you live in a busy city or in ...
I love that knitting and crochet each have their unique looks, but sometimes I want to get the knit look from crochet. There are all kinds of beautiful “knit” look patterns using crochet and it’s becoming more and more popular. The stitch that I’m showing you today is so easy and...
Knitting is Becoming Trendy! Knitting is a great way to use what I call dead time. I knit on the train, while watching tv or during car trips (when I am not the one driving of course). I find it relaxing and it allows me to exercise my creative side. I knit baby stuff (cause ...
This video knitting tutorial will help you learn how to knit the slip stitch. This technique is generally used for decreases where the slipped stitch is passed over another stitch. It can be used for a decorative effect where the yarn is wrapped over the slipped stitch, creating a bar....
and if you are planning to make anything that has shaping, you are going to need to know how to increase and decrease stitches. Although there are quite a few ways of doing either, the tutorial below will outline the steps for the most common or basic methods for you to try and ...
When you see theabbreviation'k' on a knitting pattern this simply means ‘knit'. Often the letter 'k' will be followed by a number indicating the number of stitches you need to knit. For instance, if the pattern says 'k 1' this means you knit one stitch, 'k 2' would mean knit tw...
How to Knit Your First Sock is aimed at someone who would love to knit socks but has never tried them before. However, I assumed that you are not knitting a sock as your very first knitting project and know how to increase, decrease, slip a stitch, knit and purl. There isn’t much...