Find a hand knitted or ready made sweater. I've chosen a blue hand knitted sweater to embroider with colourful roses. When choosing a sweater, look for a knit that is smooth and has small loops. Chunky knits work as well but they are more difficult to embroider on evenly, so you need...
Knitted items can be worked back and forth in rows to form a flat piece, or in rounds to form a tube with no seams, such as socks or hats. Special needles are used to work in rounds. Let’s start by working a flat piece. First the instructions will tell you to cast on a ...
Break out your needles today, learn how to knit a dog sweater, and make your furry friend the knitted gift that is sure to make them the talk of the block. Don’t have a pet? Not a problem! These easy knit patterns double as the perfect gift for that pet-obsessed friend ...
How to Felt a Knitted Piece: In this Instructable, I will show you how to take a knitted piece (with 100% wool yarn) and turn it into a funky felted bag. For any of you that love knitting, and have never felted before, you will see how easy this process
And if you like a preppy look, an old-style button-up knitted vest, something chic, an oversized vest, a cropped vest, a plain vest or a patterned style, there will beplentyof interesting new sweater vests to wear this year! What color sweater vests are in fashion?
I have a long trip to California coming up(I live in Florida)and I need something to keep me happy. For me, good airplane travel knits shouldn’t take up too much space. I don’t want to haul a large sweater or lots of yarn. A few balls of yarn is all I want to bring with ...
I have a long trip to California coming up(I live in Florida)and I need something to keep me happy. For me, good airplane travel knits shouldn’t take up too much space. I don’t want to haul a large sweater or lots of yarn. A few balls of yarn is all I want to bring with ...
Slide the stitch off the left hand needle so you now have one knitted stitch on your right. You’ve completed your first knit stitch. Go you! 5 Repeat your knit stitch until you’ve completed the first row! 6 Turn your right needle around and transfer it to your left hand. Swap your...
Not many of the people who approach me know how to knit, and the few that do often haven't picked up their knitting needles in decades. Most of my in-transit knitting involves small items (baby knitting in fairly fine wool) knitted in the round on two circular needles so I guess I ...
In this easy tutorial, you'll learn how to weave in ends of a knitted project the correct way, so you'll be able to enjoy your creation for years to come! When you bind off that last stitch or sew that last seam, you just want to pull the sweater on and run down the street ...