Cable Knitting , Knitting Jargon Tutorials
What do you need to start knitting cables? If you’ve ever wanted to knit cables, now’s your chance to give it a go. This week I’ll give you the suggested knitting skills you need before starting to cable – you can start sooner than you think! And I’ll let you know which tools you need […]
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Christmas Knitting , Planning Your Knitting
Wouldn’t it be nice if by December most of your gifts were ready? You’ll have knitted up scarves, hats, mittens, Santa socks, Christmas jumpers and the family’s ready for the big day and all decked out in winter regalia! Or perhaps you are after a whole new knitted wardrobe for yourself this winter. Well, maybe now […]
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Are you living in a country that requires face masks? I am now, and in a lot more places than before. It’s not just when we’re visiting a hospital or on public transport that we need them, it’s in any place where we can’t keep 2 metres between each other. So we need face masks […]
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The warmer months don’t really lend themselves to knitting, for a lot of serial knitters There’s hot weather, beaches, strawberries and cream and not a lot of warm cosy knitwear. But we don’t have to just knit to keep us warm. I’ve got lots of ideas for you today on what to knit in the […]
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Adding stitches in the middle of a row can be done with increasing techniques such as m1 (make one), kfb (knit front back) or yo if you’d like some holes along the way. This is where we have to shift it up as you can’t make one stitch become ten stitches using those methods. We […]
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Wrap and turn gives some fabulous results. The shaping options are endless once you begin adding these skills to your knitters tool kit of knowledge! You might come across this abbreviation when knitting jumpers, sweaters or cardigans as you shape sleeves and collars. Perhaps you’ll find it in shawl patterns when giving interesting flourishes to […]
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Are you hoping to start a knitting business that makes you profit? Or perhaps your current knitting business needs an overhaul and revamp to make you profit, rather than just covering the bills? Today’s video will give you a few examples of how you can say ‘no’ to the hesitations that might come up to […]
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Join me live on Sunday 24th May 2020 to dive into a Q&A about selling your knits for profit. I’ll give you some top tips on how you can get started. It’s got to start with some decisions, and I’ll help you figure that out. You can also ask me questions in the live chat […]
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Increasing can be done in so many ways when you’re knitting. This is yet another… and it’s actually two methods that I’m sharing with you today! Each technique gives different effects, this one being useful for mirroring your increases with what is known as a bar increase. Today I’m sharing with you the conventional method […]
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Purl 2 together through back loop That doesn’t sounds too difficult! When you start decreasing more frequently, you’re likely to see decreasing abbreviations on every row, not just every knit row. You’ll more likely find p2tog and p2tog tbl if you’re knitting on single-pointed needles as the designer will use all options available to achieve […]
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