Finishing Your Knits , Knitting Tips and Tricks
Picking up stitches when you’re knitting can sound like a counterintuitive instruction. As the stitches are already on your needles, right? You can bet that there will always be phrases in knitting that you won’t understand. Believe me, I come across them regularly too! This instruction may sound like complete knitting jargon (only those who’ve […]
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If you’ve succumbed to a winter virus or hacking cough you may be wondering if it’s a good idea to knit or not. Knitting is good for you, right? Yes, there are so many benefits to knitting. From physical and mental health therapy to habit forming and building attention spans. But today let’s focus on […]
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Last week we took a look at worsted yarn and found out exactly why it’s called worsted and what worsted means. We’re going to go through the intricacies of aran yarn today. And recognise that ‘aran knitting’ is also a widely used term as well as ‘aran yarn’. To subscribe to the Knit With Hannah […]
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There are lots of terms in knitting that we recognise in every day life. Then there are those that confuse us as we’ve never heard them before! Worsted is one of them. The word ‘worsted’ derives from a small village in Norfolk, England which has a strong history connected to wool, sheep, weaving and industry. […]
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Knitting Basics , Knitting Tips and Tricks
When we consider knitting there’s the gremlin on the shoulder that says… “Now don’t even try, you’ll never be good enough, you’ll be the one who messes it all up like no knitter has ever messed up before!” But let’s get real here. Every single knitter makes mistakes…. believe me… I’ve been knitting for forty […]
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Beginner Knitters 101 , Knitting Tips and Tricks
We’ve probably all done it. You pull the knitting out of your bag but it doesn’t all come at once! The needles appear and dangling from the end is a row of stitches, all loose and ready to unravel at the lightest touch…. So what would Ford Prefect say? ‘don’t panic!’ the first rule of […]
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Odds and Ends , Planning Your Knitting
2020 could be your year for knitting. Do you want to learn new knitting skills? How about knitting at specific times each day or each week? Would you like to use different cast on methods or yarns each time you knit? This will be your year! no doubt about it… I’ll help you decide what […]
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Which of the Knit With Hannah videos have been most watched by you in 2019? I’m going to reveal all today, so stick around and see which ones were most popular. There’s a real mixture of videos this year, from knitting jargon to beginner knitting and more. Apologies for the blurriness over the video, I’m […]
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French Knitting , Knitting Jargon Tutorials , Knitting Tips and Tricks
If you’ve ever knitted with a French knitting doll, you may wonder why this is necessary. Well, the knitting doll will only accommodate thin yarn, so we need a way to create small tubes of knitting with thicker yarn. It’s also a lot easier to use this method if you only need a short piece […]
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Christmas Knitting , Knitting Yarn 101
There’s something satisfying about knitting from yarn stash. And likely or not that means odd balls of yarn, left-over from larger projects, or bought on the sly when no-one was looking!So what to do with odd balls of yarn?Many ideas come to mind. And that’s why I’m here today. You’ll have so many options you’ll […]
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