This week’s video may sound like an advert for Rowan magazine, but I’m hoping you’ll see that I’m giving a balanced view, sometimes playing the admirer, sometimes the devil’s advocate. As with everything in life there are pros and cons. Just as with some profiles on Instagram, you’ll think first time you see it, that […]
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You can end your finger knitting in a few ways. Today we’re going to look at ending finger knitting with a flat cast off. This method makes it look more like a cast off from knitting needles… but you’re still using your fingers! To subscribe to the Knit With Hannah YouTube channel click here I’ll […]
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Once you’ve mastered 2-finger finger knitting you’re ready to move to create wider pieces of fabric. Think of it like adding more stitches to a row when you’re knitting. That’s what we’re doing with more fingers 🙂 And this week we’re using four fingers. Get that yarn at the ready! To subscribe to the Knit […]
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How’s your finger knitting going? If you were with me last week you could have a long strand of knitting doing really well. Have you been knitting with the same ball of yarn or more than one this week? Let’s finish the finger knitting today with a cast off method that’s really quick and will […]
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We’re going to switch the knitting up over the next few weeks and abandon the needles! Yes, all you’re going to need is a ball of yarn and some fingers (preferably your own! LOL). Finger Knitting with two fingers is the perfect place to start, I’m going to show you how. 😀 To subscribe to […]
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You’re knitting with your french knitting doll and everything seems fine. You’ve maybe changed colour and cast off and back on again with a couple of projects. Now you’re curious about whether you can knit with this doll faster. How about it? You could get through more projects, perhaps even start selling what you knit […]
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Dropping a stitch when you’re knitting is a pain! But it feels even more annoying when the dropped stitch is trapped in your knitting doll. French knitting dolls hide the stitches, so we need a way of rescuing the dropped stitch without undoing all the hard work. I’ve got solutions for you today… you’ll need […]
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Whether you call if knitting with a knitting bee or knitting nancy, spool knitting or as I do French knitting no-one can deny it’s great fun. And what’s better than knitting? Changing colour! It sparks motivation to keep knitting when you’re creating stripes and gives some great results. Switch between two, or use a rainbow […]
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Sometimes it’s just nice to make an intentional choice when you’re knitting, when you’re making the simplest of moves. Decreases happen all the time, right? OK, here’s another knit two together, yada, yada, yada. But what if we could have some fun with them, make them dance around to our pleasure and give our plain […]
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Slipping stitches can give some amazing results when you’re knitting. You can slip stitches when you’re knitting with colour and create some intricate details. Stripes are suddenly patches and vertical columns of colour that infer that you’re an amazingly advanced knitter of Fair Isle fame. But what you may not realise is that you can […]
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