Are there right and wrong sides of garter stitch?As it looks the same on both sides, it can be tough to figure out. I’ll share with you today how you can find the right side to cast off, when you’re knitting every row and it all looks the same. You’ll learn the secrets from a few . . .
Knitting every row gives you what is known as garter stitchThanks to the repeated knit stitch, it’s easy to get confused over which is the ‘right side’. Both sides looking the same means we have to look much closer. It’s also easy to mess it up when repeating stripes along a longer piece of knitting, as . . .
Knitting habits build one step at a timeLike it or not it can feel tough to start a new habit. The notifications on your phone, post-it notes in your diary, perhaps reminders to go to the knitting class at the weekend can all really help. But you’ll notice they are all active nudges to the brain to . . .
Switching between multiple knitting projects at once is now normalDecades ago I remember knitting one thing. Finishing it. Then starting the next one. Now, along with most knitters I know, have multiple projects on the go at once. I consider it like gardening – there might be three jobs that need doing, they’ll take many hours each, . . .
Knitting smoothly and with flowWhen it comes to knitting it may not be obvious how much the fingers work together while also being independent. You might feel the yarn winding up in a knot and your fingers aching after a knitting session. If you’ve not quite settled into a rhythm yet that’s normal, but frustrating. It needn’t . . .
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