I love going back to basics with any part of my life, my diet, my yoga practice, my capsule wardrobe, and selecting knitting tools for a project is another place where the basics can be incredibly helpful. Even as a knitter of forty years experience, I love going back to the very first techniques that . . .

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Knitting Basics: 3 Essential Knitting Tools For Beginners

There will come a point when you start following patterns, where the instructions include a simple sentence such as ‘knit to 10cm’. That sounds easy enough, but let’s get the measuring part accurate. Once you know how it’s done, you’ll know it for life. As I’ll show you in the video, make sure you have . . .

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How To Measure Knitting Length

When I started following patterns and knitting large items, such as jumpers and cardigans, I knew I needed to keep track of my rows somehow. I’d been given a row counter when I was a teen, but I’d never really used it other than testing it out. It was a small, plastic mechanical counter that . . .

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Counting Garter Stitch Rows

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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Magazine Review: Rowan Magazine 66

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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Finger Knitting: Flat Cast Off