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 . . .

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Build A Knitting Habit: From Knitting Plan to Knitting Flow

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, . . .

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How Many Knits On My Needles At Once?

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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English Knitting Style – which fingers do what?

Fancy a year with finished knits?Finished knits is what you get from setting out some intentions for your knitting. Call it New Year’s resolutions if you will, but I give it a different feeling.  No judging or strict ‘must’s here; I set a few things in place so I find knitting easier to pick up, easier to . . .

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Why I Set Knitting Intentions For the Year

You can add hygge to your daily knittingYes, really!When it comes to relaxing, the Danes have it set. And relaxing with knitting – that’s what we want.  Learning to find the resting feeling that is just part of hygge, is what we’re going to explore today.There are many routines you probably already have in place . . .

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Add Some Hygge To Your Knitting Routine