Tips & Tricks
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Handy Tools What to keep on hand in your knitting kit, and how to use it. Your pattern will tell you what basic tools are required (size of needles, amount of yarn, etc.), but there are several other items which may be needed to complete the garment. Although they may not be used for every project, you will probably require most of the following items at some stage.
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For Experienced Knitters Clear instructions from experienced knitters to help improve your knitting skills. |
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Painless Knitting Experiencing problems with your neck, shoulders, and hands? Learn how to avoid repetitive stress to those areas and more. |
Storage Tips Get organized! Time saving tips, the best way to organize patterns, and even how to give your yarn that “fresh, new, smell!” |
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The Right Yarn for the Task Different styles, different brands, and which yarn for which type project? Learn how to pick and choose accordingly. |
Lessons For Beginners It is essential to know two important stitches - knit and purl - as they provide the basis of most knitted fabrics. The knit stitch is the easiest to learn. Once you have mastered this, move on to the purl stitch which is slightly more complicated, but you need a combination of both of these stitches to make most of the basic fabrics. |
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Casting On Casting on is the term used for making a row of stitches as a foundation for knitting. It is useful to know a few of the most popular ways of casting on as each method serves a different purpose according to the type of edge, or fabric, that you require. It is important for beginners to practise casting on until a smooth, even edge can be achieved. |
Basic Fabrics Using the two basic stitches - knit and purl - you can practise making some easy fabrics that occur frequently in knitting. In fact it will be a lot easier to understand complicated pattern stitches if you realise that a knit stitch and a purl stitch are one and the same thing but formed on opposite sides of the fabric. In both cases you are pulling a new stitch (loop) through an old one. In the case of a knit stitch you drop the old loop off the needle away from you to the back of the work. In the case of a purl stitch you drop the old loop off the needle towards you to the front of the work. |
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Knitting Needle Conversion Chart Knitting Needle Conversion Chart
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Crochet Hook Conversion Chart Crochet Hook Chart
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