Knitting Techniques
How to Weave In Ends and Join a New Ball of Yarn
Learn how to hide yarn tails so they stay put through wear and washing, on both stockinette and garter stitch, and how to join a new ball of yarn at the start of a row.
Knitting Techniques
Skills that make knitting look finished: gauge, even tension, increases, decreases, and weaving in ends.
5 tutorials published
Knitting Techniques
Knitting Decreases for Beginners: K2tog and SSK
Learn the two decreases behind most beginner shaping: k2tog, which leans right, and ssk, which leans left. Includes numbered steps, how to pair them and a practice swatch.
Knitting Techniques
Knitting Increases for Beginners: KFB, M1 and Yarn Over
Step-by-step instructions for the three increases beginners meet first: knit front and back, make one left and right, and the yarn over, with how each looks and when to use it.
Knitting Techniques
Knitting Tension: How to Hold the Yarn for Even Stitches
Learn what knitting tension is, how to wrap the working yarn through your fingers so it feeds evenly, and how to fix stitches that are too tight, too loose or different from row to row.
Knitting Techniques
Knitting Gauge: How to Knit and Measure a Gauge Swatch
Find out what knitting gauge means, how to knit a swatch big enough to measure, how to count stitches and rows over 4 inches, and which way to change needle size when your numbers are off.