Loosen those knots
In both knitting and crochet, there are a number of places where one begins a piece by making a slip
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Category: Techniques
Knitting cast-ons and Tunisian crochet
In my playing around with Tunisian crochet, mostly in the form of swatches, I’ve fallen in love with using knitting
Continue readingEno Twist – an unusual decrease
Here, at last, is the unusual double decrease I unvented for a shawl that I’m in the midst of writing
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Or any other knitters whose stitches often sit like this on the needle: All the stitches here assume three stitches
Continue readingDouble decreases, common and less so.
A double decrease is a technique used in knitting to knit three stitches together to make one; two stitches are
Continue readingPicot cast on for Tunisian crochet
I was a knitter before I was a crocheter, and so it made sense to me to use knitting cast
Continue readingYarn every which way! The direction of yarn overs in crochet (with some comparisons to knitting).
Just when I think I’m getting a handle on things, something comes along and shakes me up. In this case,
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A long time ago, I accidentally put my needle between the next two stitches, pulled a loop through, and then
Continue readingOf double yarnovers and lark’s heads.
Some lace patterns contain double yarnovers, which are used to add two stitches in the middle of the work as
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Sometimes I come up with ideas and then never get around to doing anything with them. I was reminded of
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