A hazard of a center pull yarn ball and how to deal with it
Center pull balls of yarn are great – you can pull yarn out from the middle of them and not
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K1, p1, k1 all in one stitch: a stitch structure post
This time I’m explaining the structure of the double increase that is often described as (k1, p1, k1) in 1
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Partial stitch structure post: (k1, p1, k1) along another strand of yarn
So far as I know, this isn’t a real cast-on, but I wanted to show the structure of the particular
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KYOK: stitch structure
I am gradually working through showing the structures of a variety of knitting stitches, to illustrate, step by step, the
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Looping provisional cast-on: stitch structure
I was going to explain the structure of the KYOK increase (k1, yo, k1, all in one stitch) next, but
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Yarnover: stitch structure
I’ve been writing a series about blog posts about knitting stitch structure and have been focusing on increases. Today’s post
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1/1 right cable cross: how to work one the way I do it
The basic principle of cable knitting is that after knitting a cable, one or more stitches will be crossed over
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The instructions for 1/1 cable crosses in my stitch patterns are written with cable needles, but there’s at least three
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CSD-back-yo: centered single decrease with center stitch in back and an added yarnover
I’m shifting from using the “bunny ears” names for a set of four knitting stitch methods, and I’m rewriting the
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CSD-back: centered single decrease with center stitch at the back
I’m shifting from using the “bunny ears” names for a set of four knitting stitch methods, and I’m rewriting the
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