Tag: techniques

Stitch markers and a line of KYOKs

I wrote a couple of weeks ago about how to read a line of KYOKs in knitting without stitch markers.

I’m very fond of being able to read my knitting – that is, to look at the stitches hanging off

When I was at my knitting group yesterday, I showed someone how to join cotton yarn using this method, and

There are times when a particular effect in knitting is best accomplished by adding in some extra stitches – these

Sometimes I have trouble counting the exact number of stitches in my cast-ons. Perhaps this sounds familiar to you, too?

In my post about inside-out picots, I mentioned that I’d come up with some variations on the theme of the

Picots are used in lots of crafts – I’ve made them in knitting, crochet, and tatting, and I know they

A question came up elsewhere online about how to make double and triple yarnovers smaller. I’ve actually thought about this

My Ravelry friend Catnach (Jennifer) was intrigued by the k1long technique, and decided to try using it as an increase

A while ago I was trying to improvise knitted netting, and was only half successful. (I’m still quite happy about