Watch a video showing how to work a short row sock heel that uses the wrap-and-turn method of short row shaping.
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Watch a video showing how to work right and left purl twist stitches. They’re a bit like cables, but using only two stitches. They can make a lovely surface design on your knitting!
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6 steps to choosing the right yarn for every knitting project.
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Here’s a video showing how I use my sewing machine and some scotch tape to quickly attach buttons to a hand knit cardigan.
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Saxe Point Socks Twinkle motif uses duplicate stitch! Learn how to do it, plus how to make yarn bobbins in this helpful video.
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5 steps to using a hat project as a swatch for a sweater.
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A little phrase and demo to help knitters remember how to do the make 1 right and make 1 left increases: "I left through the front door, I'll be right back." I learned this from knitters while I was teaching shaping classes.
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A tutorial showing how I estimate the yardage of a leftover ball of yarn using its weight and the info you find on a yarn ball band.
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A video showing all the steps for cutting a knit sweater open to make a cardigan, including basting guidelines, reinforcing, cutting, and picking up stitches for button bands. Using the Dissent Pullover sweater knitting pattern.
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A quick little video showing how to cable without a cable needle.
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A quick little video showing basic brioche using picking and throwing techniques.
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A video of how to work the brioche tubular cast-on method I used for my Gilwell cardigan pattern
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A video of how I knit colorwork with two hands and cut my swatch.
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Knit your own pirate hat! This is a quick demo of how to knit stranded colourwork with the Jolly Roger motif from AlterKnit Stitch Dictionary, using the free Scherer hat pattern.
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How to work a simple stretchy bind-off.
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How to pick up a dropped stitch with just your needles
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