Category Archives: Knitting Tutorials

Tutorials describing knitting techniques from beginner to advanced, all fully illustrated.

Moth Matters

They eat your yarn, they eat your clothes, read this salutary tale of moth infestation and tremble! Continue reading

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Decreasing: How-to mirror in Knit & Purl

Decreases are used in shaping, to create buttonholes and in the texture of lace knits. This tutorial covers K2tog, SSK, SKPO and their purled equivalents as well as demonstrating some of the varied effects that can be produced by working in combination with a yarn over. Continue reading

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Ambi-knitting

Is handedness relevant in knitting? This post questions the dominance of ‘classic’ knitting and gives a how-to guide to knitting ‘backwards’ whether for comfort, as a left-handed knitter, or for speed and convenience. Continue reading

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