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Moth Matters
They eat your yarn, they eat your clothes, read this salutary tale of moth infestation and tremble! Continue reading
Posted in Beginner, Yarn & Yarn Shops
Tagged carpets, clothes, cotton, fur, garments, infestation, insecticide, insects, knit, knitting, knitwear, linen, moth, moths, prevention, protect, protection, rugs, save, silk, upholstery, wool, yarn
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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
Posted in Beginner, Knitting Tutorials
Tagged beginner's, buttonhole, decrease, diagonals, how to, instruction, knit, knitting, lace, ladders, learn, mirror, openwork, pass slipped stitch over, psso, purl, shaping, skpo, slip, slip-stitch, SSK, st, stitch, teach, tog K2tog, together, tutorial, yarn back, yarn over, yarnover
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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
Posted in Intermediate, Knitting Tutorials
Tagged advanced, ambidextrous, ambiknitting, areslinksart, backwards, beginner, continental, english, expert, forwards, gingerknits, how to, instruction, intermediate, knit, knitting, learn, left-handed, lesson, necklace, olgajazzy, purl, right-handed, st, stitch, stockinette, teach, tutor, tutorial
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