FL1 / BL1 increase
photo tutorial for the forward & backward loop increase watch a breezy Instagram video of this increase ––> here FL1 – left-leaning 1. Make a loop with long yarn end behind the attached end. Insert RN from behind to place loop on RN. 2. Tighten. Done. On the next row or round, knit or purl […] more…
intarsia join
There is nothing mysterious nor difficult about changing colours between one block of colour and another. This is sometimes referred to as an intarsia join. The rule: OLD OVER new. Then you bring up the new yarn around the old. No twisting or any other shenanigans. right side Place old (grey) yarn over new (blue) Bring […] more…
make a tie-cord
I-cords are great. For example as ties on a baby cardigan like marja-stina: For some purposes a thinner, sturdier tie or cord is the ticket – a tie-cord. more…
Flap Pocket Tutorial
Photo tutorial for the single layer Flap Pocket with a Welt edging (top-down) more…
moving cable without cable needle
Photo tutorial for the snaking cable on the Io and Mio gloves. more…
blending in
A clever way to transition from one colour or dye lot to the next BAAAA BBAAA BBBAA BBBBA more…
Glove & Mitten Blockers in 10 min
Make your own! For the first time ever I have felt the need to block a pair of gloves. Unilke other knitting, I usually simply wear gloves into shape (despite having discovered the magic of blocking some years ago and no longer dismissing it as a habit of pernickity and supercilious knitters). But here I […] more…
double cuff for top-down sleeve
How to knit a double cuff – for snuggly kid sweater cuffs, for example more…
p2togtbl :: 4 ways
In general, the p2togtbl is to be avoided. That’s my basic attitude. However… in the interest of knitting symmetry sometimes a p2togtbl is the right thing to do. (This chimes perfectly with the general wisdom (mine) that intended asymmetry is good, unintended asymmetry, bad. Mostly.) A p2togtbl on the Wrong Side produces an ssk (a left-leaning decrease) on the Right Side. And sometimes […] more…
Nondaily Tip No. 4: Frog or Tink?
Yes, it happens, the need to undo, frog, or un-knit – or as it is sometimes known, to TINK (k-n-i-t backwards), undoing stitch by more…
Nondaily Tip No. 2: save the circ!
or more good reasons for never throwing out a circular needle more…
