Fair Isle Knitting, or stranded knitting, is knitting with two or more colors in the same row. The colors that are not being worked are carried loosely along the back of the work creating ‘floats’. Traditional Fair Isle designs are very small and the colors change frequently so there are never very long floats. If […]
Checking Knitting Tension or Gauge
It’s vitally important to check your knitting tension or gauge before knitting up a project. Otherwise, your finished garment could be either too small or too big. There is nothing more heartbreaking than spending hours and hours knitting a pullover only to find it is several sizes too big once finished and has to be […]
Knitting Know-How Issue #2
Hello and welcome to this issue of Knitting Know-How. In this issue: Buttonholes: Video demonstration of both single stitch buttonholes, and buttonholes where you cast off two stitches and then cast them on again to make the buttonhole. The Secrets of Knitting For Profit: Book review of a book by Liz Raad covering everything you […]
Knitting Know-How – Issue #1
Hello and welcome to this first issue of the Knitting Know-How Newsletter. In this edition: How to Tink – Video demonstrating how to unknit (tink) one stitch at a time. Intarsia Knitting DVD – learn how to do picture knitting. Submit your questions And remember, if you have any knitting related questions, drop me an […]