Fair Isle, Armenian knitting, Latvian braids, two-colour brioche, colourful cables, stripes – you will find all of this and more in this section.
It is not easy to manage two strands of yarn when we knit stranded colourwork, especially when we are beginners, or when we are new to Fair Isle and other types of stranded knitting. For many years, I used an approach described as tip #2 over here. The idea is very simple – we always […]
Knitting is an amazingly sustainable craft. We can unravel a project and reuse the yarn to make another project. When we make a mistake, we don’t cut out a section of a project and discard it. We “frog” or “tink” and reknit that section. When we accumulate some leftover yarn, we use it to make
Some knitting methods are amazingly versatile. With or without minor adjustments, they can help us in many different ways. Tubular cast on (and its simplified variation – Italian cast on) is one of those methods. It is perfect for casting on stitches for regular 1×1 ribbing (here’s a tutorial that shows how exactly it happens),
I’ve recently got my hands on the “Short-Row Colourwork Knitting” book by Woolly Wormhead and I am absolutely blown away by all the possibilities that this method has to offer. Many of the ways to knit short-row colourwork are quite challenging. But some ways are simple, as long as we understand a few basic rules
Knitting offers plenty of ways to create various textures and colour patterns, but when we pair knitting with other crafts, the number of patterns we can make is almost limitless. One of those patterns is knitted plaid. It becomes possible by using basic embroidery on a knitted fabric. The best way to get a woven look that
To make the side edges of our blankets, scarves, and shawls nice and neat, we often add selvedge stitches. The easiest and most commonly used ones are slip-stitch selvedges. We make them by adding one stitch at each side of the fabric and slipping one of those stitches in every row, forming beautiful chains of
When we want to knit wide stripes or work in a colourwork that leaves one strand resting for several rows, we have a choice – to cut the unused strand adding two more tails that we need to weave in later on, or carry that strand up the side of the project. Of course, the
The biggest issue we face when we knit wide stripes is the ability to carry the unused strand up the work. We cannot leave that strand hanging because it will form an unsightly loop on the wrong side of the project while also messing up the elasticity of the fabric. We could simply cut the
Ever wondered how we to easily elevate a basic stitch pattern to give it a one-of-a-kind gorgeous look? One of the ways to achieve this is to work with two colours alternating those colours in every row or round. If you are after a funky look, choose a flashy combination of bright contrasting colours, but
What if we could knit a Fair Isle pattern, or any other colour pattern worked with two colours, and make a perfectly even fabric with no puckering, moderate stretch, and no long, annoying strands at the back? It is not only possible. It is actually very easy to do. No need to remember complicated ways
