This page is a cosy home to tutorials that explain simple ways to make various (sometimes unexpected!) textures.
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 […]
The hardest thing about knitting lace is keeping track of the pattern and making sure the number of yarn overs is the same as the number of decreases. Both these difficulties are easy to overcome with the super easy stitch pattern described in this tutorial. Some sources call this pattern a “Witch’s Ladder Stitch”, others
There are stitch patterns that form a texture like nothing else in knitting. Loop stitch—also known as fur stitch—is one of them. Both names, “loop stitch” and “fur stitch”, describe this pattern well. We use loops to create a fur-like texture that looks great as an all-over pattern or as a decorative element, for example,
There are simple versatile stitch patterns that are handy when we want to add an interesting detail to our knits or to “whip up” a simple project from scratch. Ottoman rib is one of those patterns. It forms a lovely textured fabric that looks a lot like ribbing, but is in fact, a “gathered” stockinette
If you are looking for a beautifully textured stitch pattern that is identical on both sides of the fabric and doesn’t curl at the edges, cartridge belt rib is a good option to consider. The fabric formed by this stitch pattern looks very much like the fabric formed by brioche stitch – same distinct ribs
Making a twisted knit stitch is easy – we simply knit a stitch through the back loop and get a lovely “crossed V” without much effort. Making a twisted purl stitch is an entirely different story. We need to twist our wrist to make, arguably, the clumsiest knitting move known as purling through the back
One of the ways to reinforce sock heels, soles of slippers, elbow areas of sweaters and cardigans, as well as other parts of our projects is to use a stitch pattern that forms a thicker and denser fabric. The problem is that the gauge of the majority of those denser stitch patterns is different from
Ribbing is one of the most versatile stitch patterns in knitting. It is stretchy, it looks nice on both sides of the work and it doesn’t curl. The downside is – ribbing is very sensitive to tension. If our knitting tension is not perfect, ribbing instantly gives us away. Another property of ribbing that often
Stockinette stitch is one of the most popular stitches in knitting. And probably the oldest one – the oldest knit artifact found by archaeologists (“Coptic sock”) is dated back to around 11th century CE and is knit in stockinette. We all use this stitch from time to time, and we would probably use it more often
When we are looking for an all-over stitch pattern with rich texture and moderate stretch, fisherman’s rib (also known as half brioche stitch, or half English rib) is almost always a good choice. This stitch is a result of a happy marriage between brioche stitch and “knit 1, purl 1” ribbing, and it gives us
