In this video Liat Gat, of Knitting Superstar, shows us how to easily weave in ends on a Fair-Isle knitting project. On Fair-Isle knitting, it’s easy to weave in your loose ends. Here’s how to use a tapestry needle to quickly secure your yarn tails on the wrong side (WS) of the work. This video…
In this video Liat Gat, of Knitting Superstar, shows us how to properly and effectively read a fair-isle chart. If you’ve never worked from a knitting chart before, you may be wondering why we don’t just use a pattern that says “k3 sts with A, k 2 with B,” etc. In fact, it just takes…
Last updated: July, 2022 It’s Thursday! Which means today we have more wonderful, and more importantly free, knitting patterns to share with you. Today we have a collection of knitting patterns which are essential for some new mothers: patterns for items and clothes to use for premature babies. An expectant mother never imagines the eventuality…
In this video tutorial Liat Gat, of Knitting Superstar, shows us how to make an invisible ribbed bind-off: A stretchy invisible bind-off for 1×1 ribbing. To do the invisible ribbed bind-off, cut a long tail of at least 6 times the circumference of the project you want to bind off. Thread the tail on a…
Many of intermediate and even advanced knitting students have a spotty foundation to their knitting. They may have been knitting for thirty years, but they still don’t feel comfortable reading knitting patterns (this is like living in the U.S. for thirty years and not learning how to speak English – you’re missing out on a…
Here is a great video tutorial by Liat Gat of Knitting Superstar, giving you and overview of how to knit toe-up socks. Toe-up socks are a fun, portable, and gift-able project, and the perfect way to learn and practice the techniques that are going to take you to Knitting Superstardom. What is toe-up? Making socks…
Learn how to knit fair-isle from a chart with two colors using this video tutorial by Liat Gat, our favorite knitting instructor and creator of Knitting Superstar. In this video Liat demonstrates several options for holding your yarn, depending on how you like to knit – one color in one hand, two colors in one…
We’re back today with more free knitting patterns for you to enjoy. We’re doing our very best to keep this series at a weekly instalment, to help inspire your knitting projects on a regular basis 🙂 If you’ve missed out on the free pattern posts we shared in the last few weeks, here’s a quick…
Today the awesome Liat Gat, our favorite knitting instructor and creator of Knitting Superstar, show us in one of the video tutorials, how to do short rows with a wrap and turn. To correctly do short-rows, you need to know how to do a wrap and turn, AS WELL AS how to pick up and…
When you become aware of where your knitting difficulties are you can just learn to avoid them. For example, you may learn that it’s a bad idea to start a really difficult project when you’re at your knitting group. You will probably go home and take the entire thing out because you’ve messed it up…
Today, in one of her awesome video tutorials, Liat Gat of Knitting Superstar shows us how to seam knitting with a 3-needle bind-off! The three-needle bind-of is a secure, strong, and easy bind-off used to simultaneously seam and bind off two pieces of knitted fabric. This is perfect for shoulder seams. However, this can be…