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…
Here’s another video tutorial by Liat Gat, in our Knitting Videos Collection series, on how to change colors or add new yarn in knitting. Switching colors to make a striped scarf or hat is as easy as falling off a log. This is the same technique you should use when you run out of yarn…
It’s Thursday and today we’re back to share with you even more free knitting patterns, to keep you busy in your projects, and of course to also inspire any of your future projects! If you’ve missed out on the free pattern posts we shared in the last few weeks, here’s a quick roundup of what…
Reading a knitting pattern can open the entire world of knitting to you. Just like learning a new language can help you meet people and understand what’s going on when you go to visit a new country, learning to read a knitting pattern can help you follow the instructions that come with any project that…
Here’s a quick video tutorial showing you how you can easily hand-wind a center-pull ball or bobbin. This is the easiest way to keep your scrap yarn under control! Also called a “bobbin,” this technique can be used in Intarsia knitting to keep your colors separate. This video tutorial was created and is brought to…
In today’s post, we’re back sharing with you some of the best (and also our favorite) free knitting patterns you can fine. We launched this Free Knitting Patterns post series a couple of weeks back. In fact we started first with sharing 33 Baby Blanket Patterns, then a week later sharing 50 Baby Booty Patterns……
Here is an overview of how to knit cabled legwarmers brought to you by Liat Gat, the web’s premier (and our favorite!) knitting instructor. While making these legwarmers, Liat is going to teach you a large set of techniques designed to propel you towards Knitting Superstardom, without even realizing it. These legwarmers are the perfect…