Today’s knitting video tutorial is brought to us by eHow and features knitting expert Allison Isaacs, who shares her knitting tips and tricks on eHow’s video channel on YouTube. In this particular video Allison shows us how to knit a scarf. Knitting a scarf involves first determining how wide and long it should be, choosing…
Today’s knitting video tutorial is brought to us by eHow and features knitting expert Allison Isaacs, who shares her knitting tips and tricks on eHow’s video channel on YouTube. In this particular video Allison demonstrates how to gauge knitting stiches. Gauging knitting stitches, which is also known as the tension, is important to create the…
Today’s knitting video tutorial is brought to us by eHow and features Autumn Wintersgill, who is a longtime sewing and knitting expert and shares her knitting tips on eHow’s Arts and Crafts video channel on YouTube. In this particular video Autumn shows us how to connect two knitting sections of an infinity scarf. Connecting two…
Today’s video tutorial is brought to us by the super talented, Marlene Dysert who runs a popular and very informative video channel on YouTube. In this video Marlene show us how to make two different slip stitch edges also called chain edges for knitting. She shows what she calls, a twisted chain edge and an…
In this video tutorial today, Liat Gat of Knitting Superstar, show us how to do yarnovers in any combination of knit and purl stitches: For a yarnover (YO), the yarn always wraps counter-clockwise around the needle. This is just like doing a knit stitch or a purl stitch, but you don’t insert the needle into…
In this video tutorial today, Liat Gat of Knitting Superstar, shares some great tips to help you learn how to knit Continental style. Continental knitting requires much less hand and arm movement to make each stitch, making it a very efficient way of knitting. This efficiency is doubled when doing ribbing, because not only does…
In this video tutorial today, Liat Gat of Knitting Superstar, shows us how to knit the ultimate mitten thumb. What is the secret to the ultimate mitten thumb? Liat has discovered two requirements: First, the mitten thumb has to be offset about half an inch. If your pattern ignores the natural position of the thumb,…
In this video Liat Gat, of Knitting Superstar, shows us an easy way to knit garter stitch in the round without purling. Not that purling on Magic Loop is wrong, but when you’re speeding along, knitting in the round, the last thing you want to do is break your rhythm by having to switch to…
In this video Liat Gat, of Knitting Superstar, shows us how to easily make an Italian cast-on with tubular set-up: invisible 1×1 rib cast-on. The Italian cast-on makes a stretchy invisible edge that blends perfectly into 1×1 ribbing. The trick is the stitches that are used in the cast-on. With a normal long-tail cast-on, the…
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…