How To

Continental (Long-Tail) Cast-On

Jason — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:30:00 GMT

Cast-ons Leaving a long tail (about 1⁄2” to 1” for each stitch to be cast on), make a slipknot and place on right needle. Place thumb and index finger of left hand between yarn ends so that working yarn is around index finger and tail end is around thumb...(read more)

Working In The Round

KD Sandi — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:30:00 GMT

Working In The Round Losing the Ladders (Working on DPNs) Converting Stitch Patterns For Working In The Round...(read more)

Ripping Out & Reusing Yarn

KD Sandi — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:27:00 GMT

Ripping Out & Reusing Yarn Ripping Back Without Ripping Your Hair Out After The Frog Pond: Bringing Yarn Back From The Dead...(read more)

Measuring Yourself & Your Clothing

KD Sandi — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:25:00 GMT

Measuring Yourself Measuring tutorial with photos About Positive Ease, Negative Ease, and Those Pesky Measurements Using The Clothes You Already Own To Find What Fits You...(read more)

Cabling Without A Cable Needle

KD Sandi — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:23:00 GMT

Cabling Without A Cable Needle The following are links to online tutorials for this popular technique. Step-By-Step Photo Tutorial on Bagateller Grumperina's Photo Tutorials WendyKnit's Photo Lessons WendyKnit's Video Tutorial...(read more)

Reading Charts

KD Sandi — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:22:00 GMT

Reading Charts Unless otherwise indicated, read charts from the bottom up. On right-side rows, read charts from right to left. On wrong side rows, read charts from left to right. When knitting in the round read charts from right to left for all rows....(read more)

Wraps Per Inch

KD Sandi — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:19:00 GMT

Wraps per Inch If you substitute or spin a yarn for a project, you can compare the weight of the yarn to the project yarn by comparing wraps per inch. To do this, wrap your yarn around a ruler for on inch and count the number of wraps. If you have more...(read more)

Grafting On The Needles

KD Sandi — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:17:00 GMT

Grafting Techniques Grafting On The Needles...(read more)

Blocking

KD Sandi — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:16:00 GMT

Blocking Blocking Tutorial, Part One Blocking Tutorial, Part Two...(read more)

Ease

KD Sandi — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:15:00 GMT

Positive and Negative Ease About Positive Ease, Negative Ease, and Those Pesky Measurements...(read more)

Swatching

KD Sandi — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:13:00 GMT

Swatching Swatching Checklist...(read more)

Gauge

KD Sandi — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:11:00 GMT

Knitting Gauge To check gauge, cast on 30 to 40 stitches using recommended needle size. Work in pattern stitch until piece measures at least 4" (10 cm) from cast-on edge. Remove swatch from needles or bind of loosely and lay swatch on flat surface...(read more)

Abbreviations used in our patterns

Kat — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:25:00 GMT

Unfamiliar with an abbreviation you've seen in a Kniting Daily pattern? Use the chart below for an explaination. Can't find the knitting term or abbreviation you're looking for? Contact Knitting Daily with your questions! beg beginning; begin;...(read more)

Three-Needle Bind-off

Kat — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:11:00 GMT

Increase Place stitches to be joined onto two separate needles. Hold them with right sides of knitting facing together. Insert a third needle into first stitch on each of the other two needles and knit them together as one stitch. *Knit next stitch on...(read more)

Treble Crochet (tr)

Kat — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:11:00 GMT

Crochet *Wrap yarn around hook two times, insert hook into a stitch, yarn over hook and draw a loop through (four loops on hook; Figure 1), yarn over hook and draw it through two loops (Figure 2), yarn over hook and draw it through the next two loops...(read more)