How To : Knitting Daily

Using Blocking Wires To Block A Lace Shawl

KD Sandi — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:11:00 GMT

How to Block A Lace Shawl Using Blocking Wires You can always use pins to block any lace project. But for generations, women have used thin wires, or even strong lengths of cotton thread, in place of pins to shape their lace shawls. This tutorial shows...(read more)

How Insert Thrums in Your Knitting

KD Sandi — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:36:00 GMT

How to Thrum a Mitten: Knitted Instructions Patterns: Knitted Thrummed Mittens by Jennifer Appleby available in our pattern store Crocheted Thrummed Mittens by Marlaina Bird from Interweave Crochet , Winter 2009 Related information: What is a thrum and...(read more)

Continental (Long-Tail) Cast-On

Jason — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:30:00 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 18:30:00 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 18:27:00 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 18:25:00 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)

Grafting On The Needles

KD Sandi — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:17:00 GMT

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

Blocking

KD Sandi — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:16:00 GMT

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

About Knitting Daily

Kat — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:53:00 GMT

An online knitting guild meeting with everything but the brownies, Sandi Wiseheart's writings from the knitting side of life offer stories, posts, patterns, and techniques from a life-long knitter, general all-around yarn addict, and former managing...(read more)

Abbreviations used in our patterns

Kat — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:25:00 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 19:11:00 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 19:11:00 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)

Twisted Cord

Kat — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:11:00 GMT

Stiches Cut several lengths of yarn about five times the desired finished cord length. Fold the strands in half to form two equal groups. Anchor the strands at the fold by looping them over a doorknob. Holding one group in each hand, twist each group...(read more)

Straight Stitch Embroidery

Kat — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:10:00 GMT

Stitches Straight stitches can be worked side by side or radiating out from a center point. For best results, avoid stitches that are too long, too loose, or too close together. *Bring threaded needle out from back to front at the base of the knitted...(read more)

Slip Slip Purl Decrease (ssp)

Kat — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:09:00 GMT

Decrease Holding yarn in front, slip two stitches knitwise one at a time onto right needle (Figure 1). Slip them back onto left needle and purl the two stitches together through back loops (Figure 2)....(read more)