How To : Techniques

Using Blocking Wires To Block A Lace Shawl

KD Sandi — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:11:00 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)

Mattress Stitch Tutorial: Vertical Seams

KD Sandi — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:51:00 GMT

How To Do Mattress Stitch: Vertical Seams Fear the mattress stitch no more! Here's a step-by-step tutorial to help you master this easy seaming stitch. For seams worked vertically (such as a side seam): Locate the "bars" between each column...(read more)

Picking Up Stitches: Cast-On or Bound-Off Edges

KD Sandi — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Picking Up Stitches: Cast-On or Bound-Off Edge Picking up stitches is a way to add new stitches to an already finished bit of knitting--along the sides for a buttonband, perhaps, or at the neckline for a collar. You can add stitches to any edge: a cast...(read more)

Picking Up Stitches: Slipped-Stitch Side (Row) Edge

KD Sandi — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Picking Up Stitches: Slipped-Stitch Side (Row) Edge Picking up stitches is a way to add new stitches to an already finished bit of knitting--along the sides for a buttonband, perhaps, or at the neckline for a collar. You can add stitches to any edge:...(read more)

Cabling Without A Cable Needle

KD Sandi — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:23:00 GMT

Cabling Without A Cable Needle The following are links to online tutorials for this popular technique. Cabling without a Needle...(read more)

Grafting On The Needles

KD Sandi — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:17:00 GMT

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

About Knitting Daily

Kat — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:53:00 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 21:25:00 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)