Historical version 31 of Knitting Tips (view current version)
Casting on
- Tubular cast-on
- Invisible cast-on - for when you're going to want to pick up and continue knitting from a cast-on edge. Also known as "provisional cast-on". (See kitchener stitch for one reason why you might want to do this.)
Casting off
- Casting off in purl
- Needle Bind Off - a stretchy cast-off method using a (sewing) needle
Not screwing up
Shaping
Stitch patterns
- Cabling (with diagrams)
- Cabling without a cable needle
- Double Knitting Technique (knitting both sides of double-sided stockinette at the same time)
- Butterfly block stitch
- Reversible stitch patterns
- Kim Salazar's Lily of the Valley cable panel
- Braided cable panel
Colour
- Slip-stitch (mosaic) knitting - two-color knitting using only one colour at a time.
- Corrugated Rib
Making up
- Mattress stitch (invisible join for stockinette)
- Three-needle bind off (how to avoid sewing shoulder seams)
- Kitchener stitch (how to graft two pieces of knitting together to avoid a seam)
- How to work an I-cord - move this to the wiki I-Cord page.
- Adding zips
- Slip-stitch edging can make sewing-up easier. One way to do it is to knit the first stitch through the back. Slip the last stitch purlwise with yarn in front.
Knitting styles
- Lever-action English-style knitting - with photos
Hints and Tips pages
- Learn to knit
- http://www.creative-corner.net/tips/index.html
- Lucy Neatby's knitting tips
- http://www.woolworks.org/hints.html
- Wendy's knitting FAQ
See Also: Bead Knitting