Historical version 32 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 (AKA chain selvedge) 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. (The way I do it is to slip the first stitch of every row purlwise with yarn in front, and knit the last stitch of every row, even if it was meant to be purled. This doesn't leave a garter-stitch border, but sort of pulls the edge stitches around to the sides, so they're facing outwards ready to be picked or sewn up. --Kake)
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