London.crafts wiki

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

• Lifelines

Shaping

• Short-row shaping (including link to fitted tank top pattern)
  • More detail on wrapping stitches (used in short-row work)
• Invisible increases

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
• See also Modular Knitting.

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
• A chain selvedge can make sewing-up easier.
• See also Modular Knitting.

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