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Casting on

Tubular cast-on
Provisonal cast-on, or provisional cast-on around a knitting needle - for when you're going to want to pick up and continue knitting from a cast-on edge. Also known as "invisible 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
Italian Bind Off (PDF, 1 meg) - another stretchy cast-off method using a sewing needle.
Icelandic Bind Off - another stretchy cast-off method using just knitting needles - very simple.

Not screwing up

Lifelines

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
Linen stitch
Reversible cables
Baby cable rib
Chalice cable

Colour

Slip-stitch (mosaic) knitting - two-color knitting using only one colour at a time.
Corrugated Rib
Illusion Knitting
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

See Also: Bead Knitting

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