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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

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 - firm neat flat fabric.
Reversible cables
Baby cable rib - cable effect with no cable needle.
Chalice cable
Travelling striped rib - cable effect with no cable needle.
Broken rib - a simple, attractive ribbing variant.
Free knitting stitch library

Colour

Slip-stitch (mosaic) knitting - two-color knitting using only one colour at a time.
Corrugated Rib
Illusion Knitting
Variegated Yarns
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)
I-Cord
Adding zips
A chain selvedge can make sewing-up easier.
See also Modular Knitting.

Knitting styles

Lever-action English-style knitting - with photos
Knitting backwards

Hints and Tips pages

See Also: Bead Knitting

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