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* Left-leaning decreases: SSK, SKPO, K2 tog tbl; P2 tog tbl (my knitting book also has "P1 slip1 psso", but I have no idea how you'd do this) * Right-leaning decreases: K2 tog; P2 tog |
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Stitch patterns
- Flat and simply-textured fabrics
- Stocking stitch (stockinette)
- Double Knitting Technique (knitting both sides of double-sided stocking stitch at the same time)
- Linen stitch - firm neat flat fabric.
- Garter stitch
- Rib
- Broken rib - a simple, attractive ribbing variant.
- Cables
- Cabling (with diagrams)
- Cabling without a cable needle
- Kim Salazar's Lily of the Valley cable panel
- Braided cable panel
- Reversible cables
- Baby cable rib - cable effect with no cable needle.
- Chalice cable
- Travelling stitch patterns
- Other textured patterns
- Stitch pattern collections
Casting on
- Italian-style tubular cast-on ... another explanation - invisible cast-on that leaves a very neat edge.
- Provisional cast-on
- Twisted German cast-on - stretchy and neat.
- Roundup of long-tail cast-ons on the livejournal advanced_knit community.
Casting off
- Three-needle bind-off - cast off and attach two pieces at the same time.
- 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
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
- 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
- Sweaterscapes knitting tips
- Mending knitting
- Double Pointed Needles: an overview
- Double Pointed Needles: getting started
- Double Pointed Needles: buyers guide
See Also: Bead Knitting
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