Get the Spiral Hill Sweater Vest pattern, available in the new Nightmare Before Christmas knitting book from Tanis Gray and Insight Editions, and read this post for knit along (KAL) details.
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Manos del Uruguay Sami & Marla – Double Yarn Review and Giveaway
Get to know two new sister yarns from Manos del Uruguay, Marla and Sami, and enter to win a skein of each to try for yourself!
The new Intarsia Flower Pillow pattern is here!
Learn where you can get your hands (and needles) on the new Intarsia Flower Pillow knitting pattern, featuring intarsia colorwork, a combination of knit and purl stitches, and seaming with mattress stitch.
Lifted Increases: How to Work RLI, LLI & When to Use Them
Learn how to knit a right lifted increase (RLI) and left lifted increase (LLI) in knitting, and why you might want to use them instead of a make 1 right (M1R) or make 1 left (M1L), depending on what you’re knitting. Video tutorial and photo tutorial included.
Nightmare Before Christmas Knit Along Coming This October!
Coming this October: A knit along (KAL) featuring Heidi Gustad’s pattern from the new ‘Disney Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas: The Official Knitting Guide to Halloween Town and Christmas Town’
Summer Reading for Knitters
Check out two newly published books for knitters and enter to win a copy of each! A picture book about a child learning to knit for her grandmother and a new knitting pattern book all about mosaic knitting are featured.
Magic Loop for Knitting in the Round with a Long, Circular Needle (with Video)
Learn about the magic loop method for knitting in the round. Using the magic loop allows knitters to work in the round with a single, long circular needle at a range of circumferences. This post features a video tutorial as well as information explaining the technique, how and why to use it, and when it came to be.
How to Knit a One-Row Buttonhole
Sweater knitters, listen up! Learn how to knit a buttonhole over the course of a single row of knitting, a.k.a. a one-row buttonhole. In this technique, a combination of binding off and casting on stitches on opposite sides of the work creates a symmetrical, stretchy buttonhole.
Garter Kitchener Stitch / How to graft garter stitch knitting + Video
Join two pieces of garter stitch knitting invisibly with the kitchener stitch. Learn how to work garter kitchener stitch with video.
