Knitting Tips and Tricks

When I first started knitting socks, I knew I wanted to learn the structural essentials before I started diving into the more complex patterns. My …

The first tool that helped knitters work in the round (that is, making tubes without having to sew them up) was the double pointed needle. …

A favorite way to add a little embellishment to a knit project is to finish it off with a picot bind-off. This decorative edging is …

I’ve been knitting for 15 years now, so I don’t often use a lifeline nowadays. When I first started, though, they saved my bacon on …

I block all of my hand knit socks. It doesn’t matter whether they’re a gift, whether I’m keeping them for myself, whether they’re a design, …

When I first started knitting, like most knitters, I learned to knit on a set of two straight needles. That was my comfort zone for …

If you tend to knit on the go like I do, you’ve probably encountered this scenario before: you are out and about, and you reach …

Most of the time, when we knit socks, we tend to knit them from a ball or cake of yarn. But what about when you …

I love working with hand dyed yarns. The colors are unlike anything I can find elsewhere, and I love being able to support smaller dyers.  …

I often see confusion about whether knitters need sock blockers to finish their projects. The answer, as with so many things, is really that it …