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Slipping Stitches In Knitting

Many knitters get confused over the directive to “slip” a stitch. To slip a stitch means simply to move it from one needle to the other.  That’s all that “slip”, by itself, means. Once I had a student...

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Ribbing Solutions for Knitting: Simple Stretchy Cast-On and Tess’ Simple...

One of the biggest problems with knitted ribbing is the relative lack of stretch in the cast-on or bound-off edges. Ribbing is almost always at the edges of a garment, and we usually want it to stretch...

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Knitting Ribbing Solutions: Clean Color Changes

When changing colors (or yarns), if you purl on the RS of the work on that first row, you’ll end up with the new color showing up as purl “bumps” or “blips” in the old color. So what are you supposed...

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How to Knit Better Short-Row Bust Darts

One fitting issue some women have is how to fit a sweater for a generous bust without it becoming a gunny sack.  You may not know that the “Ms. Average” that the the fashion industry designs for is a B...

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Best Knitting Advice Ever

The most important piece of knitting advice I ever found was in the Holiday ’87 issue of Vogue Knitting. A wonderful knitter wrote a letter to the editor which greatly influenced my knitting success....

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Binding Off: Problems and Solutions

Binding off. Well, there’s not a whole lot to say about that, is there? I mean, you’re done knitting, you bind off, right? While I don’t think quite as many techniques exist for binding off as casting...

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Designing: Lazy Toe-Up Socks from Scratch

As you may know, I am a fairly lazy knitter. I also prefer knitting to a “recipe” rather than an exact pattern.  In fact, written knitting patterns are a recent invention in the knitting world, within...

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Short Rows, Thoroughly Explained

Short rows are one of the best shaping tools in a knitter’s repertoire. They are so useful: for sock heels, fitting busts and shoulders, curved hems, and the list goes on.  This post discusses short...

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