There are many different techniques for working in the round. One of my favourite techniques is magic loop. Benefits Less joins than DPNs, so less ladders Ladders are less likely to happen The needles are attached to each other, so you can’t lose one down the side of a train seat! You just need to […]
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Everyone has their go-to or workhorse cast-on. More often than not it can be a Knitted cast-on or a Long-Tailed cast-on; or perhaps the Cable cast-on. The one I tend to use is the Twisted German cast-on, also known as Old Norwegian cast-on. For speed I’m going to call it – TGCO. The reasons I
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A while ago, I made a photo tutorial for the Estonian Cast On. The Double Estonian Cast On is a simple variation of this. The edge is thicker and more decorative. It is ideal for 1 x 1 and 2 x 2 ribbing, as it wraps the base of the ribbing columns. It is firm,
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I showed you a work in progress photo of my Little Duck Socks recently. Blogged here They are now finished with plenty of time for Christmas. The duck stitch pattern is from Mary Jane Mucklestone‘s 150 Scandinavian Knitting Designs. I did her workshop a few months ago. This is the first of lots of project
“There are many ways of conveying information on a blog; text and images being the two most widely used. Many infographics combine both these elements to provide a visual way of presenting text information.” “Make your own infogaphic (no fancy imaging software needed, you can draw it on paper and photograph it if you want)
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I’ve recently been looking into different cast on methods. I’ve tried quite a few and they’ve all got their purpose but I have taken quite a fancy to the Estonian Cast On (a.k.a. Double Start, Latvian). It’s quite simple to execute, it’s stretchy and can be quite decorative too. It works well with 1 x
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After having made quite a few möbius cowls recently (see this post). I’ve been doing a bit of research into the background of möbius strips and the different ways of making a möbius shape in knitting. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a “Möbius strip”; “/’mə:bɪəs/ ► noun a surface with one continuous side formed by joining the ends of a
I feel like I’ve been on a production line of knitting recently! I’ve produced 4 möbius moss stitch cowls for Christmas presents. All are cast on with 124 sts using a möbius cast on. I used the opportunity to try out a few different types of möbius cast on. The silver and purple ones are cast on using Cat Bordhi’s moebius cast
