After hours at the YouTube Space LA, I gave my friend Sunshine from The Haunting of Sunshine Girl a mini knitting lesson. Spooky things go on in the YouTube Space late at night! Visit Sunshine’s video to see what happened after the knitting lesson!
Outline Stitch Bind-Off
Instructions for working this bind-off: Set yourself up so you’re ready to work a wrong-side row. With the right-side of the work facing you, and the tail end of the yarn coming from the left side of the work, break the yarn, leaving yourself a tail that is at least twice the length of the […]
Icelandic Bind-Off
Instructions for working the Icelandic Bind-Off: K the first stitch. *transfer stitch from the right needle to the left, giving it a little twist so that it is mounted correctly. Put your right needle through that stitch, as if to purl, reaching through to knit the next stitch normally (through the front loop)* Repeat between […]
Fancy Stitch Combos – Bead Stitch
To work this stitch flat: Cast-on a multiple of 7 stitches. Row 1 (RS): K1, k2tog, yo, K1, yo, ssk, *K2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk* repeat between *s to last stitch, K1 Row 2: *P2tog tbl, yo, P3, yo, p2tog* repeat between *s to end Row 3: K1, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, *K2, […]
Ten Stitch Blanket
Click here to get your free copy of the pattern! IMPORTANT NOTE: The pattern designer has updated and changed the pattern since I released the video tutorial in 2013. The construction and the techniques used are the same, but the row-by-row instructions I use in the video are different than written in the updated pattern. […]
Choosing a Sweater Size
In this video I give you some pointers on choosing the correct sweater size in a pattern. Since patterns are written differently, these are sure-fire ways to get it right. I also talk about how to fit a sweater when your largest measurement is not chest/bust, but hips or belly. This website will show you […]
Steaming-Out Yarn Kinks
This video demonstrates a method for smoothing and straightening a few yards of kinked-up yarn, after you’ve ripped back to correct a mistake. If you have more than a few yards to straighten, you’ll want to follow the technique I demonstrate in this video, Reusing Yarn. The shawl on the mannequin is my Learn to […]
