Knitting Techniques

Short technique videos, in alphabetical order. Please use the search bar or look in the “Knitting Help Videos” list if you’re looking for something specific.

“Backwards” (or “Mirror”) Knitting

12 years ago

“Garter Tab” or Lace Shawl Beginning

12 years ago

2 x 2 Tubular Cast-On

7 years ago

3 Ways to Join In-the-Round

8 years ago

3-Needle Bind-Off

14 years ago

Accidental Increases

14 years ago

Addi FlexiFlips Overview

6 years ago

Adding Beads

12 years ago

Adding Fringe

12 years ago

Adding Plastic Snaps to Your Knitting

5 years ago

Advanced Tinking

12 years ago

Alternating Hand Dyed Yarns

7 years ago

Attaching Buttons

10 years ago

Attaching Faux Fur PomPoms to Hats

7 years ago

Avoiding Ladders

12 years ago

Backwards Loop Cast-On

14 years ago

Bickford Seam

8 years ago

Binding-Off

14 years ago

Binding-Off in Pattern

14 years ago

Binding-Off in the Middle of a Row

9 years ago

Binding-Off Purlwise

6 years ago

Binding-off: Tidying Up the Last Stitch

6 years ago

Blocking (not a video)

14 years ago

Blocking Hats

10 years ago

Brioche Stitch

13 years ago

Buttonholes

14 years ago

Cable Cast-On

14 years ago

Cables

14 years ago

Cables Without a Cable Needle

14 years ago

Carrying Colors for Stripes

13 years ago

Carrying Fair Isle Floats

7 years ago

Carrying Multiple Colors for Stripes

4 years ago

Casey’s Not-So-Stretchy Bind-Off

2 years ago

Casting-On Many Stitches

12 years ago

Casting-On Without a Slip Knot

7 years ago

CDD, or Center Double Decrease

5 years ago

Changing a Knit to a Purl

11 years ago

Changing Colors

14 years ago

Checking Gauge

14 years ago

Choices! A Review of Knitting Needle Types

5 years ago

Choosing a Sweater Size

11 years ago

Clean Stripes in Ribbing

14 years ago

Closing Gaps in Raglan Underarms

7 years ago

Combination Knitting

5 years ago

Converting a Flat Pattern to Circular

7 years ago

Correcting a Dropped Decrease

9 years ago

Correcting a Dropped Stitch

14 years ago

Correcting a Dropped Yarn-Over

2 years ago

Correcting Color-Change Jog

14 years ago

Correcting Gaps in Socks

10 years ago

Correctly-Mounted vs. Twisted Stitches

11 years ago

Crochet for Knitters – Double Chain Stitch

12 years ago

Crochet for Knitters – Slow Motion Crochet Chain

4 years ago

Crochet for Knitters – Slow Motion Double Crochet

4 years ago

Crochet for Knitters – Slow Motion Half Double Crochet

4 years ago

Crochet for Knitters – Slow Motion Single Crochet

4 years ago

Crochet for Knitters – Triple Crochet Stitch

10 years ago

Crocheted Bind-Off

12 years ago

Crocheted Seam

7 years ago

Crocheted Surface Stitch

8 years ago

Decreasing in a Charted Pattern

7 years ago

Decreasing in Portuguese Knitting

8 years ago

Determining Yarn Weight (WPI)

9 years ago

DIY Tutorial – Handmade Bow

7 years ago

Do You Have Enough Yarn to Finish That Row?

8 years ago

Double Knitting

13 years ago

Double-Thick Hat Cuff

6 years ago

Duplicate Stitch

14 years ago

Edge Tension

7 years ago

Essential Tools

14 years ago

Fancy Stitch Combo – Bamboo Stitch

11 years ago

Fancy Stitch Combo – Corded Rib

11 years ago

Fancy Stitch Combo – Lace Stitch

9 years ago

Fancy Stitch Combo – Wishbone Stitch

11 years ago

Fancy Stitch Combos – Bead Stitch

11 years ago

Fancy Stitch Combos – Blackberry Stitch

11 years ago

Fancy Stitch Combos – Daisy Stitch

11 years ago

Fancy Stitch Combos – Feather and Fan

11 years ago

Fancy Stitch Combos – Fisherman’s Rib

11 years ago

Fancy Stitch Combos – Herringbone Stitch

11 years ago

Fancy Stitch Combos – Mock Rib Stitch

11 years ago

Fancy Stitch Combos – Pillar Lace

11 years ago

Fancy Stitch Combos – Purse Stitch

11 years ago

Fancy Stitch Combos – Rickrack Rib

11 years ago

Fancy Stitch Combos – Sand/Rice Stitch

11 years ago

Fancy Stitch Combos – Sideways/Horizontal Herringbone

11 years ago

Fancy Stitch Combos – Waffle Stitch

11 years ago

Fixing a Dropped Garter Stitch

13 years ago

Fixing a Dropped German Short Row Stitch

6 years ago

Fixing Loose Stitches and Snags

10 years ago

Fixing the Jog in Circular Knitting

13 years ago

FlexiFlips Q&A

5 years ago

Flicking

13 years ago

Flicking Q & A

8 years ago

German Short Rows

10 years ago

German Twisted/Old Norwegian Cast-On

13 years ago

Getting Good Tension

12 years ago

Getting Started with DPNs

13 years ago

Getting Started with Magic Loop

7 years ago

Good Tension Between Knit and Purl Stitches

8 years ago

Grafting Rib Stitches

12 years ago

Helix Knitting (Jogless One-Round Stripes)

6 years ago

Help for Tight Knitters

14 years ago

How Should I Slip This Stitch?

10 years ago

I-Cord (icord)

14 years ago

I-Cord Bind-Off (icord)

13 years ago

I-cord Cast-On (icord)

13 years ago

Icelandic Bind-Off

11 years ago

iCord Side Edging (i-cord)

10 years ago

Increasing in Portuguese Knitting

8 years ago

Intarsia

13 years ago

Intarsia vs. Duplicate Stitch

8 years ago

Japanese Short Rows

11 years ago

Joining in the Round

14 years ago

Judy’s Magic Cast-On

10 years ago

Kitchener Stitch

13 years ago

Knit 1 Below (K1B)

13 years ago

Knit Front & Back (kfb)

14 years ago

Knit Front Purl Back (KFPB)

13 years ago

Knit Kitchener Stitch

6 years ago

Knit Minute – Ends in Ribbing

1 year ago

Knit Snowman Scarf and Bookmark

11 years ago

Knit Stitch

14 years ago

Knit Two Together (k2tog)

14 years ago

Knit*Minute – Switching Needles

6 months ago

Knit*Minute – 3NBO

1 year ago

Knit*Minute – Cables

1 year ago

Knit*Minute – Carrying Colors for Stripes

3 months ago

Knit*Minute – Clean Stripes in Ribbing

4 months ago

Knit*Minute – Edge Tension

1 year ago

Knit*Minute – Find That End!

1 year ago

Knit*Minute – Finishing In-the-Round

1 year ago

Knit*Minute – Fringe

3 weeks ago / 0

Knit*Minute – Good Tension Between K&P

9 months ago

Knit*Minute – How Much Tail?

1 year ago

Knit*Minute – K to P

1 year ago

Knit*Minute – knitCompanion Scribble

1 year ago

Knit*Minute – knitCompanion, Crop a Key

10 months ago

Knit*Minute – knitCompanion, Cropping a Chart

1 year ago

Knit*Minute – knitCompanion, Customizing Markers

8 months ago

Knit*Minute – knitCompanion, Magic Markers

7 months ago

Knit*Minute – knitCompanion, Make a Project

1 year ago

Knit*Minute – knitCompanion, Playing with Color

1 week ago / 0

Knit*Minute – M1 Without Holes

10 months ago

Knit*Minute – Magic Loop

1 month ago

Knit*Minute – P to K

1 year ago

Knit*Minute – Pockets!

1 year ago

Knit*Minute – Proactive Lifelines

1 year ago

Knit*Minute – Reactive Lifelines

11 months ago

Knit*Minute – Reading Charts

2 months ago

Knit*Minute – Ring Markers

3 months ago

Knit*Minute – Slingshot or Thumb?

1 year ago

Knit*Minute – Slip That Stitch!

1 year ago

Knit*Minute – Syncing Projects in knitCompanion

8 months ago

Knit*Minute – Threading a Needle

7 months ago

Knit*Minute – Weaving Cotton Ends

1 year ago

Knit*Minute – Yarn Put-Up

5 months ago

Knit-Front-Back (KFB) Alternative

7 years ago

Knit/Purl Cast-On

8 years ago

Knitted Cast-On

14 years ago

Knitting a Pi Circle

5 years ago

Knitting a Square from the Center

5 years ago

Knitting Double Stranded

9 years ago

Knitting Help – Comparing Decreases

9 years ago

Knitting Help – Comparing Increases

9 years ago

Knitting Help – Fair Isle Magic Loop

3 years ago

Knitting Help – Slow Motion Cables

2 years ago

Knitting Help – Slow Motion Mattress Stitch

5 years ago

Knitting Inside-Out on DPNs

13 years ago

Knitting Repair Loom

2 years ago

Knitting Through the Back Loop (ktbl)

14 years ago

Knitting Without Looking

12 years ago

Latvian Long-Tail Cast-On

10 years ago

Lefties vs. Righties

14 years ago

Lifelines

14 years ago

Lifelines in Ribbing

11 years ago

Lifted Increases

10 years ago

Linen Stitch

13 years ago

Long Tail Cast-On, Slingshot Method

13 years ago

Long-Tail Cast-On

14 years ago

Magic Knot

8 years ago

Make 1 (M1)

14 years ago

Make 1 Below (M1B)

12 years ago

Make 1 Purl-Wise (M1PW)

13 years ago

Making Tassels

12 years ago

Math for Knitters – Calculating Yardage on a Partial Ball of Yarn

10 years ago

Math for Knitters – Casting-On (or Chaining) a Multiple of X + Y

10 years ago

Math for Knitters – Changing Gauge in a Pattern

10 years ago

Math for Knitters – Increasing Evenly Across a Row

10 years ago

Math for Knitters – Substituting Yarns

10 years ago

Mattress Stitch

14 years ago

Mitered Squares

12 years ago

Multiple Increases in One Stitch

8 years ago

My Favorite Fair Isle Techniques

7 years ago

My Knitting Kit

5 years ago

Needle Characteristics

13 years ago

Norwegian Purling

7 years ago

One Row Scarf

7 years ago

Options for Knitting in a Tube

7 years ago

Outline Stitch Bind-Off

11 years ago

Pass Slipped Stitch Over (PSSO)

14 years ago

Pick Up and Knit

14 years ago

Pick Up and Purl

12 years ago

Picking up Wraps

14 years ago

Picot Edge

12 years ago

Pinhole Cast-On

10 years ago

Placing Buttons

12 years ago

Portuguese Cast-On

8 years ago

Portuguese Fair Isle

8 years ago

Portuguese Knitting Style

8 years ago

Proactive Lifelines

7 years ago

Provisional Cast on Using a Circular Needle Cord

5 years ago

Provisional Cast-On

14 years ago

Provisional Cast-On Using a Crochet Hook

9 years ago

Purl 1 Below (P1B)

10 years ago

Purl Front & Back (pfb)

14 years ago

Purl Stitch

14 years ago

Purl Through the Back Loop (ptbl)

13 years ago

Ravelry Tips – Adding a Project

9 years ago

Ravelry Tips – Finding Pattern Help

9 years ago

Ravelry Tips – Stashed Yarns

10 years ago

Reactive Lifelines Using a Circular Needle

8 years ago

Reading Charts

12 years ago

Reading Your Knitting

11 years ago

Reading Your Knitting and Using a Row Counter

12 years ago

Recovering a Dropped Cast-On Stitch

6 years ago

Reinforcing Sock Toes and Heels

12 years ago

Reinserting Needle into Live Stitches

13 years ago

Removing a Bind-Off Row

9 years ago

Removing a Mattress Stitch Seam

7 years ago

Repairing Your Knits – Darning

8 years ago

Reusing Yarn

12 years ago

Ribbing in Portuguese Knitting

8 years ago

Russian Bind-Off

11 years ago

Russian Grafting

9 years ago

Russian Join

11 years ago

Saving a Dropped Stitch with Scrap Yarn

10 years ago

Seaming Cast-On / Bind-Off Edges

7 years ago

Seaming Garter Stitch

12 years ago

Seed Stitch

6 years ago

Setting in Sleeves

11 years ago

Sewn Bind-Off

14 years ago

Simple Magic Loop

12 years ago

Simple Stretchy Bind-Off

9 years ago

Skein, Ball, Hank, Cake

14 years ago

Slip Knot

14 years ago

Slip, Slip, Knit (ssk)

14 years ago

Slip, Slip, Purl (SSP)

13 years ago

Slo-Mo Cast-On

6 years ago

Sloped Bind-Off

9 years ago

Slow Motion 3 Needle Bind-Off

5 years ago

Slow Motion Backwards Loop Cast-On

2 years ago

Slow Motion Bind-Off

6 years ago

Slow Motion Binding-Off in Pattern

3 years ago

Slow Motion Cable Cast-On

4 years ago

Slow Motion Correcting a Dropped Cast-On Stitch

3 years ago

Slow Motion Correcting a Dropped Garter Stitch

3 years ago

Slow Motion Correcting a Dropped Stitch

6 years ago

Slow Motion Correcting Color-Change Jog

4 years ago

Slow Motion Crocheted Bind-Off

4 years ago

Slow Motion Flicking

4 years ago

Slow Motion Flicking Knits and Purls

3 years ago

Slow Motion Flicking While Purling

4 years ago

Slow Motion German Twisted Cast-On

6 years ago

Slow Motion Judy’s Magic Cast-On

5 years ago

Slow Motion KFB (Knit Front/Back)

5 years ago

Slow Motion Kitchener Stitch

6 years ago

Slow Motion Knit Stitch

6 years ago

Slow Motion Knitted Cast-On

2 years ago

Slow Motion KTBL

2 years ago

Slow Motion Magic Knot

4 years ago

Slow Motion Pinhole Cast-On

5 years ago

Slow Motion Provisional Cast-On

4 years ago

Slow Motion PTBL

2 years ago

Slow Motion Purl Stitch

6 years ago

Slow Motion Slingshot Cast-On

3 years ago

Slow Motion Slip Knot

5 years ago

Slow Motion SSK

4 years ago

Slow Motion Stretchy Bind-Off

4 years ago

Slow Motion Tinking

5 years ago

Slow Motion Tinking Decreases

5 years ago

Slow Motion Using DPNs

5 years ago

Slow Motion Weaving Ends

5 years ago

Slow Motion Wrap & Turn, Picking up Wraps

5 years ago

Slow-Motion Backwards (or Mirror) Knitting

3 years ago

Slow-Motion Casting On to DPNs

2 years ago

Slow-Motion Duplicate Stitch

4 years ago

Slow-Motion Fisherman’s Rib

3 years ago

Slow-Motion German Short Rows

6 years ago

Slow-Motion K2Tog (Knit Two Together)

1 year ago

Slow-Motion Make 1

6 years ago

Slow-Motion P2Tog (Purl Two Together)

1 year ago

Slow-Motion PFB (Purl Front / Back)

5 years ago

Slow-Motion Picking Up Stitches

5 years ago

Slow-Motion Tinking Increases

5 years ago

Slow-Motion Triple Crochet

4 years ago

Spit Splicing

14 years ago

Steam Blocking

12 years ago

Steaming-Out Yarn Kinks

11 years ago

Steeking

13 years ago

Stellar Swatching

10 years ago

Stitch Markers, Ring Markers, and Marking a Stitch

7 years ago

Storing Knits for Summer

10 years ago

Substituting Yarns

13 years ago

Testing Color Fastness

10 years ago

The Finer Points of Garment Fitting & Blocking

8 years ago

The Mysteries of Row Gauge

10 years ago

There’s a Knot in My Yarn!

11 years ago

Three Options for Joining a New Ball of Yarn

10 years ago

Thrums / Thrumming

8 years ago

Tidy Finishing on a Circular Bind-Off

10 years ago

Tight Circular Cast-Ons

7 years ago

Tinking

14 years ago

Tinking Increases and Decreases

9 years ago

Tinking Short Rows

4 years ago

Tips for a Nice Ribbed Cuff

7 years ago

Tubular Bind-Off

13 years ago

Tubular Cast-On

14 years ago

Tubular Cast-On in the Round

5 years ago

Tunisian Crochet

14 years ago

Twisted Knit Stitches

9 years ago

Two Color Knitting Tricks

12 years ago

Two-Color Fisherman’s Rib

6 years ago

Using 9″ Circulars & Needle Review

9 years ago

Using a Ball Winder and Swift

13 years ago

Using Blocking Wires

7 years ago

Using Circular Needles

10 years ago

Weaving Ends as You Go

7 years ago

Weaving Ends in Reverse Stockinette

4 years ago

Weaving Ends in Stripes

5 years ago

Weaving in Cotton Ends

13 years ago

Weaving in Ends

14 years ago

Weaving in Ends in Garter Stitch

12 years ago

Weaving in Ends in Ribbing

12 years ago

Weaving in Ends in Seed Stitch

12 years ago

Weaving in Ends in Socks

6 years ago

What’s Your Knitting Style?

8 years ago

Why Are There Holes in My Work?

13 years ago

Why is My Knitting Curling?

9 years ago

Winding Yarn into Two Equally-Sized Balls

10 years ago

Winding Yarn Twice

3 years ago

Working Few Stitches on DPNs

12 years ago

Wrap and Turn (w&t)

14 years ago

WYIF / WYIB

4 years ago

Yarn Over

13 years ago

Yarn Over Bind-Off

14 years ago

Yarn-Overs Between Knit and Purl Stitches

12 years ago

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