Stranded Knitting: Post 17, Casting Off and Weaving in Ends
Casting off Confession time, again…I know there are all sorts of nifty cast offs out there…extra stretchy, extra fast, extra (substitute...
Stranded Knitting: Post 16, Centering Motifs
Centering Motifs (sleeves) You know the instructions… “pick up x numbers of stitches around the armhole for the sleeve and work chart Y”...
Stranded Knitting: Post 15, Creating Stitches for Sleeves and/or Ribbing
Creating stitches for sleeves and/or ribbing Notice I did not say “picking up stitches’ or “knitting up stitches”. I sat in on a class...
Stranded Knitting: Post 14, Steeks, Part 1 & 2 (Video Episodes 15 & 16)
What is a steek? The word “steek” comes from an old Middle English word meaning to “close” or “fasten”. To the Scots, to steek means to...
Stranded Knitting: Post 13, Color or Yarn Dominance (Video Episode 14)
Yarn Dominance Do you have a yarn dominance gene? We all do…some worse than others. Yarn or color dominance is a bit of a mystery that...
Stranded Knitting: Post 12, Using Markers (Video Episode 13)
Using markers A whole section on using markers? Seriously? Markers can be very useful…in more ways than indicating the beginning of the...
Stranded Knitting: Post 11, Weaving in Floats from needle to needle (Video Episode 12)
The original title of this post was “Weaving Yarns…while turning corners.” Grant it may sound like another in the list of things you...
Stranded Knitting: Post 10, Weaving Yarns to Add New Colors and Finish Old Colors (Video Episode 11)
Now that you have mastered weaving in long floats, you can use the same techniques to add in new yarns…at a color change or when you have...
Stranded Knitting: Post 9 - Weaving Yarns to Catch Long Floats (Video Episode 10)
On the top of my very unofficial poll of the things that most concern beginning stranded knitters are how to… hold the yarns how to get...
Stranded Knitting: Post 8 - Adding New Colors and Finishing Old Colors (Video Episode 9)
Adding new colors One of the biggest occasions for blank looks from students is when the chart indicates the addition of a new color. The...
