Top knitting Tips and Tricks
The best tips and tricks in knitting, explained step by step. Great advice for beginners and experts.
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The Essential Guide to stitches, yarn, and measurements for your knitting/crocheting projects
Before knitting (or crocheting) any squared or rectangular project (such as a scarf, a cowl, a blanket, a cushion, a table runner or place mat, etc.), there are some aspects we need to know. For example: Measurements, how many stitches to cast on, how much yarn will be required, is the stitch we love suitable for this project and this yarn? And many, many more questions⌠This is why I have created a system, a series of steps that will help you find out everything you need to know in advance, so you can start knitting (or crocheting) your own project, using the yarns and stitches you love, with total…
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Bind off at both sides of the same row: Armhole knitting tip
Today we’ll learn a great knitting tip: How to bind off at both sides of the same row, to avoid any differences in the levels around the armholes of your handmade sweater. With this simple knitting technique, (especially important when working with two or more colors), we are going to cast off the stitches of the right and left side of the same row at the same height. You’ll never ever have to suffer one armhole higher than the other again đ (If you are a fan of the tips that make your knitting easier, here you have all my top tips and tricks: A new playlist that I’ll keep…
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A safe and easy way to add a new ball of yarn
In this tutorial you’ll learn a safe and easy way to add a new ball or skein of yarn, to change color, or when you run out of wool and need to start a new one (no knots needed)! And, before I forget, with this post, I’m creating a new section for this website and for my You Tube channel So Woolly, called “Top knitting Tips and Tricks”, to give you my best advice! We must start at the beginning of the row: Firstly, you need to allow 12 -15 cm (4.5 – 6 in) of the new yarn. Tie a knot (gently) and raise it as close as possible…
