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  • Knitting Projects step by step
  • Video Tutorials
  • Learn how to knit quickly
  • Lace Stitches
  • Knitting stitch patterns
  • Top knitting Tips, Tricks and Techniques

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  • Knitting Projects step by step
  • Video Tutorials
  • Learn how to knit quickly
  • Lace Stitches
  • Knitting stitch patterns
  • Top knitting Tips, Tricks and Techniques

Recent Posts

  • How to Knit the No-Purling Hurdle Stitch + Video
  • An Alternative to the Stockinette that Knitters Should Know
  • How to Knit a No-Purling Reversible Stitch + Video (2 rows!)
  • How to Knit the Reversible ZigZag Stitch (super cozy+ Video)
  • How to Knit Super Easy Christmas Mini Sweaters + Video
  • How much yarn to use for a long tail cast on Tips for Knitters
    Top knitting Tips and Tricks

    Tips for Knitters 3: How much yarn to use for a long tail cast-on?

    September 7, 2022 /

    How much yarn for a long tail cast on? Ask yourself just how many times you have pondered that very question… Honestly, the Long Tail method to cast on stitches is one of my favorite tips and tricks to save time and yarn.  Why? Well, because the edge of the fabric is more consistent and stretchy… it looks lovely.  However, contrary to the “Knitted Cast On method”, the goal is to use your eyes and grey matter to estimate how much yarn to leave at one end. Hands up if you have ever cast on say 80 lovely little stitches, only to realize in horror after 60 that there is…

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    Carolina

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    March 25, 2022
    How to knit in the round step by step for absolute beginners. So Woolly

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  • Improve the tension on the edges
    Top knitting Tips and Tricks

    How to improve the tension on the edges in knitting

    June 1, 2020 /

    Today, I’m sharing with you some tips that will help you to improve the tension of the first and the last stitch, to avoid ugly sloppy edges. I’m adding this tutorial to my new playlist “Knitting Top Tips and Tricks” on my YouTube channel, so you can find them all in the same place 😉 This is what I always do to ensure perfect edges when knitting (all my secrets): Tip #1: Starting on the first row, don’t stretch the first stitch too much: When inserting the needle, don’t push it, knit the first using just the tip, so the first stitch isn’t overly stretched out. And knit the rest,…

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    The Magic Loop Revisited how to knit in the round

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  • Fixing dropped stitches
    Top knitting Tips and Tricks

    How to fix dropped cast-on stitches (easy knitting trick)

    May 26, 2020 /

    Hello, my little Woolly! In today’s tutorial, you’ll learn an easy trick, to fix dropped cast-on stitches… Simple and effective, it will save you a lot of time 😉 Are you familiar with this scenario…? When knitting the first row, something comes up (the doorbell, the cat leaves you a present, the phone rings… etc.), and we have to leave our work… Or we are knitting this first row too fast, and… We realize that one of the cast on stitches has come undone…Accidentally, we dropped one stitch off, and suddenly there are two  strands between your needles. I don’t know how many times this has happened to me, and…

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  • A safe and easy way to add a new ball of yarn in knitting
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    A safe and easy way to add a new ball of yarn

    March 11, 2019 /

    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…

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    July 13, 2021

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    May 15, 2020

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Recent Posts

  • How to Knit the No-Purling Hurdle Stitch + Video
  • An Alternative to the Stockinette that Knitters Should Know
  • How to Knit a No-Purling Reversible Stitch + Video (2 rows!)
  • How to Knit the Reversible ZigZag Stitch (super cozy+ Video)
  • How to Knit Super Easy Christmas Mini Sweaters + Video

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