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Tips 'n TricksDo you have a helpful hint or handy trick that will make any aspect of knitting easier? Share it! Post ideas on scrap yarn usages, stitch markers, color changing, maintaining your sanity while following a difficult pattern, etc. There is most probably someone out there that will benefit from your help. Need ideas yourself? Read others' comments--we all live and learn! Jump to submit form Tuesday, August 28, 2012Name: lully Subject: scraps of yarn Comment: So when you are done with a scarf and you have like some leftovers you can finger knitted it into something pretty neat and pretty or even make it into a fringe Monday, August 27, 2012Name: Cynthia Subject: Tips Comment: If your pattern starts with "K1, make 1" and ends with "make 1, K1", always add an extra stitch at each end when casting on. These two extra knit stitches will give you a nice edge to sew your garment together. On your second to last row, don't forget to take the two extra stitches off again, especially if you have to leave them on a stitch holder as in knitting a baby jacket with a yoke. Monday, August 20, 2012Name: Cookie Subject: Baby Blanket Comment: Cast on 120 stitches on size 13 needles. Go up 7 rows, then go to size 3 needles go up 7 rows. On and on until you are bored. Easy and fun, enjoy. Monday, August 13, 2012Name: Sara Subject: Least favorite Part of project Comment: If there is a part of a project that you either don't like knittig (sleeves for me!!) or is the "hardest" part of the pattern, start with that if you can... I know that I tend to procrastinate on parts of a project that I don't like to knit and then the whole thing gets held up. So I get the annoying bits out of the way ASAP so I can enjoy the rest!! Sunday, August 12, 2012Name: Heather Ward Subject: Sewing up a knitted garment Comment: Quite the easiest way to hold two pieces of your garment together before stitching is to thread a knitting needle thru' both pieces. Longer than pins and sooooo much easier to extract! Monday, July 30, 2012Name: janice Subject: knitting with 2 colours Comment: i have found knitting with 2 colours easier if you buy 2 large plastic jars with lids and drill a hole in the lids make the hole big enough to tape the inside of the drill hole or sand of so it wont fray the wool. then place the wool inside thread wool through hole and your set to go no more tangled wool. Thursday, July 19, 2012Name: Naomi Subject: scrap yarn usage Comment: I had all sorts of odd and end yarn in my drawer, so I decided to make a neat scarf out of all the different colors. I used a simple pattern;, Saturday, June 16, 2012Name: AweMe Designs (Ravelry) Subject: Stop multi bobbins from tangling Comment: I learned an interesting fact the other day. While working on 2-at-a-time / magic loop socks and doing multi-color cables for each sock, I was getting tangles all around. There were 6 bobbins per sock, which left me with 12 bobbins for the project messing me up and slowing me down.
I grabbed some small ziplock baggies!!! I grouped and placed each socks bobbins in one baggie. So, I had 2 baggies for the project. Saturday, June 16, 2012Name: hey!!! (again!) Subject: easy bind off Comment: I have always had a hard time binding off without dropping at least a half of my stiches. (I'm not kidding!) I now use afgan crochet hooks. They look like knitting needles; but have a crochet hook end and once you get the hang of knitting with them, they make binding off so much easier. What you do is knit your first two stiches onto the afgan hook, then pull the second one through the first one as if you were crocheting. Keep on like that 'til the end of the row. That way you won't drop any stitches. : ) Monday, June 11, 2012Name: smckee51 Subject: New "old" knit techniques Comment: For knitting, use the long needles and tuck the "empty" non-pointed end of the needle under your dominant arm or in your armpit with your arm holding it in place and with the working end at a comfortable distance from your body. Saturday, June 09, 2012Name: JustJudith Subject: Quick Update to Circular Knitting Cord Key (ever lost one?) Comment: No surprise...no less than 10 minutes after I submitted this idea...I had a better one... Monday, June 04, 2012Name: Sally Subject: Seaming Comment: While putting my mom's hair up in rollers, I got the idea to use the plastic bobby pins (I prefer the pink ones) to hold pieces together while seaming. They are easy to see, slip between the yarn wonderfully and will never rust like straight or safety pins, and are cheap. Wednesday, May 30, 2012Name: Cynthia Subject: two pieces alike Comment: When knitting two pieces that are alike (sleeves, front of a cardigan (reverse shaping) make them at the same time using circular needles, if necessary, then use the same skein of yarn (to reduce tangling) there will be no doubt that they will be alike. Wednesday, May 30, 2012Name: hey!!! Subject: use for leftover sock yarn Comment: Take leftover pieces of sock yarn and knit them together to make a one- of-a-kind pair of socks. I can only imagine what creative pairs of socks would be made! : ) Monday, May 28, 2012Name: Stitch Diva Subject: Save Money on Supplies Comment: Needles: Select A Page Share your own hints by filling in the form below... Notice: If you want to send me (the webmistress) a "thank you" using this form, that is fine (I appreciate it). However, I may not be posting it publicly for all to see, and I have no way of responding without knowing your email address. Notice: By submitting your content, you are agreeing to have it displayed on this page. I retain the right to edit and/or refuse unsuitable content. (Unsuitable content includes questions and help requests.) All submissions are checked before being published. |
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