If you’re a knitter who has advanced to sweaters – whether for adults or children – you’ve probably encountered the need for button-holes in your knitting! Button-holes can be tricky to get the hang of, and there are many different ways to make them. Trying a new button-hole technique could…
Today we’re continuing with our lesson in knitting with cables which we started yesterday! In yesterday’s post we looked at how to work a basic C4L cable – a cable over 4 stitches that leans to the left. The C4R is worked very similarly, using our cable needle just as…
When I first started knitting my tension was so tight all my garments could be considered bullet proof; some could even stand on their own. It wasn’t very long before my wrists started hurting; it was a repetitive stress injury. Rest, ice and time away from knitting helped, but it…
Red Heart’s Cordial yarn was originally designed with macramé in mind. This yarn has more of a ropey appearance and not a whole lot of stretch, which is ideal for some projects, but does take a bit of special care when you’re knitting with it. Here are 3 tips for…
There’s a lot of variety in knitting world, but one of the things all knitting projects have in common is that your first step is always to cast on the stitches. So, knowing a few different cast on techniques is very useful! Last month we looked at the cable cast…