Category: Technique
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How to knit with German short rows: A not at all scary guide
Do you know what I really bloody love? German short rows. Seriously. They’re one of my very favourite knitting techniques. If you’ve knitted one of my patterns, then you’ll know that I use them a lot, but I’ve never felt compelled to truly sing their praises before. Until now. What are short rows? Now, before…
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Well that’s not scary: shawl knitting
Of all the ridiculous misconceptions I’ve had about knitting, perhaps the most ridiculous of all is that knitting a shawl is a really complex thing. Any shawl. Of any kind. Must be tricky. Must have crazy complex increases and decreases to make those shapes, and must be beyond my capabilities. Told you it was ridiculous.…
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Well that’s not scary: Knitting Intarsia
A FEW WEEKS BACK, I ASKED ON INSTAGRAM IF THERE WERE THINGS THAT OTHER KNITTERS FOUND A BIT SCARY. BECAUSE I’VE GOT A THEORY THAT ALL BUT THE MOST CONFIDENT AND CAVALIER OF KNITTERS HAS A SECRET LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY FIND A LITTLE BIT INTIMIDATING. I know I did. I’ve written before about…
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Well that’s not scary: Turning heels is actually easy knitting
Turning heels when knitting socks isn’t scary or difficult. Promise. I walk you through the heel turn on the Ya Basic bed socks with videos showing you just what to do. Cosy feet in no time.
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Team toe up: why knitting socks toe up is the best
Before I started knitting socks, I had absolutely no idea how on earth people managed to do it. I couldn’t get my head around the construction at all. Heels, in particular, baffled me. And it turns out that there are very many ways to knit a sock, and that indeed many of those ways have…