Emily Wessel

About Emily Wessel

Hi! I’m Emily Wessel, I design fun-to-knit patterns, and develop our knitting pattern app. I live on Vancouver Island, Canada, with my husband and two kids, where I like to run, knit, learn languages, and hang out with friends. I am co-founder and designer at Tin Can Knits - www.tincanknits.com

Posts by Emily Wessel:

A small child sitting on a stone pier wearing a raglan sweater with garter and braided cables at front.

Shadows and Light

We photographed the Lazy Sunday cable collection in shades of grey to create a calm and simple focus on texture, on the concrete details of the knits themselves.

How To Knit Reversible Cables

Learn how to knit reversible cables! But wait…what’s the difference between a regular cable pattern and a reversible cable pattern? Well, one has a more attractive backside – and I love a cute backside!

Sewing On Buttons

OMG, you’re NEARLY done! A hand-knit cardigan has a few more steps than a pullover – perhaps you’ve cut a steek, worked the button […]

Binding Off In Pattern

Binding off in pattern is a nice, tidy way to bind off a stitch pattern like a rib, or another pattern which uses both knits and purls each row.

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The Three Needle Bind-off: A Bind-off and Seaming Method

The 3 needle bind-off seams two sets of live stitches together, all while binding them off!

Cable Knitting Without a Cable Needle

Learn how to cable (easier, faster) without a cable needle!