Beginning a Top–Down Sleeve
When working a sweater top-down the yoke comes first, then the body and sleeves are separated, the body is knit, and then those sleeves are worked from the bottom of the yoke to the cuff. Here’s how you start that sleeve!
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Button Band: Knit-and-Sewn-on Method
This post covers how to knit and attach a knitted, sewn-on button band to a cardigan.
A Magical Cast-On
The magical cast-on, created by Judy Becker, and often called ‘Judy’s Magical Cast-on’, creates a seamless bit of cast-on which can then be worked in the round.
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.
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!
The Spit Join
It’s all about that spit join! How to join two strands of yarn with a little spit and friction.