Making Sense of Knitting-Pattern Finishing Instructions
Finishing instructions instruct you on the final steps of the process as you complete your new knit! They include seaming, working button bands and edgings, and weaving in ends, and blocking.
knitting techniques
All technical posts.
Layering With Mohair
Lately we’ve been having great fun combining lace weight mohair yarns with other yarns, resulting in beautiful painterly effects. Our new Love Note sweater and Posy shawl patterns both use this yarn combination.
I-cord: How to Knit an I-cord
An i-cord is just a little tube of knitting. It is a great way to make tie for any knit item that might require it. You can use this technique to connect up your mittens so they don’t get lost, create ties for the Cable Me Softly booties to keep them on the wiggly baby feet, or make the ties for the Beloved Bonnet.
The Sleeve Swatch
Why swatch when you can sleeve?
Measuring Gauge over Lace
Measuring gauge over stockinette is pretty basic, but lace? Here are some tips.
Central Double Decreases: sl2-k1-p2sso and sl2tbl-p1-p2sso
A central double decrease eliminates 2 stitches in a symmetrical way (thus ‘central’ and ‘double’). It results in a strong vertical decrease line that doesn’t slant to the left or the right, the way that the decreases k2tog, ssk, or sl1-k2tog-psso do.