In this video, I’m going to show you how to create a slip one stitch. You’ll normally see this written as SL1. You may see this in many patterns to create a nice rib design look or something within the body of the pattern. This creates a prominent stitch that Read more
I’m going to show you how to do the yarn over stitch. You’ll normally see this written in a pattern as YO, and that stands for yarn over. You would use a yarn over to create a lace-like design in a pattern, and you’ll see this quite often in different Read more
Blocking your finished hat is the secret to a professional look, and in this short video, I show you exactly how to do it! Whether you’re working with cables, colorwork, or simple stitches, blocking helps your hat bloom into its final shape with beautiful definition. Blocking finished knit projects helps Read more
I am going to show you how to work a Fair Isle. Fair Isle is great when you are creating things like little pictures or objects such as flowers or animals. It’s also good when you want to just create a color variation. In this particular one, I’ve created these Read more
I’m going to show you how to knit one front and back. This technique increases your stitches. So if you needed to go up in the body size—say, like on a hat—because you have cables, which makes the body a little tighter than the brim, you would go up using Read more
I am going to show you how to make one purlwise. That would probably have an abbreviation of M1PW, or it might just say it in the instructions what you need to do. The reason why you would do a make one purlwise is, one, you need to increase your Read more
I’m going to show you how to do what looks like an I-cord design. This is one of my designs that I created, and it is called the Flipknit Beanie. I’ll have a link below, but I will show you how to get this kind of raised section here. It’s Read more