Journal

KALS, step-by-step pattern guides and free patterns

Learn brioche with the free Daniel's Hat pattern 

Tombreck - a free chevron beanie pattern

Working the brioche neck detail on the Polwarth sweater

Inverleith t-shirt knitalong

Wee Envelope yoke tutorial 

Installing a zipper and ribbon, finishing wee Carson

Yarn colour ideas for Threipmuir sweater

Additional colourways for the Joy mitts (choose your pride flag)

How to join the shoulders on Wardie

How to join the pockets on Granton and Wardie

Finishing Resources for Granton

Polwarth Triangle Tutorial

Broughton mittens tutorial part 1

Broughton mittens tutorial part 2

Broughton mittens tutorial part 3

Basics

Casting on

Long Tail Cast-on

Alternating Cable Cast-on

Crochet Provisional Cast-on

Garter Tab Cast-on for shawls

Tubular Cast-on for ribbing

Decorative Channel Island Cast-on

Disappearing Loop Cast-on

Binding off

Tubular Bind-off for ribbing 

3 Easy Stretchy Bind-offs (p2tog bind-off; k2togtbl, k1 bind-off; Jeny's surprisingly stretchy bind-off)

Tubular Bind-off for brioche stitch

Increasing

Paired increase methods compared

Lifted increases 

Yarn overs 

How to continue in pattern while increasing and decreasing

Decreasing

Cabled decreases

Brioche stitch double decreases

Twisted decreases

Knitting in the round

How to Knit in the round

How to Knit in the round using Magic Loop

How to Knit in the round using DPNs

Short rows

Wrapless short rows  

Swatching and gauge

Gauge 101

How to knit a swatch 

Swatching in the round  

Swatching in pattern

Tips and tricks

Avoiding ears when binding off

Tighter purl stitches for neater cables and ribbing

One row buttonholes

Cabling without a cable needle

How to knit more symmetrical yarn overs

Keeping track of rows

How to knit twisted rib

Bust darts in sweaters with all over stitch patterns

Default techniques

A magic formula for evenly distributing shaping

Superwash v Non-Superwash Wool

How to buy yarn online

Picking up sts from the middle of the fabric

Photographing your makes

Reading knitting patterns

How to read a knitting chart

Understanding "continue in pattern"   

Understanding pattern repeats 

How to read your knitting

Help! Where am I in my knitting project?

Using charts, even if you hate them

Finishing

Weaving in ends

How to block a shawl

How to block a hat

How to do kitchener stitch

How to do mattress stitch

Garment knitting

How to swatch for a sweater 

Joining the body and sleeves on a seamless bottom up sweater

Sizing

Choosing a size

Ysolda’s sizing chart for knitwear designers

Inclusive garment knitting

How to pick a garment without a model for you (specifically addresses finding garment patterns when your gender identity isn't represented and the styles you want to knit might not be sized to fit your body) 

How does ease affect inclusive size ranges? 

Specific stitch patterns

Lace

Identifying and fixing mistakes in lace knitting

Colourwork

Getting started with stranded colourwork 

Understanding colour dominance

Crochet steeks

Choosing colours

Working stranded colourwork over small circumferences

Decreases in stranded colourwork     

Holding the yarn for stranded colourwork

Ladderback Jacquard (a neat way to deal with long floats) 

Cables

Cabling without a cable needle

Cabling without a cable needle on the wrong side

Twisted decreases

How to knit cabled decreases 

Closed ring cable increases and decreases

Brioche

How to work brioche stitch in the round

Other crafts

Cross stitch

How to begin your first large cross stitch project

How to finish a cross stitch project with an embroidery hoop frame

Mending

How to darn with Arounna Khounnorag of Bookhou