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      • Patterns
        • Pattern Collections
      • Learn
        • Stranded Colourwork Basics: course
        • Knit a Sweater with Ysolda: Glenmore
        • Knit a Brioche Accessory: course
        • Knitting Swatchless Hats: mini-course
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        • Brunstane Sweater Club
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      • Knitting Swatchless Hats: mini-course
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      • Brunstane Sweater Club
      • Free Beginner Lace Shawl Workshop
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      • Our patterns feature inclusive sizing, clear directions, and lots of support so you can be confident of a beautiful new addition to your wardrobe

      • By type
        • Sweaters
        • Shawls
        • Cowls
        • Hats
        • Hands
        • Socks & Slippers
        • Baby
        • Toys
        • Home Textiles
        • Free patterns
      • By yarn
        • Lace
        • 4ply / fingering
        • Sport
        • Double knitting
        • Worsted
        • Aran
        • Bulky
      • ebooks
        • New! - Knitworthy 6
        • Knitworthy 1
        • Knitworthy 2
        • Knitworthy 3
        • Knitworthy 4
        • Knitworthy 5
        • Little Red in the City
        • The Rhinebeck Sweater
        • Whimsical Little Knits 3
        • Whimsical Little Knits 2
        • Whimsical Little Knits 1
        • Wee ones

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      Free step-by-step tutorials and inspiration for your projects

      Stranded Colourwork: Tips for Small Circumferences

      March 13, 2020

      Our tips for working stranded colourwork over small circumferences, on double pointed needles or ...
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      Decreases in Stranded Colourwork

      March 11, 2020

      Our second Colourwork Club pattern, Bellfield, fea...
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      How to knit cabled decreases

      February 25, 2020

      A step by step photo tutorial on working single and double cabled decreases without a cable needl...
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      How to continue in pattern while increasing and decreasing

      May 15, 2014

      Does the phrase "continue to work in pattern while increasing or decreasing" make you panic. You'...
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      Free resources

      • 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

         

        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

        Binding off in pattern

        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 work into double yarn overs

         

        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

         

        Reading knitting patterns

        How to read knitting charts

        Understanding "continue in pattern"   

        Understanding pattern repeats 

         

        Finishing

        Weaving in ends

        How to block a shawl

        How to block a hat

         

        Garment knitting

        How to swatch for a sweater 

        Joining the body and sleeves on a seamless bottom up sweater

         

        Sizing

        Choosing a size

         

        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

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