Kits
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gift 2019
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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
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
Broughton mittens tutorial part 1
Broughton mittens tutorial part 2
Broughton mittens tutorial part 3
Basics
Casting on
Decorative Channel Island Cast-on
Binding off
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
How to continue in pattern while increasing and decreasing
Decreasing
Brioche stitch double decreases
Knitting in the round
How to Knit in the round using Magic Loop
How to Knit in the round using DPNs
Short rows
Swatching and gauge
Tips and tricks
Avoiding ears when binding off
Tighter purl stitches for neater cables and ribbing
Cabling without a cable needle
How to knit more symmetrical yarn overs
Bust darts in sweaters with all over stitch patterns
A magic formula for evenly distributing shaping
Superwash v Non-Superwash Wool
Picking up sts from the middle of the fabric
Reading knitting patterns
Understanding "continue in pattern"
Help! Where am I in my knitting project?
Using charts, even if you hate them
Finishing
Garment knitting
Joining the body and sleeves on a seamless bottom up sweater
Sizing
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
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
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
