Small Knitted Gifts For Friends
Once you have a sense of your recipient and your own knitting comfort zone, the next step is narrowing down what to actually make. The options fall into a few...
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Tutorials
Small Knitted Gifts For Friends
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How to Hold Yarn When KnittingHow to Hold Yarn When Knitting
For many people, knitting is an enjoyable and relaxing hobby. It's a great way to spend some time while making something useful or beautiful. If you're thinking about getting into...
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How to Knit a Cable DecreaseHow to Knit a Cable Decrease
Cable Decrease Tutorial Learning how to knit a Cable Decrease is as easy as k2tog. In this tutorial, we will show you how to make a Cable Forward Decrease, and...
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How to Knit Cables for Beginners
How to Knit Cables for Beginners
Beautifully knit cables have drawn crafters to learn how to knit for years. Today let’s learn how to knit cables. At its very basic structure, cables are formed from knitting...
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How to Yarn Over and Yarn Forward Round Needle
How to Yarn Over and Yarn Forward Round Needle
The Yarn Over is often the first increase stitch a knitter learns, and on occasion, learns it by accident. There are 4 ways to complete the yarn over which are...
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How to Knit the Stockinette Stitch for Beginners
How to Knit the Stockinette Stitch for Beginners
The Stockinette Stitch or Stocking Stitch is one of the most recognizable and most versatile stitches in the knitter's repertoire.
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How to Knit the Garter Stitch - Knitting for Beginners
How to Knit the Garter Stitch - Knitting for Beginners
The Garter Stitch is the perfect beginner stitch. All you need to know how to do is the knit stitch. It’s a wonderful first-time stitch.
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How to Purl for Beginners
How to Purl for Beginners
We are getting ready for a really fun Sampler Stitch Project and really want to make it available for all experience levels to join in on the fun. So far,...
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How To Knit for Beginners
How To Knit for Beginners
Grab some needles and Mary Maxim Best Value yarn, today we are learning the knit stitch.
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How to Cast On Knitting
How to Cast On Knitting
Most of our knit projects on the blog begin with the Long Tail Cast On also known as the Double Cast On. It’s one of the most versatile, popular, and...
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How to knit the Seersucker Stitch
How to knit the Seersucker Stitch
The Seersucker stitch combination creates a beautiful diamond texture in the fabric of your work. It's a simple stitch combination and all you really need is to know how to...
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Two-Color Brioche Cowl - August Blog Exclusive - Easy Brioche Knitting Part 3Two-Color Brioche Cowl - August Blog Exclusive - Easy Brioche Knitting Part 3
This month for our August Blog Exclusive we are knitting a Two-Color Brioche Cowl with Mary Maxim Mellowspun shown in Dark Grey and Mary Maxim Prism shown in Rainbow.Â
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Brioche Knitting Pattern - Striped Brioche Blanket - Part 2
Brioche Knitting Pattern - Striped Brioche Blanket - Part 2
It's Part 2 of our multi-part series on Brioche Knitting, and we are featuring the Striped Brioche Baby Blanket. Make sure to purchase the kit or download the pattern and...
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Brioche Knitting Instructions - Easy Brioche Part 1Brioche Knitting Instructions - Easy Brioche Part 1
Brioche knitting is an excellent technique to have in your knitting skills toolkit. Fabric knit in the brioche technique has a lot of stretch to it, which makes the stitch...
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