Two UK knitting terms you will come across often are stocking stitch and garter stitch; but what are they? And what is the difference between them? The answers to these questions are quite simple Stocking Stitch This term simply means that you knit your first
Do you hate sewing up after you have finished your knitting? Or struggle to sew your work together neatly? Learn this technique called ‘ladder’ or ‘mattress’ stitch to make sewing up quicker and easier.
Tension/gauge is how many stitches/rows an average knitter will achieve in a given measurement.
Next up in our Knitting Know How series is how to cable. In this post we will demonstrate how to cable back and front. Your pattern may instruct you to C6B or C6F, which means to cable 6 stitches back, or cable 6 stitches front.
When you start knitting, you’ll hear a lot of people tell you to “check your dye lot”, but what is a dye lot? A dye lot is the batch that the wool has been dyed in. So, you may have 2 balls of the same
Ever read through a pattern and have no idea what it’s telling you to do? Often patterns will abbreviate what to do and it can be quite confusing. We have included a lot of the regularly used abbreviations below to try and help you out
Have you reached the end of your work and now unsure how to cast off? Follow this step by step guide below where we teach you how to cast off: How to cast off To begin, knit the first 2 stitches on your row (this
Step-by-step guide on learning how to purl.
Ever confused knowing a right-side row to a wrong-side? Here we will explain the RS/WS row meanings and how to tell them apart.
Have you just managed to cast on using our How to Cast On guide? Next up we’ll teach you how to knit! How to knit Start with cast-on stitches (see instructions of How to Cast On for help) Insert right-hand needle into the front of
