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| Featured Pattern of the Week: Strawberry Booties |
        Interested in crochet? Visit our sister site: Crochet Pattern Central  | Tips 'n TricksDo you have a helpful hint or handy trick that will make any aspect of knitting easier? Share it! Post ideas on scrap yarn usages, stitch markers, color changing, maintaining your sanity while following a difficult pattern, etc. There is most probably someone out there that will benefit from your help. Need ideas yourself? Read others' comments--we all live and learn! Name: Jilly Subject: Yarn storage Comment: When storing yarn, use small, see through, plastic stands with drawers. (you can get them at target or similar stores) The see through plastic makes it easy to see your yarn with out having to search for the right color. Name: Cindy Subject: a couple things Comment: Concerning Christina's comment..."A good way of sewing together a sweater, blanket, etc. Crocheting them together is so much easier, faster, and has a stronger hold.." An addition to this: The best stitch to do for this is the crochet's slip stitch. It's easy to do and very strong. Also, I said it in crochet pattern central and I'll say it here. If you have any trouble learning a stitch. Knitting for dummies. If you plan on learning both knitting and crocheting, some craft stores carry this special edition knitting and crocheting for dummies and it includes, like, 20 or 30 stitch markers, 2 knitting needles an h hook and one other thing (I can't remember off hand) along with the book. IT ROCKS!!! Name: Sue Subject: Allison's comment Comment: I tried that (holding the left hand needle straight) but i kept dropping stitches and it looked weird. Name: Alison Hiscock Subject: Re: Sue's Comment Comment: Regarding Sue's suggestion to hold the left needle vertically in your lap, I do this with the right needle. I usually sit cross-legged on the sofa or floor when I knit, and I wedge the right needle against my leg and hold it there while I knit. Does anyone else do this? I knit quite fast, and at normal tension, but my mother says it looks weird. Name: Sue Subject: holding needles Comment: hold the left needle in your lap vertically. This takes some of the strain off your wrists and you can knit faster. Name: jayne Subject: speed knitting Comment: When knitting on straight needles, tuck the end of the right hand needle under your arm, it facilitates a much faster pace. Name: Mary mc connell Subject: Having a nice edge. Comment: Always slip the first stitch on your knitting, when it is time to put your garment together, pick up those loops, it makes a neat seam Name: Sue Subject: Storing Yarn Comment: to store yarn, put it in plastic baggies and then put it in a pillowcase. You'll never see it, and it will decorate your house too. Name: Elyssa Subject: For all you free-formers Comment: If you are free-forming, always try to sketch out what you want to make on paper, and as you knit, refer to it. Name: Elyssa Subject: Felting Comment: Always try to put your felting in a sock or cover so it doesn't ruin your washing machine. Name: Amy Subject: Counting rows Comment: I bought one of these for counting my rows and I dont know how I managed without it. http://play.com/Gadgets/Gadgets/4-/1022794/Totty_Counter/Product.html Name: becca Subject: circular needle Comment: if your knitting with a circular needle and the wire is too long pull some of the wire through one of the stiches and do this throughout the project Name: J Subject: Tips Comment: 1. My hair falls out easily, and so to protect my yarn from getting any hair in it while I knit, I enclose the yarn ball in a plastic ziplock bag and poke a hole in it with my knitting needle and string the yarn through that. 2. To keep my patterns looking nice I enclose them in sheet protectors, and then the patterns I am working on I take out of my 3-ring binder and place in a cheap folder that has the three-hole prongs in it. Name: Tina Subject: Yarn Comment: To stop your knitting from slipping off the needles when work is put away I just roll a small quantity of 'blue tac' into a tiny ball and press onto the end of the needle. Happy knitting Name: Natalie Subject: i use scrap pieces of yarn and put one next to me everytime i finish a row. after i am finished i count the scraps of yarn. Comment: i use scrap pieces of yarn and put one next to me everytime i finish a row. after i am finished i count the scraps of yarn. Select a Page << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Next >> Share your own hints by filling in the form below... |
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