Tips 'n Tricks

Do 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!

Saturday, March 22, 2008Name: knittergirl

Subject: oddball scarf

Comment: I just knit an awsome scarf out of little balls of yarn. I used 19 needles, and all my balls of yarn held together. whenever I ran out of one kind, I just used another.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008Name: Francoise

Subject: socks

Comment: When knitting socks, for the heels and the toes, use tooth floss with your wool. The socks will last longer and not wear off so easy.

Thursday, March 13, 2008Name: The Knitting Nut

Subject: buying pattern books

Comment: When buying pattern books, I always buy them used (saves paper and money) -The 11 year-old Knitting Nut

Sunday, March 09, 2008Name: knittergirl

Subject: faster knitting

Comment: running your needles under your hair will make your knitting faster and smoother.

Sunday, March 09, 2008Name: knittergirl

Subject: novelty yarn

Comment: I always check out the yarn aisle at Hobby Lobby (my all time favorite store!) because there are always good sales on novelty yarn

Saturday, March 08, 2008Name: Princess G

Subject: Patterns

Comment: i suggest to copy and then laminate your pattern, so you can then get a whiteboard marker or highlighter and then cross out the row you have done.

if you want to reuse the pattern, just get a damp cloth, wipe over and your good to go!

hope this has helped you!

xoxo
Princess G

Saturday, March 08, 2008Name: mary

Subject: gifts

Comment: when giving knitting as gifts always remember to buy extra buttons and put in some extra yarn incase of accidents

Wednesday, March 05, 2008Name: Sara Beth

Subject: taking inventory

Comment: I have a spiral notebook that I write down all the yarn that I have used and where I got them and how much they cost. It helps a lot when I am buying yarn.

Wednesday, March 05, 2008Name: Alison - from Birmingham UK

Subject: Stretch bind off

Comment: This method gives a very stretchy bind off (or cast off, as it is known in the UK).

With right side of work facing, pearl 2 together. *Return the stitch to the left needle and purl 2 together, repeat from * until one stitch remains an then pull yarn through this in the normal way.

Wednesday, March 05, 2008Name: Pat

Subject: Knitting

Comment: I use a zip lock bag and cut the bottom corner, just a small slant put your yarn in and pull it thru the bottom corner cut. Your yarn stays neat and clean.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008Name: Nancy

Subject: keeping edges looking neat

Comment: After finishing knitting a hat, sweater etc. I slip st. around the edge with a medium size crochet hook. This makes it look neater when your project is done.

Sunday, March 02, 2008Name: Melanie

Subject: Needles

Comment: If u hav 2 stop in the middle of a row do this: mark which needle you are taking stitches from by tying a small piece of scrap yarn on it

Sunday, March 02, 2008Name: Erin

Subject: knitting on flights

Comment: I suggest taking a pair of nail clippers to cut your yarn with (works amazingly well), since regular scissors are NOT allowed. Or one of my friends takes dental floss, and uses the floss cutter.

Friday, February 29, 2008Name: maggie

Subject: fronts

Comment: I always knit both fronts on one needle-they end up exact matches.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008Name: Francoise

Subject: Row counting

Comment: When knitting rows that need to be decreased every end of 6th row 3 times, and then, every end of 4th row 5 times, etc. Before starting, I do all the count lines on a post-it or index card. Every time I finish a row, I scratch a line. When all the lines scratched off, work is done and didn't lose my count.

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