understanding knitting patterns

Knitting Tips: What Is An Edge Stitch?

Every so often you may come upon a knitting pattern that references an edge or selvage stitch. Here are some examples […]

How To Make A Knitted Gauge Swatch

Learn to make a gauge swatch for your knitting project. This helps to ensure that the pattern you’re knitting is properly sized when completed. […]

Knitting Abbreviations

Ever tried working on a knitting pattern and not understood what it meant? Here’s a comprehensive list of knitting abbreviations and their definitions. […]

Knitting Needle Sizes for US, UK, European and Older US Needles

Convert your US needles to metric sizes or vice versa. This knitting needle size chart […]

How To Pick Up Stitches In Knitting

Often a pattern will tell you to pick up stitches and continue knitting. This article will demonstrate how to pick up stitches. […]

Basic Two Strand Cast On

This tutorial demonstrates how to cast on using two yarn strands. […]

How to Knit Left Handed – How to Increase and Decrease Stitches

This article will show left handed knitters ways to increase and decrease knitting stitches. […]

How to Knit – How to Increase and Decrease Stitches

As soon as you learn to knit and really begin to master the basics, you begin to realize that unless you want to knit large rectangular objects for the rest of your life, you’re going to need to learn some new tricks! One such trick is increasing and decreasing stitches. […]

The Linen Knit Stitch

This article shows you how to create the Linen Knit Stitch. […]

Follow a Knitting Pattern – Basic Rib Knit with Eyelets

This pattern example demonstrates a section of a knitting pattern with eyelets in it. Follow along and see how easy it is to do! […]