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Thursday, November 22, 2007

Hems and facings: part 3 of "better bands and cuffs"

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Includes 9 illustrations Q. Why do the edges of cuffs and bands want to stretch out? A. In this series on improving wonky bands and cuffs,...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Why bands and cuffs are wonky, and what to do about it (part 2 of "knitting better bands")

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Includes 7 illustrations The previous installment of "knitting better bands" showed that stitches along the edges of garments, s...
Monday, November 5, 2007

TECHknitting is one year old

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Hello readers--welcome to TECHknitting's first birthday party. This post will race through a grab-bag of oddities, starting with a priz...
Thursday, November 1, 2007

Opera & soap opera: how to knit better bands and cuffs, part 1

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Part 1: WHY KNITTING SHOULD NOT BE LIKE OPERA The house lights dim, the curtains rise. The crowd rustles, the orchestra strikes up. The...
Monday, October 29, 2007

Life on the edge--stitch patterns that can take it and not curl up (shown in pictures, knitting shorthand and diagrams)

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Today's post reviews different kinds of knitted fabrics--ribbing, garter stitch, seed stitch, moss stitch-- which are adapted to life on...
Saturday, October 27, 2007

How to read knitting shorthand and decode knitting charts

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Knitting has its own language. U n F inished O bjects become UFO's. A frog in a pond says "rip-it, rip-it" and so "frogg...
Friday, October 26, 2007

QUICKtip on conditioning knitting needles.

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If your needles are grabby, run them through your hair (along the scalp) once or twice. The "preening oil" naturally on your sca...
Monday, October 22, 2007

COWYAK--a waste yarn method of provisional cast on

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includes 4 illustrations On a Ravelry discussion board recently, several knitters were batting around various methods of provisional casti...
Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Fixing errors at the sides edges of your knitting

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includes 12 illustrations Have you ever had a terrifying mess like this at the side edge of your knitting? A mess like this occurs when ...