TECHknitting

The two most recent posts touched on yarn twist and how to avoid it.  However, in a surprising twist (har!) an important point was overloo...

In the immediately previous post , TECHknitting blog showed many uses for a ball winder. "Sometimes," said I, "it is necessar...

  Note--this is part 1 of a two part series on ball-winders.  The second part, about imparting twist to yarn by winding, can be found here. ...

Worked back and forth by knitting on every row, garter stitch makes the easiest-to-create of all hand knit fabrics. However, where the edge ...

A whole lot of test knitting goes on around chezTECH--for every idea which pans out, there are many (many.many.many) which don't.  As a...

This TECHknitting series on curing curling stockinette scarves has looked at the problem, at solutions which don't work , and at two s...

Here is a link to an Interweave Knits video on a TECHknitting technique.  (The fully illustrated zipper installation article is here .) As...

Here is today's problem: a tightly rolled stockinette dark blue scarf. The previous post in this series showed how to transform a c...

Here is the problem, a curling stockinette scarf made of blue and purple sparkly yarn. Today's post shows a method called the drop-c...

"Why does my scarf curl?" and  "How can I stop my scarf from rolling?" must be among the most common questions asked and...