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Saturday, October 3, 2009

Lining mittens, part 1: thumb at the side

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Today, the first of a two-part series on lining mittens. The two main types of mittens differ in where the thumb comes out: side thumb or fr...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Some ideas just make you say "WOW"

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Sometimes you come across something something which opens your knitting mind in directions never considered before. I have been accumulatin...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Working in too-short ends: a classic dressmaker's trick, handy for knitters

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Is there a knitter anywhere who has not had to work in a too-short end? The fix often smells faintly of desperation such as a dot of glue, ...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Matching your cast-on to your bind-off

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Knitters often ask about making the cast-on edge match the bound off edge. ("Bind off" is also sometimes called "cast off,...
Monday, September 21, 2009

Knitting from the center: "Belly buttons" and the umbilical waste cord method

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includes 6 illustrations. click any illustration to enlarge Why another method for center-started knitting? Knitters complain that starti...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Starting glove fingers, straps, belts and other tiny knitted tubes, with an aside on fruit flies

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GOODBYE, FRUIT FLIES! At ChezTECH it is harvest season and there are paper bags of tomatoes and zucchini and cucumbers standing all over the...
Sunday, July 19, 2009

I-cord tassels

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(No posts for a long time because I broke my ankle.  It's better now, though!)  Although similar in concept to regular tassels , I-cor...
Sunday, April 19, 2009

Jogless stripes redux, coming May 5, 2009

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update, February 2011 : The article previewed below is now serialized in TECHknitting blog, beginning here .  * * * TECHknitting hits prin...
Saturday, April 11, 2009

Crossing stitches: one way to avoid a hole on a vertical opening in knitwear

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On the community knitting board Ravelry , the subject has twice lately come up of crossing stitches to avoid a hole where a vertical open...
Sunday, April 5, 2009

Casting on additional stitches at the end of a row or over a gap by the loop cast-on method: a trick for beautiful fabric

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Today's installment of TECHknitting shows a trick for casting on (adding) stitches at the end of a row, like when instructions say ...