by Fiber Rhythm | May 13, 2014 | Archives, How To
For Scandinavian styles garments, you are often left with figuring out where to start your row, as the number of stitches in the chart do not match the number of stitches in your row. Also, these patterns are often centered on a single stitch. This is usually marked...
by Fiber Rhythm | May 13, 2014 | Archives, How To
When you need to attach a new ball of two-stranded yarn, stagger the joins. About 4 or 5 stitches before you need to actually join the new yarn, let one strand of your working yarn fall and pick up one strand of the new yarn. Work the 4 or 5 stitches thus (with one...
by Fiber Rhythm | May 13, 2014 | Archives, How To
You can join your current knitting to previous knitting by working a stitch from the current piece together with a stitch from the edge of the previous piece. This requires that the previous piece either has stitches that were left on holders, or you have picked up...
by Fiber Rhythm | Feb 5, 2012 | Archives, How To
Using the Double crochet bind off gives a nice elastic edge to your knitting. Use a crochet hook that is equivalent in size to your knitting needles. Insert hook knit-wise into first stitch. Wrap the yarn around the hook as if to knit. Pull the yarn through the...
by Fiber Rhythm | Nov 25, 2011 | Archives, How To
Crochet bind offs can add a touch of elegance to your knitting. Place crochet hook through the first stitch on the left hand needle knitwise, wrap and pull a loop through, dropping the original stitch off the needle. Pull another loop through the stitch on the...
by Fiber Rhythm | Nov 25, 2011 | Archives, How To
This cast on provides a set of stitches that can be picked up later and used to knit in the opposite direction. This method starts with a contrasting color yarn that will be removed later to expose the stitches. Directions Using a contrast color waste yarn make a slip...
by Fiber Rhythm | Nov 25, 2011 | Archives, How To
This bind off creates a decorative edge. It requires at least one knit stitch prior to starting. Basically we are knitting into the front, then back, then front again of the stitch on the left hand needle, but binding off as we go. Directions K1 but don’t...
by Fiber Rhythm | Nov 25, 2011 | Archives, How To
For toe up socks, we need a cast on that will produce a circle of knitting already joined together at the toe. One method is to cast on half the number of required stitches onto one circular needle. Then knit across these stitches increasing in each one by knitting...
by Fiber Rhythm | Nov 25, 2011 | Archives, How To
To obtain a nice stretchy bind off for K1, P1 circular ribbed items such as the tops of sock cuffs, we use a modified Kitchener bind off. The modification is to omit some of the preparatory rows that you see in many instructions (these rows slip half the stitches for...
