Untwisted and twisted stitches – a knitting tutorial
Find out how to make twisted and untwisted stitches when knitting. A how-to knit tutorial for right- and left-handed knitters.
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February 20, 2014
Patterns, tutorials and workshops for knitting left-handed.
How do your stitches sit? – a knitting tutorial
Are your stitches sitting pretty? How do your stitches sit on your needles? In this post, I shall explain the different ways in which stitches may sit and how you can control which way they sit, for knitting both left- and right-handed. In my last post, I wrote about a…
January 16, 2014
Understanding knitted fabric – a knitting tutorial
Knitted fabric Let's start with an easy one Before we can look at knitting techniques we have to understand the structure of knit fabrics. Let's look at the commonest knitted fabric, known as stocking stitch. You make this by knitting and purling alternative rows or knitting every round. Stocking stitch fabric…
January 9, 2014
These hands are my hands
The joys of being left-handed These hands are my hands. They look like normal hands. Everyday tasks But these hands write like this! These hands can manage to use right-handed scissors fairly neatly. These hands use a knife and fork in a conventional way. But they hold a spoon with…
January 6, 2014