Sewing up your knits
Unless you’re knitting on circular needles, or your design advises otherwise, one thing all our patterns have in common is that you’ll have to sew the pieces together when you’ve finished knitting. Each knitted element becomes attached to another element to form the shoulder seam, the arm hole and the side seam. We try and […]
Attaching Bag Handles
We show you how to attach our round handles to The Loop Bag. Stitch a loop around the handle and through each centre and side of each knit stitch, below the cast off edge.
Casting Off
Casting off Once you’ve finished knitting you need to cast off. Casting off is just finishing your knitting, it means you can take it off the needles without it unravelling. Just like casting on, there are a few ways to do it but I’m just going to show you my fave. This way of casting […]
Blocking
Blocking is a term that is used in knitting which means to ‘finish’ your knitted item by wetting it to help retain its correct size and shape and to even out stitches. Most yarns can be blocked using steam or water, but all are different so it is best to check beforehand. Blocking your LAD […]
Mattress Stitch
You’re essentially mimicking the shape of the knitted stitches so it blends in. There’s not really an easy way to write about it but I’ve made some basic videos, they aren’t fancy but I hope they’ll help… (let’s not talk about my terrible nail polish in the side seam video! Top Tip: never buy mushroom […]
