Slip, Slip, Purl
Slip one stitch knitwise, (to do this – place your right hand needle into the stitch as if you’re going to knit it, then before you knit it slip it off the left hand needle onto the right hand needle) Slip the next stitch knitwise (so both stitches are unknit and on the right hand needle) […]
Loop Stitch
You can find lots of videos on how to do Loop Stitch on youtube – we are working on our own video so will upload that here as soon as we have finalised it. Please note there are quite a few different ways of knitting the loop stitch so have a look around and see […]
Yarn Over
Bring your yarn to the front of your work between your 2 needles (as you would for a purl stitch) then knit the next stitch like normal… where you brought your yarn around it will have created a second stitch.
Double Roll Neck
Doubling over your roll neck is super simple just a bit fiddly. Once you’ve knit to the correct length you need to pick up your cast on stitches one by one and place them on your left hand needle. You then put your right hand needle through both your original stitch (the one that you’d […]
Slip, Slip, Knit
To SSK: Slip one stitch knitwise (to do this – place your RH needle into the stitch as if you’re going to knit it then before you knit it slip it off the LH needle onto the RH needle) Slip the next stitch knitwise (so both stitches are unknitted and on the RH needle) […]
Slip, Knit, Pass Over
To do an SKPO Slip one stitch knitwise (to do this – place your RH needle into the stitch as if you’re going to knit it then before you knit it slip it off the LH needle onto the RH needle) Slip the next stitch knitwise (so both stitches are unknitted and on the RH […]
Pick Up & Knit
Picking up and knitting stitches is a helpful technique to adapt knits you’ve already bound off. It can be use to add shape (for instance with our Christmas Stockings) as well as adding a trim like a neckline or sleeves. Essentially you’re inserting your needle into an existing stitch and then treating that as a […]
Circular Needles
Knitting in the round/ on circular needles means that you can create your knitting in a loop so there’s no seams, you just keep knitting round and round, one of the advantages of this is that you don’t need to do any sewing up! Like many knitting techniques, circular needles can seem a bit daunting […]
