Short Rows - What, How and Why?
Short rows are a clever way to change the shape and contour of a piece of knitting without increasing or decreasing stitches. With short rows you can bring three-dimensionality into a knitted piece...
Knitting According to Charts
Regarding this topic, we have some good and some bad news. The good news is that charts can make knitting patterns a lot easier because they are like a map that illustrates how a pattern will look ...
Brioche Knitting – The Next Level
A little while ago, we published the first part on the subject of Brioche Knitting also known as English Rib Pattern. We introduced you to basic brioche, Fisherman´s Rib and Mock or Fake brioche a...
The Basics of Brioche Knitting
When it comes to the brioche stitch, opinions differ: It's often heard that brioche stitch is challenging. Different patterns? Basically, there are three different forms of brioche stitches: Full b...
Too Many Stitches on the Needles? Knitting Decreases
In our last blog post, we introduced you to some of the most common increase techniques when knitting. Now, we will introduce you to decrease techniques when knitting. We will do our best to explai...
May it be a little bit more? Increases in knitting
In this and the following blog post we will introduce you to a few common methods and have also prepared lots of video tutorials for you.
Let's start with the increases, we'll decrease next time!
Knitting Essentials: Casting on and Binding off
If you want to knit, you can't do without it: we're talking about the stitch cast-on. No matter what it's supposed to be, the stitches have to get on the needle somehow.
Apart from a few constru...
Knitting a Hat with Circular Needles (incl. free pattern)
There are a lot of knitted pieces that are naturally round and are knitted round. While you can easily knit large pieces with a circular needle, for small projects with few stitches, the only optio...