Best Knitting Tips

Friends of Sheep & Shawl, here are some of my favorite websites for knitting tips (and other) tutorials. Please check them out.

VeryPink – Many videos of techniques and project-based tutorials

KnitFreedom – How to knit, increases, decreases, 30+ excellent free videos – my favorite calm voice with close-up video. Here’s one for binding off circular knitting with a smooth last stitch.

Tin Can Knits – Beginner knitting, lace, intarsia, cables, over 70 different topics, and a lengthy glossary

Modern Daily Knitting (MDK) – Short rows, all things socks, nearly 200 different topics, as well as inspiration. And a new youtube site (and phone app and book) called “Skill Set: Beginning Knitting.”

Churchmouse Yarns – Cast ons, bind offs, Kitchener stitch, measuring

Purl Soho – From basics to decorative stitches and finishing techniques

SPECIFIC TIPS:

CASTING ON

Slow motion cable cast on for starting a project from VeryPink Knits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWvaU5H3BMs

Cable cast on when you need to add stitches in the middle of knitting (such as at the underarrm when picking up stitches for a sleeve, or when picking up stitches for a mitten thumb)
https://www.purlsoho.com/create/cable–cast–on/

Long tail cast on, as sling-shot method and thumb method:
https://www.purlsoho.com/create/long–tail–cast–on/

Long tail cast on method without needing to estimate tail length!!:

https://cocoknits.com/blogs/knit-tutorials/how-to-long-tail-co-without-estimating-tail-length

Special Moebius Cast on – Cat Bordhi Intro to Moebius Knitting – cast on and first rounds

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVnTda7F2V4

BINDING OFF

Here’s one from Knit Freedom for binding off circular knitting with a smooth last stitch.

How to neaten the last bind-off stitch in flat knitting from Patty Lyons:

https://pattylyons.com/2014/01/tuesday-tip-better-bind-off/

COLORWORK

Tips for working in stranded colorwork knitting from Andrea Rangel:

https://www.andrearangel.com/tutorial-blog/7-tips-to-improve-your-colorwork