Knitting Tips and Techniques

I hope you find these links as helpful as I do.

My motivation for this post was to make the on-line references I use most often accessible from the blog so I don't have to rely on bookmarks. I've created a link to this page in the sidebar.

A hearty "thank you" to all the information owners for sharing.

Knitting Tips and Techniques

• KnittingHelp.com: instructional videos
• Knitting at Knoon: instructional videos
• Knitting-and.com: knitting tips
• How to Become an Expert Knitter
• Double knitting
• Knitting small circumferences on 2 circulars
  
• Magic loop
• Short row shoulders
• Short rows-Japanese: my favorite for short row shoulders
• Short rows-yarn over
• Short rows-wrapped stitch

Cast-on

• Provisional or crochet cast-on: works well for toe-up socks
  
• Tubular cast-on: my favorite for cuff down socks

Cast-off

• Tubular cast-off: my favorite for toe up socks
Before cutting the yarn and threading the darning needle, I set up the tubular cast-off by knitting 2 full rounds of tubular knitting.
Round 1, part A: *k1, sl1 wyif* all the way around, p last st
Round 1, part B: *sl1 wyib, p1* all the way around
Round 2, part A: *k1, sl1 wyif* all the way around, p last st
Round 2, part B: *sl1 wyib, p1* all the way around

Joining Yarn

• Russian join

Socks

• 2s2c
• Picking up heel flap stitches
• YO Short Row Toe Up Tutorial
• Avoiding dog ears on grafted toes
• Sock Project Sheet from SockManiac.com

Fiber Care, Weights, Measures, and Sizes

• ASTM Fiber Care Symbols
• Fibre facts
• Hook & needle sizes
• Knitting abbreviations
• Sock sizes and measurements
• Standard body measurements/sizing
• Standard yarn weight system
• Yarn estimates
• Yarn thickness/length stds and counts

More knitting links