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How to Knit a Gauge Swatch

I know you don’t want to knit a gauge swatch; no one does. You have new yarn, a pattern you want to knit, and you’re excited to dive right in. So why bother? If you want to be sure your project is going to fit, and don’t want to have to rip it out andContinue reading “How to Knit a Gauge Swatch”

Intermediate Lesson – Mini Weasley Sweater Ornaments

These cute Harry Potter sweater Christmas ornaments are great for stocking stuffers! They’re fun to knit and are adorable on the tree. The raglan sweater construction is the same as how a full-sized sweater of the same type is knit. You’ll need a small amount of two colors of worsted weight yarn. Using the sameContinue reading “Intermediate Lesson – Mini Weasley Sweater Ornaments”

Advanced Beginner Lesson – Cabled Ear Warmers

In addition to cabling, this lesson includes the provisional cast on and three needle bind off, which create a beautiful finished seam when connecting the ends of an infinity scarf, cowl, or these ear warmers. You’ll need heavy worsted weight or light chunky weight yarn; I’ve used the both the Cascade Yarns Baby Llama ChunkyContinue reading “Advanced Beginner Lesson – Cabled Ear Warmers”

Lesson 5 – Woven Mug Cozy and Coaster

You’ll get to learn several new skills while knitting this cute Woven Mug Cozy and matching Coaster. You can either work through the following in order to learn each of the steps required to knit the mug cozy and coaster, or you can jump straight to the pattern and tutorial video, and come back toContinue reading “Lesson 5 – Woven Mug Cozy and Coaster”

Lesson 4 – Saving Your Work

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make do some common repairs so when you make a mistake, you can fix it without having to go all the way back to the beginning. A crochet hook makes almost all of these repairs easier. Through the course of the following three videos, you’ll learn how toContinue reading “Lesson 4 – Saving Your Work”

Lesson 3 – Knitting Easy Fingerless Gloves

In this lesson, you’ll knit a pair of easy fingerless gloves that introduce the purl stitch and ribbing. You can either work through the following in order to learn each of the steps required to knit the gloves, or you can jump straight to the pattern and tutorial video and come back to this pageContinue reading “Lesson 3 – Knitting Easy Fingerless Gloves”

Lesson 2 – Knitting a Garter Stitch Coaster

In this lesson, you’ll knit a Garter Stitch Coaster. You can either work through each of the following in order to learn each of the steps required to knit the coaster, or you can jump straight to the pattern and tutorial video for the coaster and come back to this page if you need moreContinue reading “Lesson 2 – Knitting a Garter Stitch Coaster”

Lesson 1 – Knitting Materials

This lesson starts by providing a list of the two to four items you need to get started with your knitting. After that, I’ll share everything I keep in my knitting bag, and the other knitting tools I keep close at hand. Getting Started with Knitting All you really need to get started knitting isContinue reading “Lesson 1 – Knitting Materials”