Tuesday Tip – How to Wind a Center Pull Ball of Yarn
- At June 27, 2017
- By Patty Lyons
- In Knitting, Tutorial (Tuesday Tip)
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We’ve all had those annoying issues with a pesky skein of yarn. Either we can’t find the center, or we pull out a giant hunk of yarn . . . otherwise known as yarn barf.
In today’s tip I share my favorite little knitting trick
How to Wind a Center Pull Ball of Yarn (by hand!!)
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Tuesday Tip – How to Measure Without A Ruler
- At May 09, 2017
- By Patty Lyons
- In Knitting, Tutorial (Tuesday Tip)
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Many of you who have taken my classes know that I’m not a fan of measuring your knitting in progress. I believe it’s always best to trust your finished row gauge and keep track of rows.
That being said, I know there are times when you just want to check to see how many inches you’ve knit and sometimes (gasp) you might not have a ruler handy. No need to fear, there’s plenty of ways you can learn
How to to Measure Without a Ruler!
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5 Ways to Improve Yarn Tension
- At April 11, 2017
- By Patty Lyons
- In Knitting, Tutorial (Tuesday Tip)
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Sometimes as great as our knitting technique is, when working with some yarns, we need a bit of help. Something I talk about in “Improve Your Knitting” is finding ways to better control your yarn.
In today’s Tuesday Tip it’s time to look at
5 Ways to Improve Yarn Tension
Read More»5 Secrets of Stitch Gauge
I have written about gauge many times. I think about gauge, I teach gauge, I believe in gauge. I’ve filmed a video for a special cast on for gauge, written about how to measure when you can’t see your stitches, how to block your swatch, secrets of row gauge and how to swatch for in the round projects.
Right now nearly 300 knitters are swatching for the Tortola KAL, (jump in, we’re just getting started). There are THREE video tutorials just on gauge, as well as a how to document to teach you the math you need if your stitch gauge is off. There’s a lot of great info going on between knitters in my Ravelry group right now about gauge, so I thought I’d devote this month’s Tuesday Tip to the wonders of the . . .
5 Secrets of Stitch Gauge
Read More»Tuesday Tip – Weaving in Ends: Using The Tails
Last month we talked about how good finishing can make a project, and I promised you more posts focused on the all important topic of weaving in ends.
I’ve written several Tuesday Tips on seaming. We’ve looked as seaming garter stitch, shoulders, and even tackled the dreaded topic of selvedge edge and mattress stitch. No matter how wonderful your seaming, if your ends are not woven in well, your piece will look homemade. So the question is: how do you weave in ends? I wrote about “skimming”, and last month I wrote about how to clip the tail, but what USING that tail? Today we look at
How to Close the Gap in Knitting
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Tuesday Tip: Weaving In Ends, How to Clip the Tail
Last month we talked about how good finishing can make a project, and I promised you more posts focused on the all important topic of weaving in ends.
I’ve written several Tuesday Tips on seaming. We’ve looked as seaming garter stitch, shoulders, and even tackled the dreaded topic of selvedge edge and mattress stitch. No matter how wonderful your seaming, if your ends are not woven in well, your piece will look homemade. So the question is: how do you weave in ends? Last month I wrote about “skimming”, but what about that tail? Today we look at
How to Clip the Tail
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Tuesday Tip: Weaving In Ends Skimming
We all know finishing can make a project look “homemade” or “handmade.” I’ve written several Tuesday Tips on seaming. We’ve looked as seaming garter stitch, shoulders, and even tackled the dreaded topic of selvedge edge and mattress stitch. No matter how wonderful your seaming, if your ends are not woven in well, your piece will look homemande. So the question is: how do you weave in ends? The answer is, there is more than one answer . . . so, I am going to devote a few Tuesday tips to the topic of
Weaving in Ends Skimming
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5 Secrets of Row Gauge
I have written about gauge many times. I think about gauge, I teach gauge, I believe in gauge. I’ve filmed a video for a special cast on for gauge, written about how to measure when you can’t see your stitches, how to block your swatch, and how to swatch for in the round projects.
Today it’s time to turn our attention to something that can make or break a sweater, and reveal . . .
5 Secrets of Row Gauge
Read More»Tuesday Tip – How to Fix a Hole In Your Knitting
I love mistakes. I love fixing mistakes. In Knitting ER I go over all the fundamentals. But sometimes there are things that go beyond the standard (that’s where Advanced Knitting Fixes comes in).
I’ve written in past Tuesday Tips about Swiss Darning for a repair, and duplicate stitch for reinforcement.
Today I turn my attention to a larger repair, a multi row repair, in other words . . .
How to Fix a HOLE in Your Knitting
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Tuesday Tip – How to Seam Garter Stitch
Many of you have sent wonderful suggestions for Tuesday Tips. You’ve emailed and left comments, and asked for some fabulous stuff. Sure, there have been plenty of fancy requests, but by far the most frequently requested tutorials involve seaming.
We’ve explored the shoulder seam, and this month we turn our attention to
