Return to Charts and Other Helpful ResourcesKnitting Tips
Miscellaneous knitting information, tips, glossaries, etc.
- Anacleta's Knitting
- Favorite kntting links and knitting fun and humor
- Antique Sock Knitting Machine Museum
- Very informative site for sock machine knitters, lots of picures of many different types of sock machines and helpful information about parts and needle sizes, etc.
- Blocking the Rose of England Tablecloth
- Description -- with photos -- of how to block a round knitted lace tablecloth.
- Blocking Tips
- Blocking, or "dressing", knitted lace -- from Jackie Erickson-Schweitzer at HeartStrings.
- Fitting Drop-Shoulder Sleeves
- The most common problem in this design is that sleeves tend to be too long. How to measure and adjust your pattern for this.
- How to Knit Guide
- Step-by-step illustrated knitting instructions and knitting tips for kids and beginners
- Kitchener Stitch (and other sock knitting tips)
- Scroll down the page for illustrated directions on grafting (Kitchener stitch), commonly used to close the toes of knitted socks.
- Knitting Lessons
- Beginning knitting lessons, online -- via streaming video -- from Common Threads, a yarn shop in California.
- Knitting School
- Illustrated instructions for various knitting stitches.
- Lessons from the School of Hard Knocks
- Tips and tricks learned "the hard way" and posted to the KnitList in March of 1997.
- StitchGuide.com
- Annie's Attic provides stitch guide libraries for knitting, crochet, embroidery and more. Each library contains easy-to-follow general instructions, with color graphs and diagrams. Many stitches also include video footage. Use the pull-down menu bar under "Stitching Help" to select the technique you need.
- TechKnit Mailing List Archives
- Fully searchable digests of the no-chat knitting email list, including all messages posted to the list from September, 1996 to the present
- Threads Magazine Index
- Searchable index of Threads magazine articles. Includes index by topics.
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