Knitting

What would you like to know about knitting? Read all about different yarns, why gauge is important or how to adapt your own knitting patterns in our magazines and on our blog.

Sweater constructions

Everything you need to know

Raglan, drop shoulder, circular yoke? To inexperienced knitters, these may sound like a different language. We’ve explored the most commonly used sweater constructions in knitting and explain everything you need to know about them.

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Knitting with ‘busy’ yarn

Use those special skeins

Variegated yarns look gorgeous in the skein, but it can be difficult to find projects for yarns such as these. In this article, we provide a few guidelines that will help you find a project for your special skeins of yarn.

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Can you knit backwards?

Or Portuguese?

English, continental, Portuguese, lever knitting, Russian, Eastern or Western knitting… There are more ways to knit than you might think! Learn to knit in a different style.

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The history of lace shawls

From Orenburg, Haapsalu and Shetland

What do the military stability of the Russian Empire and Queen Victoria’s taste in fashion have in common? Both have led to important lace traditions.

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Identify your yarn or fabric

Do a burn test or bleach test

As crafters, we’ve all been given some mystery yarn or fabric at some point. Bleach, a lighter and this article; that’s all you need to identify your yarn, fibre or fabric.

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Knitting by machine

Introduction to knitting machines

The first ever knitting machine was designed to knit stockings and was physically very challenging to work with. Modern knitting machines offer many more possibilities. Discover how knitting machines work, how to use them and how to procure your own in this article.

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Beaded knitting

Using various techniques

Would you like to add beads to your knitting? This article contains detailed tutorials on how to use pre-strung and individually placed beads in your knitting.

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Angles and pi

Use geometry in your knitting

Make designing your own knitting patterns a bit easier! Knit a rectangular, hexagonal and triangular shawls, adapt the pi-method to knit full, half and ¾-pi and use this knowledge to write your own knitting patterns for shawls and more.

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Knitting needles with hooks?

Or using a knitting sheath

In the history of knitting, you’ll find that although women are often portrayed as knitters, only men were able to make a successful career out of it. Learn all about the origins of your favourite craft.

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Knit brioche

For interesting results

This squishy stitch is just as delicious to knit as its namesake is to eat. Learn the basics of the brioche stitch, find out how it got its name and be inspired to play with it further.

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History and traditions

Of the gansey

Some drowned fishermen could be identified by their ganseys: experts would be able to tell what village they were from and the remains could be returned home to their families.

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Colourwork knitting

A fashionable tradition

Fair isle, Selbu mittens, Marius, Lopapeysa: all of these beautiful knitting traditions are based on stranded colourwork! Learn how to knit it and read the stories behind these culture icons.

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Plastic-free socks

Strength of a sock

No, you don’t need yarn with nylon to knit socks! What causes a sock to wear out and how to knit strong socks can be found in this article.

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Designing your own charts

Or adapting existing ones

Colourful charts can be used in many different crafts. In this article, we explain step by step how to make changes to charts or start from scratch and create your own.

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Socks and seams?

We’ve figured out why

Historical sock patterns often include a seam or a seam stitch on the back of the foot. We’ve done some research on this and have some theories as to why you’d want to do that, and how to include it in modern socks.

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Don’t want to knit a swatch?

You may not have to

It’s important to know your gauge… but that doesn’t necessarily mean you need to knit a swatch! Read the article to find out in which situations you absolutely need to knit a swatch and when you can get away without one.

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Cutting your knitting?

Steeking

While to many knitters, scissors and knitting sounds like a very scary combination, steeking is a perfectly normal thing to do in many northern European countries. Find out how steeking works and why you’d want to in this article.

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Fixing your knitting

Mending knitwear

When you’ve spent hours upon hours knitting a project, you want it to last for years! Mending helps extend the lifespan of your precious knitwear. We share and explain three techniques for repairing your knitting.

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Kitchener stitch

And its remarkable history

This common grafting technique is used to seamlessly close the toes of socks. But did you know this became popular in World War I? And that it saved soldiers’ lives?

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Knitting in different directions

A new way of thinking

Learn how to free your knitting and knit in all directions, not just top down or bottom up! Knit interesting shapes and modular projects without a pattern.

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Design your own drop shoulder sweater

Writing your own knitting pattern

The idea of writing your own knitting pattern may seem daunting, but it shouldn’t be! Even if you hate math, if you follow our instructions, you’ll be knitting your own design in no time.

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Making sock blockers

Out of cardboard

Looking for some sock blockers? Make your own in thirty minutes, with materials you probably already own!

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Yarn characteristics

Making yarn predictable

Learn which yarns are suitable for knitting cables and which work better for lace. Read all about basic yarn characteristics and make better choices for your projects!

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Royal sheep

Special French merino wool

Read the story of Rambouillet! This interesting breed has wonderfully soft and bouncy wool, as well as a very interesting history.

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Want to become a better knitter?

Learn to spin!

Going back to basics and making yarn by hand will teach you how to work with it in a way that simply knitting can’t do. Learn to spin and become a better knitter in the process.

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