It's only a matter of time before you come across the knitting abbreviation w&t, also known as 'wrap and turn', but what is it and how do you do it?
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I stumbled across this rope tying video and it got me thinking, could this be used as a sewn cast on? I haven't tried it yet and doubt if it would become my everyday method of casting on but it will be fun to give it a try - once! sitting there sewing on a cast on instead of using the long tail method which is my cast on of choice (unless a knitting pattern instructs me otherwise) really isn't going to happen any time soon! But you can never have too much knowledge - knowledge is good!
One of my favourite knitting YouTubers. I first came across Cheryl Brunette when I had my Bond Knitting machine and wanted to know how to use it! I think I've watched most of her machine knitting videos but need to catch up on her hand knitting tutorials.
There are times when I want to get things done .....fast!, usually when the knitting pattern calls for long stretches of stockinette (or garter) stitch, which is where speed knitting comes in.
If you're going to learn how to speed knit then why not learn from the fastest knitter(s) in the world? Having watched numerous videos and practiced the two colour brioche stitch over and over, I have to say I'm beginning to feel a bit more comfortable with the technique. Granted I don't know much yet, I still have to learn how to increase and decrease and how to correct my mistakes, but I feels as If I'm well on the way to becoming a fully fledged brioche knitter...........yippee....it's the hardest thing I've had to learn in a long time!
I learnt how to knit the Kitchener stitch using knitting needles before I learnt the more common method of sewing off your stitches using a tapestry or wool needle. Kitchener Stitch is once method you can use to 'graft' two pieces of knitting together. It makes an invisible join if you get the sequence and tension right.
Doreen kindly demonstrated to the group how she made the very quick and easy knitted flowers she has been attaching to her Twiddle Muffs. The pattern is VERY versatile. Doreen cast on 40 stitches and cast off 6 stitches at a time. The video below demonstrates the flowers being made by casting on 46 stitches and casting off 8 stitches at a time. The more stitches you add and the bigger the needles you use the bigger the flower will be.
The Long Tail Cast On is a great cast on to know if you need to cast on quickly and you have a lot of stitches to cast on.
I'm not a big fan of using bobbins when knitting intarsia. For those who don't know, Intarsia knitting is when you knit blocks of colour but don't want to carry the yarn not in use along with you as you knit along. It makes for very neat colourwork, and lots of colours per row can be used. It differs from the other method of doing colour work which is Fair Isle Knitting.
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Craft - 'An activity involving skill in making things by hand.
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