10 Extremely Useful Knitting Resources

Below are 10 of the most useful knitting resources I’ve found lately. I thought you all might get some benefit from there:

1. How to Weave in Ends
2. How to Hide Your Ends AS YOU KNIT
3. Video: How to Block a Sweater
4. Counting rows when knitting cables
5. Video: How to Knit 2 Socks at a Time On Circular Needles
6. Double knitting tutorial
7. How to Mend Holes in Woolens
8. How to Darn Socks
9. How to Bind Off When Your Out of Yarn
10. How to Add an Afterthought Thumb to Mitts

What are your favorite resources online?

Tutorials & Patterns

I’ve come across some great tutorials in the last week and I thought I’d gather them all here for your amusement.

Knitting

Tutorials

• Knitting without a cable needle
• How to make a better thumb hole on mitten or gloves using waste yarn
• Different ways to increase stitches
• Formula for figuring out the gauge on a knitted hat
• Emily Ocker’s Cast On – for use in projects knitted in the round
• Eyelet Cast-on – Combo of knitting & crocheting useful for working with lace yarn

Patterns

• Ruby – Victorian-inspired cardigan – White Lies Design – $9.50
• Colette – Victorian-inspired lacy cardigan – White Lies Design – $9.50
• Cuff to Cuff Cardigan – Short Sleeved – Red Heart – FREE
• Checkerboard Lace Scarf – The Purl Bee – FREE

Sewing

• How to hem jeans so you keep the original hem – I’m planning to try this is a new skirt I got. It had a border all around the bottom that I want to keep.

For other ideas, inspirations, patterns and tutorials (and to see photos for all these things) – be sure to follow my Pinterest board.