Vintage knitting patterns and books are popular with many knitters for a variety of reasons. They are popular with those who love to wear vintage clothing who often make their own clothes or knitters that are interested in understanding how older patterns were written or even knitters who like to collect free knitting patterns. Whatever […]
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If you want to practice your stranded knitting skills, knitting a blanket will give you plenty of time to do just that! These beautiful Fair Isle blanket knitting patterns are the perfect way to start practicing. We’ll take a quick look at these patterns in this article: Indian Nights Blanket Fair Isle Border Blanket Persian
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Triangle shawls are popular knitting patterns. They can be knit in so many different ways and can include many different stitch patterns and colors – the options are limitless. One method for knitting a triangle shawl is sideways from tip to tip. To knit a shawl using this method: While those are the very basic
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Sideways triangle shawl knitting patterns are very popular for a reason – they are easy to knit because they start with just a few stitches but there are so many ways to customize and create beautiful hand knit shawls. In this article we’ll look at two different construction methods that create sideways triangle shawls and
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Double increases aren’t as commonly used as basic single increases but they are useful and will come in handy, especially when you need to increase many stitches. They are most often found in lace stitch patterns, so if you enjoy knitting lace patterns, double increases are something you’ll want to be familiar with. Double increases
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Twisted stitches are decorative stitches that can be used in many ways – twisted and traveling cables, twisted ribs, or even twisted decreases worked in a sweater. When working patterns that use twisted stitches you may be required to work a decrease and a twisted decrease would be recommended to maintain the look of the
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Double decreases are commonly used in many knitting patterns (especially lace). In its most basic terms, a double decrease removes two stitches from the stitch count of a particular row by taking three stitches and turning them into one stitch. Sometimes these double decreases are paired – meaning one will slant in one direction while
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While knitting patterns usually use decreases on the right side of the work, sometimes you might encounter a pattern that wants you to decrease on the wrong side of the work. There are a few different ways to decrease on a purl row in knitting but the most common is P2tog (purl two together). To
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Yarn overs are a basic increase stitch that every knitter should know how to work. It creates a decorative hole (an eyelet) in the knitted fabric and is often used in lace designs with paired decreases to create many different lace designs. It’s also used to shape garments and accessories. For example, yarn overs could
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