Knitting Tips and Tricks Archives

Two blue knit swatches with ribbing at the top sit on a crumpled white cloth surrounded by a pair of pink socks, a pair of white socks, and a few clumps of baby's breath flowers. The left blue swatch is bound off using the standard bind-off, while the other is bound off in pattern.

How to Bind Off in Pattern for Beginner Knitters

A flatlay photo of two skeins of yarn (one pink one cream with pastel speckles), a ball of blue yarn, and a pink knit hat sitting on a vintage embroidered table runner.

6 Tips for Knitting with Bulky Yarn

Four gray mitered squares sit on top of a lace doily next to a yellow rose, a teacup full of milky tea, some antique books, and two neutral-colored balls of yarn.

4 Ways to Knit a Mitered Square (and When to Use Each One)

A top-down photo showing two swatches, one with the floats cut and one with the floats intact (the white swatch on the bottom). They're surrounded by more yarn, some metal knitting needles, a silver trinket box, a pink rose, and a seed stitch swatch knit flat.

Speed Swatching for Knitters: Accurate Gauge in Less Time

A half-finished knit scarf with tan and white stripes sits on a driftwood log at the beach. Blurred in the background is lots of sand and some soft blue waves.

Knitting with Alpaca Yarn: What to Know Before You Cast On

A top-down photo of a pile of pink and cream knit accessories with a gray swatch in the middle. All of the knit items have bobbles on them, including the swatch.

Three Different Ways to Knit Bobbles

A top-down photo where a white stoneware pitcher full of metal and wooden knitting needles sits on a desk surrounded by pastel mini skeins of yarn and a couple knitting projects in progress on metal and plastic needles.

How to Pick the Right Knitting Needle Material for Your Project

Three pairs of handknit socks--one pink with a round toe, one white with a wedge toe, and one gray with a star toe--are laid out on a white dresser top with some antique books in the background.

4 Reasons I Recommend Round Toes for Newer Sock Knitters

A white woman's hands hold a handknit sock in progress on a pair of long circular needles. The sock is being knit using the magic loop method with a skein of handdyed yarn that has lavender and yellow speckles.

Defeating My Nemesis: Magic Loop

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Knitting Tips and Tricks

How to Bind Off in Pattern for Beginner Knitters

6 Tips for Knitting with Bulky Yarn

4 Ways to Knit a Mitered Square (and When to Use Each One)

Speed Swatching for Knitters: Accurate Gauge in Less Time

Knitting with Alpaca Yarn: What to Know Before You Cast On

Three Different Ways to Knit Bobbles

How to Pick the Right Knitting Needle Material for Your Project

4 Reasons I Recommend Round Toes for Newer Sock Knitters

Defeating My Nemesis: Magic Loop

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