Steeking
Cut Your Finished Knit? Yes, Yes, Yes! Steeking is basically a way to create openings in tubes by cutting into your knitted fabric. It is significantly easier to knit a tube for the body and then add the sleeves after …
Category Archives: Sweater
Buttons and buttonholes
Buttons and Buttonholes These seem like the simplest of closures but you will want to take careful consideration of the size of your buttons relative to the size of your garment as well as the function of the button (is …
Zippers
Get Zipped You find a knitting pattern that’s perfect – the right yarn, the best fit, some incredible details—but you put it aside because you don’t want to deal with the dreaded zipper. Zippers aren’t difficult to install, but they …
Percentage System
Elizabeth’s Percentage System Elizabeth Zimmermann, timeless knitting guru, is the founder of a series of equations related to sweater construction. She refers to these mathematical ratios as Elizabeth’s Percentage System or EPS. The system asserts that the ratios between elements …
Pockets
Pockets! Pockets! Pockets! We offer you these three easy pockets to add on to any existing pattern, either while knitting or afterwards. Horizontal Pocket with Flap 1) Knit your pocket lining a bit smaller than the desired dimensions because the …
Picking Up Stitches
In this video lesson, Kerin shows you how to pick up stitches along the sides of the row as well as along the cast on or bind off edges – both in stockinette and garter stitch.
How to Choose Buttons
Buttons are one of the finishing details that make any project extra special. In this video, Kerin goes over a variety of button shapes and sizes, as well as guidelines on choosing button materials and sizes depending on what yarn …
How to Seam on Garter Stitch
This video shows how to seam together two pieces of garter stitch pieces, when side by side. This simple technique makes for a clean and polished look that is nearly seamless.
Sweater Finishing Part 1: How to Set in Sleeves
So you’ve just finished your knitted sweater – now what? Now comes the fun part: you get to do the finishing! In the first video of this 4-part sweater finishing tutorial series, Kerin shows you how to set in the …
Sweater Finishing Part 2: How to Pick Up and Knit the Collar
In this second video of the 4-part sweater finishing tutorial series, Kerin shows you how to pick up and knit the collar of your sweater. Find all other parts of Kerin’s Sweater Finishing series here: Sweater Finishing Part 1: …