One of the main places I use short rows is in shaping my sweater shoulders. But before I go into the details about that, let me define short rows first (just in…
I thought I would put together a photo tutorial to show you how I attach buttons to my knits, using my Little Coffee Bean pattern as the example (this version, knit by…
If you have ever worked a 2-color slip stitch or striped pattern, then you may have encountered the instruction “carry the yarn up.” This is a technique used when working 2 different…
My favorite sweater construction is top-down – this means you literally start knitting at the top, i.e, the neck. You work your way from the neck down to the underarms, working increases…
Even with all of the possible knitting stitches there are to choose from, sometimes simple garter stitch is all I want. I think of it as the “comfort food” of knitting (yes,…