As a new knitter you can pick up bad habits that can hold you back later. Build a solid knitting foundation while making a gorgeous fringed scarf for under $20.

Contents

1. Get Your Yarn Ready
2. Cast On
3. Tension Your Yarn
4. The Knit Stitch
5. Tips and Tricks
6. Avoid Common Knitting Mistakes
7. Switch To Another Ball of Yarn
8. Bind Off
9. Weave In Ends
10. Optional: Add Fringe

Crochet is a fast, fun hobby that’s just as addictive as knitting, but understanding how crochet works is tough on your own. We teach you the fundamentals of crochet so that you can approach any project with confidence.

Contents

1. Base Chain
2. Single Crochet
3. Next SC Row
4. Examine Single Crochet Row
5. Half-Double Crochet
6. Double Crochet
7. Triple Crochet
8. Slip Stitch
9. Make Stripes on Crochet
10. Sandwich Yarns
11. Magic Ring
12. Crocheted Flower
13. Coffee Cozy Crochet
14. Granny Square
15. Check Gauge on Crochet
16. Crocheted Hat
17. Increasing on Crochet
18. Decreasing on Crochet
19. Fixing Mistakes on Crochet
20. Seaming With Crochet
21. Decorative Crochet Border
22. Weaving in Ends on Crochet

Don’t get stuck knitting just scarves. We teach you every beginner foundational technique so you are ready to knit hats, mittens, and socks in no time. You’ll learn and practice on scarves, dishcloths, washcloths, pillows, and a patchwork blanket.

Contents

1. 5 Keys for Beginner Success
2. Yarn for Beginner Projects
3. Needles for Beginner Projects
4. The Long-Tail Cast-On
5. Estimating Tail Needed
6. Refresher: The Long-Tail Cast-On
7. Refresher: 1 Row of Knitting
8. How to Do the Purl Stitch
9. Forgot to Put the Yarn in Front
10. Wrapping Yarn the Wrong Way
11. Examining Garter Stitch
12. How to Do Ribbing
13. Examining Ribbing
14. Reading Your Work on Ribbing
15. Removing Stitches One By One
16. Forgot to Move the Yarn
17. Knitted/Purled in Wrong Spot
18. Knitted Past a Wrong Stitch
19. Going the Wrong Way
20. Count Stitches by Fives
21. Fixing a Dropped Stitch 4 Ways
22. A Dropped Stitch Far Down
23. Check Your Tension
24. Bind Off in Pattern
25. Weave in Ends on 1×1 Rib
26. Switching Colors + Carrying Yarn
27. Dishcloth: How to Increase
28. Dishcloth: Examining First Rows
29. Taking Out Rows of Stitches
30. Put Stitches Back on the Needles
31. Dishcloth: How to Decrease
32. How to Do Stockinette Stitch
33. How to Make a Gauge Swatch, Check Gauge, and Adjust Needle Size to Get Gauge
34. Frog Dishcloth: First Rows
35. Frog Dishcloth: Pattern Rows
36. Recognize Where You Are
37. Weaving in Ends on St St
38. Blocking Your Work
39. Slip-Stitch Scarf: Slip Stitches
40. Slip-Stitch Scarf: First Rows
41. Advanced Knit and Purl Mistakes
42. Mistake-Rib Scarf: First Rows
43. If You Get Lost in the Pattern
44. If Stitches Don’t Line Up Right
45. How to Do Seed Stitch
46. Seed Stitch Dishcloth
47. Decreasing on Seed Stitch
48. How to Slip Edge Stitches
49. Patchwork Blanket: Zig-Zag Lace
50. Add a Border to Your Squares
51. Seaming With a Crochet Hook
52. Mattress Stitch

If you can’t fix mistakes in your knitting, you won’t take risks. These videos show you how to catch and correct the 10 top knitting mistakes so that no misstep can slow you down.

Contents

1. Fixing a Dropped Knit Stitch
2. Fixing a Dropped Purl Stitch
3. Undo Knitting Stitch by Stitch
4. Knitting Too Tight
5. Twisted Purl Stitches
6. Put Dropped Stitches Back On
7. Loop Not Pulled Through
8. Going the Wrong Way
9. Mistakes in Ribbing
10. Cast-On/Bind-Off Too Tight

Felting and seaming are two techniques most beginning knitters avoid because they seem scary. Learn how easy they both are on an adorable, instant-gratification project you’ll love.

Contents

1. Practice With a Paper Slipper
2. Knit in Garter Stitch
3. Count Rows on Garter Stitch
4. Change Colors Correctly
5. Count Rows on Next Squares
6. How to Pick Up and Knit
7. Mark Your Seams for Success
8. Seam with Mattress Stitch
9. Fearlessly Weave in Ends
10. Fun with Needle Felting
11. Add Puffy Paint for Non-Slip

Many knitters knit slower than they need to due to errors in their tension and technique. We teach you to correct those errors so your knitting is smooth and rhythmic and you feel proud of your stitches and tension.

Contents

1. Fully Insert Needle-Tips
2. Spread Out Right-Hand Stitches
3. Advance Left-Hand Stitches
4. Hang Onto Your Stitches
5. Hang Onto Your Yarn
6. Feed Yarn Through Your Fingers
7. Learn to Fix Dropped Stitches
8. Count Stitches + Rows Fast
9. Use the Right Tools for the Job
10. Learn to Read Your Work
11. Avoid Needless Frogging

When you don’t know how to read knitting patterns, you stay stuck as a beginner. We teach you how to read all kinds of knitting patterns so that any project is within your reach.

Contents

1. Why Learn To Read a Pattern
2. Guide: How to Read Patterns
3. Gauge Matters, Not Needle Size
4. Substitute Yarn Fiber + Weight
5. Size, Measurements, and Ease

Knitting your first hat can be challenging, especially if you’re using double-pointed needles. We teach you the easiest way to knit in the round on Magic Loop so you can knit a beginner bulky hat with confidence.

Contents

1. Learn Magic Loop + Check Gauge
2. Cast On
3. Start Ribbing
4. Ribbing Tips
5. Increase Round
6. Making (Jogless) Stripes
7. Decreases
8. Finishing

Lace knitting is intimidating because it can be hard to recognize and fix mistakes. Learn and practice on an elegant feather-and-fan summer scarf so you can feel confident approaching harder lace projects.
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Contents

Feather-and-Fan Scarf

1. Basic Feather and Fan Pattern
2. How to Tell What Row You’re On
3. Tell Where You Are in the Row
4. Fixing Mistakes and Binding Off

Odyssey Shawl (Joji Locatelli)

1. Full Tutorial: Odyssey Shawl

Cables create beautiful, flowing motifs, but using a cable needle can be cumbersome. We teach you with and without a cable needle so you can knit any cabled project FAST. Learn and practice on a gorgeous pair of bulky cabled legwarmers.

Contents

1. Cabled Legwarmers Walkthrough
2. How to Read a Cable Chart
3. Keep Track of Where You Are
4. Rows 1-4 (Stockinette Stitch)
5. Rows 5-6 (Cable Set-Up)
6. Cable Abbreviations
7. T3L/T3R With a Cable Needle
8. T3L/T3R Without A Cable Needle
9. Work Even on a Cable Chart
10. Easy 2-Row Buttonhole
11. C4R With A Cable Needle
12. C4R Without Cable Needle
13. Rows 13-24 (Continue Pattern)
14. When You Forget to Cable
15. Mistakes When Cabling Without a Cable Needle
16. A Stitch That Looks Out of Place
17. Forgot to Do Buttonhole
18. Forgot What Row You’re On
19. C4L With A Cable Needle
20. C4L Without A Cable Needle
21. How to Bind Off in Pattern
22. Sew Buttons and Weave in Ends
23. How to Make a Twisted-Cord Tie

Bonus Videos

1. Reversible Cables
2. Cabling Tips

Holding the yarn in your left hand to knit and purl can feel awkward. We help you finally “get” Continental so you can knit faster with better tension.
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Contents

1. Continental vs. American Knitting
2. Continental vs. American Ribbing
3. Tensioning the Yarn
4. Finger Aerobics I
5. The Continental Knit Stitch
6. Finger Aerobics II
7. The Continental Purl Stitch
8. Yarnover
9. 1×1 Rib
10. Correct Hand Position: The “U”
11. How to Knit Without Looking

Knitting in the round using double-pointed needles can slow, difficult, and frustrating.

We teach you our favorite way of knitting in the round: Magic Loop so you can knit socks, sweaters, and hats easily.

Practice on the perfect slouchy hat.
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Contents

1. Knit in the Round on Magic Loop
2. How to Go Faster on Magic Loop
3. Keep Your Loops the Right Size
4. Switch Needles on Magic Loop
5. How to Start with a Purl Stitch
6. Pulling the 1st Stitch Too Tight
7. Turned Knitting Inside-Out
8. Round-End Yarn-Overs
9. Going The Wrong Way
10. Twisting Loops of Cable
11. Undo Knitting Stitch by Stitch
12. The “One Stitch Left” Challenge
13. The Traveling Loop Technique

Mosaic knitting is a colorwork technique even beginners can do. But the instructions can be confusing. Learn to master Mosaic and slip-stitch techniques to make stunning color projects.
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Contents

1. Beginner: Mosaic Brick Pattern
2. Three Tips for Mosaic Knitting
3. Basic Mosaic Troubleshooting
4. Intermediate: ZigZag Stripes
5. Fixing Intermediate Mistakes
6. Advanced: Mosaic Charts

Starburst Cowl (Irina Poludnenko)

1. Full Tutorial: Starburst Cowl

If you have hand pain or arthritis, it limits how much you can knit. Portuguese knitting can help reduce hand pain so you can enjoy knitting again.
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Contents

1. Portuguese Tension + Purl Stitch
2. Portuguese Knit Stitch

Most dog sweaters are knit from pieces you seam up, which takes a long time.

Learn the basics of sweater shaping while knitting a great-looking dog sweater without seaming on Magic Loop.
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Contents

1. Magic Loop + Check Gauge
2. Cast On and Work Neck Ribbing
3. Work Body Increases
4. Bind Off for Leg Openings
5. Cast On to Finish Leg Openings
6. Weave in Your Ends Now
7. Continue Knitting the Body
8. Decrease for Back
9. Work Body Ribbing
10. Work Leg Ribbing and Finish

Most sock patterns are very hard for beginners, especially if they are written for double-pointed needles.

Our class teaches you the easiest techniques using Magic Loop. You will knit a simple pair of worsted-weight toe-up socks that fit great.
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Contents

1. Walk-Through of Toe-Up Sock
2. Check Your Gauge in the Round
3. Judy’s Magic Cast-On (JMCO)
4. Cast On for Both Socks
5. Stop Losing Cast-On Stitches
6. Bottom Needle/Back Needle
7. Fix a Loose Toe-Up Cast-On
8. Increases on Toe-Up Socks
9. M1L and M1R Increases
10. Easier KFB Instead of M1R
11. Read Your Work for Increases
12. Keep Yarn from Tangling
13. Avoiding Gaps and Ladders
14. Socks Not Joined On One Side
15. Removing Socks to Unravel + Fix
16. Start Fleegle Heel Increases
17. Estimate Fleegle Heel Using Shoe Size
18. Turn the Fleegle Heel
19. How to Purl Backwards
20. Final Decreases on Fleegle Heel
21. Invisible Ribbed Bind-Off
22. Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off
23. Weave in Ends

Bonus videos

1. Faux Heel Flap for Toe-Up Socks
2. Slip-Stitch Heel Pattern
3. Eye-of-the-Partridge Stitch

Top-down socks have several complex parts.

Learn to knit a pair of top-down fingering-weight socks with our simple Magic Loop pattern so that you can knit even advanced socks with confidence.
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Contents

1. Top-Down Socks Walk-Through
2. Two-at-a-Time Cast-On
3. Knit 1st Round
4. Optional Lace Pattern
5. Keep Yarn from Tangling
6. Avoiding Gaps and Ladders
7. Socks Not Joined On One Side
8. Knit the Heel Flap
9. Slip-Stitch Heel Pattern
10. Eye-of-the-Partridge Stitch
11. Turn the Heel
12. How to Purl Backwards
13. Pick Up Stitches Along Heel Flap
14. Shape Gusset
15. Kitchener Stitch
16. Weave in Ends on Socks
17. How to Block Your Work

One-and-two-color Brioche knitting is beautiful but can be intimidating.

We teach you every tip and trick so that knitting Brioche feels like second nature. Practice on a gorgeous scarf and hat.
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Contents

1. Basic One-Color Brioche Stitch
2. Read Your Work in Brioche
3. How to Count Stitches and Rows
4. Setup for a Standard Bind-Off
5. Stretchy Yarnover Bind-Off
6. Weaving in Ends on Brioche
7. What is Selvedge-Stitch Brioche?
8. Italian Cast-On + Tubular Setup
9. One-Color Selvedge Brioche
10. Italian Bind-Off
11. One-Color Brioche in the Round
12. Two-Color Brioche in the Round
13. Read Work on 2-Color Brioche
14. Decreasing: the Brioche SSK
15. Two-Color Flat Selvedge Brioche
16. Tips for Two-Color Flat Brioche
17. Fixing Mistakes in Brioche

Charts allow you to knit complex patterns easily, but their symbols and rules can be confusing.

We teach you knit-and-purl, lace, cable, Fair-Isle, Intarsia, double knitting, duplicate stitch, and Mosaic charts so that you can approach any charted pattern, and any of the above projects, with confidence.
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Contents

Knit and Purl Charts

1. Basic Checkerboard
2. Textured Stripes
3. Bricks
4. Swan

Lace Charts

1. Lace Zigzag + Put in a Lifeline
2. Lace Diamond
3. Foliage Toddler Hat
4. Starlight Lace in the Round

Colorwork Charts

1. Fair Isle Charts
2. Double Knitting Charts
3. Intarsia Charts
4. Duplicate Stitch
5. Mosaic Charts

Cable Charts

1. Simple Cable Charts
2. Complex Cable Charts

Two-sided knitting involves specific new knitting techniques.

Master double knitting from a chart so that even complex projects, like the above, are doable.

You’ll learn by making a chunky heart or checkerboard scarf.
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Contents

1. Pattern Walk-Through
2. How to Read a Chart
3. Cast-On for Double Knitting
4. Set-Up for Double Knitting
5. Double-Knit Plain Stitches
6. Practice: Rows 3-4
7. Keep Your Edges Clean
8. Double Knit a Charted Design
9. Keep Track on Double Knitting
10. Practicing the Charted Design
11. How to Undo Stitches
12. If You Don’t Move Both Yarns
13. Fixing a Mistake Far Down
14. Completely Remove a Few Rows
15. Keep Your Yarn from Twisting
16. Adding a New Ball of Yarn
17. How to Double-Knit Faster
18. How to Bind Off
19. How to Weave In Ends

Grab 2, 3, or more colors of yarn because you’re ready to knit Fair-Isle.

Fair-Isle tension can be tricky, so we walk you through it whether you’re an American, Continental, or dual-style knitter.

Practice on a fun and easy felted bag.
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Contents

Beginner: Fair-Isle Felted Bag

1. Pattern Walkthrough
2. Knitting the Base of the Bag
3. Join Color B
4. Knit the Striped Bag Bottom
5. Pick Up + Knit Around Base
6. Begin Knitting in the Round
7. Learn to Read a Chart
8. Begin Fair-Isle Knitting
9. Messed Up Following the Chart
10. Maintain Tension
11. Pulling Floats Too Tight
12. Fix Mistakes Far Down
13. Switch Colors Consistently
14. Prevent Long Floats
15. Avoid Corners on Magic Loop
16. Garter Stitch in the Round
17. Final Rounds
18. Weave in Ends
19. I-Cord Handles
20. Assemble Bag

Intermediate and Advanced Fair-Isle

1. Flat Fair-Isle (Back-and-Forth)
2. 3-Color Fair-Isle
3. Fair-Isle Ribbing
4. Ladder-Back Jacquard

Cat Bordhi created the popular infinity-loop knitting style called Moebius Knitting.

Get comfortable knitting any moebius project out there by creating a gorgeous decorative felted bowl.
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Contents

1. Materials
2. Moebius Cast On
3. Creating 5 Twists
4. Round 1
5. Round 2
6. I-Cord Bind-Off
7. Weave in Ends
8. Prepare Folds
9. Pick Up and Knit
10. Increase Round
11. Decreases
12. Decrease Tricks
13. Finishing

Learn to knit charted lace in the round, fix mistakes on any kind of lace pattern, and knit a beautiful hat you will be proud of.
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Contents

1. Pattern Overview
2. Learn Magic Loop
3. Check Your Gauge
4. Cast-On and Round 1
5. Work Rounds 2-3
6. Crown – Rounds 1-2
7. Crown – Rounds 3-4
8. Counting Chart Stitches
9. Crown – Round 5
10. Pattern Round or Plain Round?
11. Fixing Mistakes 1
12. Crown – Round 9
13. Crown – Round 7
14. Crown – Round 11
15. Fixing Mistakes 2
16. Remove Stitches Back to Lifeline
17. How to Put in a Lifeline
18. Crown – Round 13
19. Crown – Round 15
20. Fixing Extreme Mistakes
21. Loop of Magic Loop Comes Out
22. Forgot a Yarnover
23. Decrease Round
24. Leaf Lace – Rounds 1-2
25. Leaf Lace – Round 3
26. Leaf Lace – Round 5
27. Dropped Yarnovers
28. Leaf Lace – Round 7
29. Leaf Lace – Round 11
30. Leaf Lace – Round 9
31. Fixing Mistakes 3
32. Work in Ribbing
33. Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off
34. Invisible Ribbed Bind-Off
35. Weave In Ends

Normal thumb construction makes your first mittens a challenge.

Learn the world’s best mitten thumb plus the two-at-a-time-on-Magic-Loop technique to create a pair of perfect-fitting bulky mittens that you can knit in one day.
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Contents

1. Bulky Mittens Pattern Overview
2. Two-at-a-Time Cast-On
3. Twisted Rib Cuff
4. Work in Twisted Rib
5. Count Cuff Rounds Easily
6. Keep Yarn from Tangling
7. Work One Round Even
8. Increase for the Hand
9. Increase for the Thumb
10. Slip Markers As You Increase
11. Continue Increasing for Thumb
12. Tell If It’s Time to Increase
13. Remove Thumb Stitches
14. Knit the Hand
15. Count Your Rounds Easily
16. Decrease for Top of Hand
17. Count Subsequent Rounds
18. Finish Hand Decreases
19. Finish Top of the Hand
20. Place Thumb Stitches on Needle
21. Pick Up + Knit Across Gap
22. Knit Thumb
23. Weave in Ends on Mittens
24. Bonus: Ultimate Mitten Thumb

Using the same standard bind-off for every project can make your knits look lackluster.
For a professional finish, select a recommended bind-off for each type of project from over 45+ bind-offs.

Contents

Bind-Off Tips and Tricks

1. Matching Cast-Ons + Bind-Offs
2. Neaten Last Stitch: Flat Knitting
3. Neaten Last Stitch in the Round
4. Count Bound-Off Stitches
5. Undo Your Bind-Off Stitches

Bind-Offs for Stockinette

1. Standard Bind-Off
2. Suspended Bind-Off (Variation)
3. Decrease Bind-Off
4. Crochet Bind-Off
5. Elastic Bind-Off
6. Braided Rib Bind-Off
7. EZ Sewn Bind-Off

Bind-Offs for Garter Stitch

1. Icelandic Bind-Off
2. Chinese Waitress Bind-Off

Stretchy Bind-Offs/Bind-Offs for Ribbing

1. In-Pattern Bind-Off for 1×1 Rib
2. Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off (JSSBO): 1×1 Rib
3. Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off (JSSBO): 2×2 Rib
4. Yarnover Bind-Off
5. Latvian Bind-Off
6. Invisible Ribbed Bind-Off: 1×1 Rib
7. Tubular Bind-Off for 1×1 Rib
8. Kitchener Double-Rib Bind-Off
9. Cable Bind-Off for 1×1 Rib
10. Cable Bind-Off for 2×2 Rib

Bind-Offs for Lace

1. Frilled Standard Bind-Off
2. Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off (JSSBO)

Decorative Bind-Offs

1. Knit 2 Together Bind-Off
2. I-Cord Bind-Off
3. Edging Bind-Off
4. Hemmed Edge Bind-Off: Purl + Picot
5. Frilled Standard Bind-Off
6. Frilled Decrease Bind-Off
7. Ruffle Bind-Off
8. Picot Point Bind-Off #1
9. Picot Point Bind-Off #2
10. Picot Chain Bind-Off

Seaming Bind-Offs

1. Russian Grafting
2. Japanese Bind-Off
3. ZigZag (Ancient Greek) Bind-Off
4. Three-Needle Bind-Off
5. Three-Needle I-Cord Bind-Off
6. Kitchener Stitch Without Fear
7. Kitchener Stitch for Garter Stitch

Other Bind-Offs

1. Without-Knitting Bind-Off
2. 1-Over-2 (Gathered) Bind-Off
3. Cable Bind-Off for Seed Stitch
4. Simple Two-Color Bind-Off
5. Double-Stitch Bind-Off
6. Sloped Bind-Off
7. Tulips Buttonhole

Using just one or two cast-ons can make your projects look homemade, not professional.

Learn 40 unique ways to start your knitted projects, with stretchy cast-ons, invisible cast-ons, center-start cast-ons, and more.

Contents

Cast-On Basics

1. Estimating Tail Needed
2. How to Make a Slipknot
3. Casting On Without a Slipknot
4. Slingshot Position

Cast-On Tips and Tricks

1. Casting Onto Two Needles
2. The Infinite-Tail Method
3. Count Cast-On Stitches Fast
4. Adding More Stitches at the Endl
5. Fixing a Dropped Cast-On Stitch
6. Cast-On Too Tight or Too Loose

Long-Tail Cast-Ons

1. The Long-Tail Cast-On
2. Long-Tail Cast-On – Thumb
3. Old Norwegian (Twisted German) Cast-On
4. Chain (Crochet) Cast-On

Short-Tail Cast-Ons

1. Backwards Loop Cast-On
2. Cable Cast-On
3. Double-Twist Loop Cast-On
4. Grandma’s Cast-On
5. Knitted Cast-On
6. Purled Cast-On

Stretchy/Ribbed Cast-Ons

1. Alternating Cable Cast-On
2. Alternating Long-Tail Cast-On
3. Alternating Old Norwegian (Twisted German) Cast-On
4. Channel Island Cast-On
5. Chinese Waitress Cast-On
6. Double-Start Cast-On
7. Slipknot Cast-On
8. Tillybuddy’s Cast-On

Invisible Ribbed Cast-Ons

1. Italian Tubular for 1×1 Rib
2. Italian Tubular for 2×2 Rib

Center-Start Cast-Ons

1. Emily Ocker’s Circular Cast-On
2. Invisible Circular Cast-On
3. Garter Tab Cast-On

Decorative Cast-Ons

1. Lace Cast-On
2. Picot Cast-On
3. Hemmed Edge: Purl + Picot
4. I-Cord Cast-On

Double-Sided Cast-Ons

1. Judy’s Magic Cast-On (JMCO)
2. JMCO for two-at-a-Time
3. Turkish Cast-On
4. Figure-8 Cast-On

Color Cast-Ons

1. Contrasting-Color Cast-On
2. Two-Color Cast-On
3. Three-Color Cast-On
4. Twined Cast-On for 2-Color Rib

Provisional Cast-Ons

1. Provisional Cast-On
2. Crochet Provisional Cast-On

Special Shapes

1. Moebius Cast-On
2. Two-at-a-Time Cast-On

If you haven’t crocheted in a while (or ever), you’ll need a quick-reference dictionary of crochet stitches in order to follow any pattern.

Videos and GIFs teach and quickly remind you of each technique.

Contents

1. BLO – Back loop only
2. CH – Chain stitch | GIF
3. DC – Double crochet
4. HDC – Half-double crochet
5. SC – Single crochet | GIF
6. SL ST – Slip stitch
7. TR – Triple crochet
8. British Crochet Terms

Baffled by an abbreviation in your pattern? Video demos of 30+ abbreviations help you knit any pattern correctly and easily.

Contents

1. 1×1 Rib/2×2 Rib – Ribbing
2. BLCO – Backwards Loop Cast-On
3. BO – Bind Off
4. BO in Pattern
5. Garter St – Garter Stitch
6. K – Knit Stitch – American
7. K – Knit Stitch – Continental
8. K2TOG – Knit 2 Together
9. K2TOGTBL – K2TOG Through the Back Loops
10. KFB – Knit Front and Back
11. Kitchener Stitch
12. Long-Tail Cast-On
13. Mattress Stitch
14. M1/M1L – Make One Left
15. M1R – Make One Right
16. P – Purl Stitch – American
17. P – Purl Stitch – Continental
18. P2TOG – Purl 2 Together
19. PFB – Purl Front and Back
20. P/u (Pu) + K – Pick up and Knit
21. Recognizing Knit + Purl Stitches
22. S2KP – Slip 2, Knit, Pass
23. SKP – Slip, Knit, Pass
24. Sl – Slip 1
25. SSK – Slip, Slip, Knit
26. St St – Stockinette Stitch
27. TBL – Through the Back Loop
28. W&T – Wrap and Turn
29. Weave in Ends
30. Work Even

Knitting lingo can be confusing.

We define and illustrate over 80 knitting and yarn terms so that you can keep up with any pattern or discussion.

Contents

1. Accidental Yarnover
2. American/English-Style Knitting
3. Aran
4. Back Loop
5. Beginning of Round
6. Bind Off
7. Blocking
8. Bobbin
9. Cast On
10. Center-Pull Ball
11. Chunky
12. Circs/Circulars
13. Circular Needles
14. Colorway
15. Colorwork
16. Continental Knitting
17. Contrasting Color
18. Decrease
19. DK
20. Double-Pointed Needles
21. DPN(s)
22. Dye Lot
23. Felting
24. Fingering
25. Flat Knitting
26. Frogging
27. Garter Stitch
28. Gauge
29. Gauge Swatch
30. Getting Gauge
31. Grabby
32. Hank
33. Heathered
34. Highly Variegated
35. In Pattern
36. In the Round
37. Increase
38. Kettle-Dyed
39. Knit Up (Verb)
40. Knitting Flat
41. Knitting Pattern
42. Knitwise
43. Lace
44. Leg
45. Local Yarn Store
46. LYS
47. Magic Loop
48. Main Color
49. Mosaic Knitting
50. Multiple (Noun)
51. Pull From the Center
52. Pull From the Outside
53. Purlwise
54. Read Your Work
55. Reverse Stockinette Stitch
56. Ribbing
57. Right Side
58. Round (Noun)
59. Round Knitting
60. Self-Striping
61. Semi-Solid
62. Short-Tail Cast-On
63. Skein
64. Sport
65. Stash
66. Stitch
67. Stockinette Stitch
68. Straight Needles
69. Super-Bulky
70. Swatch
71. Tail
72. Tension (Verb and Noun)
73. Tink
74. Turn Work
75. Variegated
76. Weave In
77. Weight
78. Work Even
79. Working Yarn
80. Worsted
81. Wrap
82. Wrong Side
83. Yardage
84. Yarnover

When you’re just starting out it’s hard to know which supplies are essential and which are nice-to-have.

Our list of recommended supplies will help you choose yarn, needles, project bags, and notions for every budget.

Contents

Books

1. A Treasury of Knitting Patterns
2. Complete Idiot’s Guide to Knitting and Crocheting
3. Custom Knits
4. Handknit Holidays
5. Harmony Guides: Knit & Purl
6. Harmony Guides: Lace & Eyelets
7. Knitting Brioche
8. Knitting on the Edge
9. Mosaic Knitting
10. Son of Stitch ‘n Bitch
11. Stitch ‘n Bitch Crochet – The Happy Hooker
12. Stitch ‘n Bitch Nation
13. Stitch ‘n Bitch: The Knitter’s Handbook
14. The Knitter’s Book of Yarn
15. The Magic Loop

Fabric Care

1. Blocking Mats and T-Pins
2. Soak Wash
3. Sock Blockers
4. Sweater Shavers

Needles

1. 10-Inch Rosewood Needles
2. 10-Inch Signature Needles
3. Addi Turbos
4. Size 10 Birch Needles

Notions

1. Ball Winder
2. Cable Needles
3. Crochet Hooks
4. Embroidery Scissors
5. Fabric (Puffy) Paint
6. Kitchen Scale
7. Knit Chek Gauge-Checker
8. Knitting Needle Case
9. Needle-Felting Needles
10. Needle-Felting Pad
11. Notions Case
12. Pompom Maker
13. Stitch Markers – Locking
14. Stitch Markers – Split Ring
15. Suede Slipper Bottoms
16. Swift
17. Tape Measure
18. Tapestry Needles

Yarn

1. Hand Dyed Bulky
2. Malabrigo Chunky
3. Malabrigo Rasta
4. Malabrigo Twist
5. Walkabout Yarn
6. Wool-Ease Thick n’ Quick Yarn

Remind yourself about yarn weights, needle sizes, and gauge with our handy guides..

Contents

1. US-Metric Needle Conversion
2. Yarn Weights, Needles + Gauge
3. Yarn Weights: Actual Size
4. Yarn Weights: Photo Glossary

1. Wool-Ease Thick n’ Quick Yarn