Knitting Information

General Knitting Information

• Knitting Abbreviations
• Tension Square

How to Knit

• Making a slip knot
• Working the knit stitch
• Working the purl stitch
• Casting off

Methods of casting on

• Cable or two needle cast on
• Thumb method cast on
• Casting on for K1, P1 rib
• Guernsey edge cast on

Types of increasing

• Standard increasing
• Make one (M1)
• Casting on a seam stitch

Knitting Techniques

• Working Cables
• Fair Isle
• Wool wind or intarsia
• Fisherman’s rib and K1B (knit one below)
• Using a set of double-pointed needles
• Turning
• Knitting up stitches

Sewing Techniques

• Mattress Stitch
• Slip-stitch
• Flat seam
• How to pick up a dropped stitch
• How to block your hand knit

Embroidery Stitches

• Knitting stitch embroidery
• Bullion Stitch
• Lazy Daisy
• Stem Stitch
• Satin Stitch
• Straight Stitch
• French Knots
• Blanket Stitch
• Cross Stitch
• Chain Stitch

Embellishments

• Pompoms
• Fringes
• i-cords
• Plaits

Felting

• Felting by hand
• Felting in a machine