Wednesday, June 2, 2021

This post has links to techniques and tutorials I use for knitting and crochet. 

Links to Techniques and Tutorials
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For Beginning Knitters and Crocheters:

http://rovingcrafters.com/2016/01/10/crochet-lessons-for-knitters/

http://rovingcrafters.com/2016/01/04/knitting-lessons-for-crocheters/

Casting On and Binding Off in Knitting:

Alternating Long-Tail Cast-on
http://knittingnuances.com/resources/Tutorials/Alternating_Long_Tail_CO.pdf

Double-Chain Cast-on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qe5Spoes-s

Ann Kingstone, “Double-Chain Bind-off”
https://annkingstone.com/obsessive-cast-off/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns30iCTkNFg

Sarah E. White’s Three-Strand Two-Color Cast-On
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/two-color-cast-on-2115691

This cast-on can be used for double-knitting. See also the Double-knitting heading, below.

Impeccable Knits I-cord Cast-on
https://impeccableknits.wordpress.com/tutorials-tips-tricks/i-cord-cast-on/

I-cord on All Four Sides
http://confidentknitter.com/2s2p/i-cord-puzzler/

Elizabeth Zimmerman’s (EZ’s) Sewn Bind-off
http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/FEATsum06TT.html
(scroll to the bottom of the article)

“Ribbed Sewn Bind Off: 1 x 1 |Purl Soho”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY0xEX7A6RQ

Design Inspiration:

https://web.archive.org/web/20170204155304/http://www.aemma.org/onlineResources/bayeux/bayeuxIntro.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20170106190833/http://www.aemma.org/onlineResources/bayeux/bayeuxIndex1.html

“How to Knit a Mitered Corner WITHOUT Wrap and Turns - part 1”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcgDBGAiP2o

http://alessandrina.com/category/circles_squares/

Charts:

Ariel Barton, “Charts Are Your Friends”
http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter04/FEATcharts.html

http://rovingcrafters.com/2016/09/14/knitting-with-charts-part-1/
http://rovingcrafters.com/2016/09/15/knitting-with-charts-part-2/

Color-work and Stranded Knitting

Suzanne Bryan, “Stranded Knitting – Methods of Holding Yarns”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSzvGSlMU94

Ashley Little, “Colorwork Help: How to Hold Your Yarn for Stranded Knitting”
https://www.mybluprint.com/article/holding-yarn-for-stranded-knitting

Brooklyn Tweed, “Stranded Colorwork 101”
https://brooklyntweed.com/pages/stranded-colorwork-101

Double-Knitting

Introduction to Double Knit Colorwork by Ellen Thomas from The Chilly Dog  https://www.thechillydog.com/2021/04/double-knitting-english-and-continental.html  

Ellen Thomas demonstrates two ways to hold your yarn for double knitting.

Two-Color Chained Cast On by Ellen Thomas from the Chilly Dog  https://www.thechillydog.com/2021/04/two-color-chained-cast-on.html

Ellen Thomas shares an easy and beautiful two-color cast-on that can be used for double-knitting.

Two-Color Gathered Bind Off by Ellen Thomas from the Chilly Dog  https://www.thechillydog.com/2021/05/two-color-gathered-bind-off.html

Ellen Thomas gives instructions for a bind-off, similar to a regular in-pattern bind-off but better.

Combination Knitting and Four Reasons to Try It by Ellen Thomas from The Chilly Dog
https://www.thechillydog.com/2018/12/combination-knitting-and-4-reasons-to.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WP2MlICOWU

This article and accompanying video explains combination knitting and some of the many ways it can be useful. I like combination knitting for my double-knitting projects to make it easier to hold colors in both hands. 

A Sockmatician Tutorial: Two-Colour, Alternating Long-Tail Cast On for Double Knitting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO-maaxl8Rc

A Sockmatician Tutorial - Slip-Stitch Edges for Double-Knitting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLZQEXQl4Yw&list=PLdPP9lsNMc-Q1e14kuw5GXEEsFTnlTHoc&index=4&t=0s

Double-Knitting Techniques
http://www.zpag.net/Artisanat/patterns/english/doubleknitting_techniques.htm


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