Articles Crochet And Knitting

There’s nothing worse than coming to a complete knitting standstill because you’ve realized you made a mistake in your knitting. You scream, you curse, and often you’re ready to give up. We’ve all been there so don’t beat yourself up. Making a mistake is part of the learning process. Today, we’ll talk about common knitting mistakes beginner knitters make. We’ll teach you how to spot them, how to correct them, and, more importantly, get you back to knitting. Let’s talk about some of the mistakes many knitters commonly make. When You Keep Losing Count Of Your Stitches Working with any...

Six Successful Tips For Beginner Knitters!

By Carey Nuss

     You’ve started knitting or are thinking of starting to knit congratulations! Knitting is a terrific activity that is not only is fun and interesting but is a proven fact to improve memory and mental health clarity as well as meeting many others that enjoy the same craft of knitting.

Maybe you have seen a jumper that you would like and must have so you would like to knit it for yourself, or maybe its just that mediative calm you get from knitting that jumper that you enjoy, as it brings a calm and peace to your lifestyle.

Whatever your reason for starting, here are six tips to help you as a beginner so that you may have the most successful journey with your knitting! ...

This post is about joining your work using mattress stitch. I must admit most times I tend to crochet my work together but to be honest there are sometimes when you really need to join your work using this method of using Mattress Stitch also often used with hand sewing projects, mending blankets etc…

Using the mattress stitch is a great way of grafting two knitted pieces together. Using this technique, the two pieces will be joined together using an invisible seam.

You will need to use two slightly different techniques for knitted pieces in the stockinette stitch and in the garter stitch.

In this tutorial, we have included both video tutorials and infographics that explain these two different techniques.

We have included an infographic which shows how to sew mattress stitches in the stockinette and garter stitch for you all....