Knitting Tips and Techniques

The articles on this page are a collection made up of hints and tips from various knitting lists and original articles written by me. Articles written by me are labelled as such at the bottom of the individual pages.

	Colour (Embroidery and Colour Knitting): Cellular Automaton Design. Written by Pati Taylor, used with permission from Debbie New. Duplicate Stitch Columns Knitting Jogless Stripes in the Round Fixing the Loose St on the Edge of Cables and Intarsia Graphing Designs Hints for Intarsia and Knitting Kaffe Fassett Designs Traditional Colours and Symbols
	Design: Designing Hats with Ear Flaps by Judy Schroeder The Fibonacci Sequence, Golden Ratios and Other Ways to Play With Numbers, or, How Wide Should I Make My Stripes? Thanks to Manny Olds and Raye Schwartz Ideas for Using Small Amounts of Novelty Yarn Safety Tips for styling and choosing designs for children's knitwear
	Garment Care and Repair: Reducing Pilling on a Finished Garment Thanks to Luce Soucy
	Garment Construction: Best Buttonholes Figuring the Number of sts Needed for an Entrelac Garment Knitting a Hood Onto a Sweater Without a Pattern by Claudia Krisniski
	Miscellaneous: Bookmarks compiled by Sue Hotovec Now Includes Japanese Needle Sizes! Conversion Charts for yarn and needle sizes that confuse knitters from different countries Decorate Your Knitting With Needle Felting Downloadable Needle Size Spreadsheet for Excel Printable needle size chart to carry with you! Print it, laminate it and keep it in your knitting bag. Available in two sizes. Printable yarn thickness chart. Print it, laminate it, and you'll always know what thickness yarn you need.
	Sizing: Garment Sizing Suggested Ease for Various Garments Using Elizabeth Zimmermann's Percentage Technique with Modern Sizing
	Techniques: Choosing a Needle Size for Unfamiliar Yarn Fixing the Loose St on the Edge of Cables and Intarsia Fixing the Loose Stitch When Changing from Knit to Purl by Neil How to Graft Garter and St Stitch How to Make Pom-Poms How to Use a Knitting Spool (aka Knitting Nancy, Knitting Loom etc) How to Work SSK How to Wrap Short Rows I-Cord Tips and Techniques Knitting and Purling Backwards. A useful technique if you hate turning after every row when knitting entrelac. Stitches are knit from the right hand needle and onto the left hand needle. Removing Ribbing from a Garment Knit from the Bottom Up
	Toys and Doll's Clothes: Ideas for Easy Barbie Clothes by Dez Crawford Safety Tips for making toys for children under three years of age Size Charts for Dolls
	Yarn: Hand Knitting with Machine Knitting Yarns Knitting With Pencil Roving Making the Most of Variegated Yarns Ripping Out Mohair