Here is a very nice instructional video suitable for absolute beginners. It shows how to make a comfy looking circle scarf that can also be used as a cowl or modified to make a neck warmer. It covers everything in great detail, from casting on, the basic stitch, the purl stitch, casting off, and sewing the ends together.
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Showing posts with label knitting. Show all posts
The Aran Sweater
To celebrate St. Patrick's day I thought I would share with you this delightful video about the Aran sweater. These sweaters are knitted with many distinct patterns of stitches, and were warm and rain resistant, ideally suited for the farmers and fishermen of the islands.
Situated in Galway Bay, the Aran Islands (Inishmór, Inishmaan and Inisheer) have been inhabited for some 4000 years and the prehistoric forts of Dún Aengus and Dún Chonchúir are thought to have been built in the second century BCE.
Situated in Galway Bay, the Aran Islands (Inishmór, Inishmaan and Inisheer) have been inhabited for some 4000 years and the prehistoric forts of Dún Aengus and Dún Chonchúir are thought to have been built in the second century BCE.
Knitting; casting on
Casting-on is the first step in any knitting project. It is also used in other parts of a design, such as button-holes, and anywhere where new stitches are needed that do not depend on earlier stitches. Here is just one way of casting-on.
How to cast on for knitting from Maria Volk on Vimeo.
Thrum knitting
Thrumming is a method of making your knitwear really warm, just what you want for these chilly winter days. It adds thick wads of wool to the inside of the garment, most usually mittens and socks.
You can buy a thrum mitt or sock kit containing yarn, roving and instructions from my friends at Lismore Sheep Farm. If you don't want to make your own, they also sell finished thrum mittens and slippers.
You can buy a thrum mitt or sock kit containing yarn, roving and instructions from my friends at Lismore Sheep Farm. If you don't want to make your own, they also sell finished thrum mittens and slippers.
Real Men Knit
This is a trailer for a DVD called Real Men Knit
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The full DVD features a documentary that focuses on men’s roles in knitting, past, present and future, a knitting lesson teaching how to make a knitted cap and interviews with male knitwear designers.
.The full DVD features a documentary that focuses on men’s roles in knitting, past, present and future, a knitting lesson teaching how to make a knitted cap and interviews with male knitwear designers.
Continental knitting
Lorilee Beltman, owner of City Knitting in Grand Rapids, Michigan, gives us a "Continental" knitting lesson courtesy of Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood, host of the CraftSanity podcast.
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