Tutorials & Pattern Support
This page contains help and tutorials to support my patterns. I will be adding information regularly.
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Knitting With Beads - a video showing how to add beads to your knitting using a crochet hook.
Lace Knitting Tutorials
Shaping while keeping the lace pattern correct
Circular Cast Ons - Emily Ocker & Disappearing Loop Cast-ons
Reading & Understanding a Pattern for Top Down Triangular & Half Hexagon Shawls
A small tip to improve the look of your lace knitting
Using Lifelines - How lifelines can make your knitting easier.
Slipping Stitches - How to slip stitches correctly at the beginning of rows to create a neat edge.
Elongated Cross Stitch - a video demonstrating how to work the elongated cross stitch pattern.
Crochet chain cast off - a video demonstrating how to do the crochet chain cast.
Choosing a lace pattern - a blog post with advice for new lace knitters on choosing your first lace pattern.
How to make a shawl bigger or smaller.
Double decreases at the beginning and end of pattern repeats.
Garter Tab Cast On includes the Turkish Cast On.
Cast on the same numer of stitches, increase at the same rate, create three very different shapes.
Improve the look of your lace knitting
How to shape the Carnival shawl
Short Rows in a Lace Pattern - Amelie
Adding beads using the crochet hook method - Ma Belle
Knitted on Edging - Single Join
Estonian Start Stitch - The Lido Shawl
Blocking Videos
How to block a triangular shawl
How to block a large crescent shawl
How to block Carnival - an unusual shape shawl
How to block a peaked asymmetrical crescent shawl - Troms
How to block a rectangular shawl - Las Salinas
How to block the Daymer Bay poncho
How to block the Trenance lace sweater
How To Fix Mistakes in Lace Knitting
How to fix a dropped stitch in a finished shawl.
Finishing mistakes in lace knitting - dropped or missed yarn overs.
Unpicking stitches and rows of stocking stitch and lace knitting.
How to fix a dropped stitch in lace knitting
Sock Knitting Tutorials
Grafting Stitches Using Kitchener Stitch
Knitting Surgery
How to alter your garment by cutting off the extra fabric.
Sweater Surgery - Part 1 and Part 2
General Knitting Tutorials
'So you want to be a sample knitter?' - a blog post with advice for knitters who wish to become a sample knitter for designers.
How to work the Russian Cast/Bind Off (Stretchy Cast/Bind Off) - a blog post which includes instructions for how to work a stretchy cast/find off.
Travel Knitting - Top tips for travel knitting including taking your knitting on a plane.
Cutting your knitting - Why steek and how to use steeking techniques to alter a garment.
How to deal with a pattern problem - What to do when you get stuck on a pattern
Long Tail Cast On Tips - Part 1 & Part 2.
'No stitch' & Varying Stitch Counts.
Four tips for knitting faster.
A Few Of My Favourite Things
Knitting Gadgets - My can't live without knitting gadgets.