How to increase stitches in knitting. There are a few easy and fast ways to increase the stitches on your knitting.

Becoming a knitting nerd didn't happen overnight. I've always been interested in learning new things: not just reading on how to do things but I'm equally interested in the why. Here are my favorite resources for getting nerdy with knitting techniques.

A step by step tutorial on stacked increase knitting showing you everything you need about this rare knitting technique & how to use it.

A massive list of all the knitting increases and how to knit them. A side-by-side comparison of all the important patterns, pros & cons.

For pretty much every increase you can think of there's a mirror-image counterpart! Here are video tutorials for six methods of knitting paired increases.

The Owl Cable Stitch Knitting Pattern creates an adorable textured woodland creature. Get free written pattern, chart, and video tutorial.

Learn how to knit a byzantine stitch that reminds me of a fishtail or a diamond. Easy-to-knit, beautiful pattern and video tutorial.

If there’s one thing that knitters worldwide can appreciate, it’s nifty tips and tricks that…

Learn how to do provisional cast-on, a way to create a temporary cast-on edge with the intention of knitting seamlessly in the opposite direction.

Have you ever picked up stitches around a neckline wishing that it could look better? Well this is where I found myself when designing my raglan sleeve sweater. I normally knit the collar and then continue from there to the short rows. For this raglan I've designed, it is knit back and forth casting on stitches at both

Do you struggle with tight floats in stranded colorwork knitting? In this blog post I demonstrate an easy trick to keeping your floats loose: knitting colorwork inside out. And no, that doesn't mean having to purl in colorwork! Read this blog post to understand how needle tip position affects circular knitting, the difference between working right side out and inside out, and how working in the round inside out can help with your colorwork tension and tight floats.

Becoming a knitting nerd didn't happen overnight. I've always been interested in learning new things: not just reading on how to do things but I'm equally interested in the why. Here are my favorite resources for getting nerdy with knitting techniques.

A detailed tutorial showing you how to knit the Brioche Stitch. It's a very voluminous and beautiful stitch suitable for beginners. Includes all the amazing variations of this stitch.

A step-by-step tutorial on the M1L and M1R knitting increase. How to knit them and how to tell them apart so you don't get confused.

Learning how to grade knitting patterns is a challenge for many knitwear designers. Imagine if stitch and row counts as well as shaping could be calculated across all sizes at the click of a button. I’ll show you how using a simple spreadsheet!

Beautiful cast on border for hats, shawls, sweaters and other knitting patterns - easy step by step knitting tutorial for beginner knitters.

Learn how to create diagonal stitches with these easy tutorials to add a unique touch to your projects. Tutorials curated by The Knit Crew.

A better way to make a buttonhole in knitting using a special technique to reinforce the corners for neater results.

In colorwork or mosaic knitting it's important to keep your floats loose on the back of the work. Here's a clever trick on how to do that with yarnovers.

A step by step tutorial on how to knit intarsia in the round. With a couple of easy tricks, you can knit intarsia socks and other tubular projects.

There is an advantage to knowing how to graft in pattern, especially when a repair may be necessary and there’s no one around to ask for assistance.

A Provisional Cast-on is a Temporary Cast-on. ? Learn how to use them with written instructions, images, and video tutorials! ?

A step-by-step photo tutorial for my favorite method of doing buttonholes on a knitted garment: the one-row buttonhole.

Do you struggle with tight floats in three-color colorwork? Two-pass knitting is an easy way to knit multi-color stranded colorwork so that you're only working with two yarns at a time. In order to do this, you need to work the same round in two passes, alternating which stitches are knit and which ones are slipped. In this tutorial I demonstrate how to use this clever trick that makes knitting three-color colorwork a breeze!

Garter-tab cast-on is a method for casting on top-down triangle, crescent, or semicircle shawls. Learn how and why to use it with this step-by-step tutorial.

Learn the ins and outs of intarsia knitting on how to join colors! You'll also discover tips from the experts, be able to download intarsia knitting patterns, advance your knitting skills and much more in this helpful blog post from Interweave.com!

Photos above © knit with me This knitting pattern / tutorial is available for free... Full Post: Very Pretty Stitch

I'll explain 130+ knitting terms in a way that's easy to understand. Whether you're a beginner or an intermediate knitter, you'll find this info useful!

The scalloped cast-on adds a little extra cuteness to your knitting projects! Learn how to do it today with this text and video tutorial, it's easy! ?

Often when we follow a pattern for a project worked in the round, somewhere at the very beginning the pattern tells us to “join stitches for working in the round”, but in most cases, it doesn’t tell us how exactly to do that. It’s not a hard task that requires some kind of advanced knitting […]

Actionable entrelac tips for neater results. Perfect this amazing knitting pattern and prevent holes, yarn from peeking through, etc.

When it comes to knitting a right-leaning decrease, the choice is a no-brainer: knit two together (K2tog). Are there even other alternatives? Not that I've ever heard of.But what about left-leaning decreases? This is where it gets complicated — there are a myriad of options to choose from! In this tutorial I review seven different methods of knitting a left-leaning decrease and try to find the one that is the best mirror-image counterpart to K2tog. 1. Slip One, Knit One, Pass Slipped Stitch Over

What is the yarn weight when knitting with yarn held double or with two strands of yarn held together? This tutorial walks you through the math.

Picking up stitches when you're knitting can sound like a counterintuitive instruction. As the stitches are already on your needles, right? In today's tutorial I will demistify this jargon for you and make sttiches to knit a border or button band.

A comprehensive guide to left leaning decreases in knitting with 7 different techniques from easy to super neat and invisible + video.