Inspired by the cherry blossoms down my street in Astoria, with their pink flowers that only last a week, this is a sleeveless top, that can also be worn as a vest, and if knitted with cotton yarn, it’s a great spring and summer garment.
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Learn How to Purl
As you may know, the two quintessential stitches you need to learn when you start knitting are knit and purl stitches. If you have been practicing your knits and feel confident to go to the next level, don’t be afraid to start purling! You’ll see it’s not hard and will open your world to aContinue reading “Learn How to Purl”
Through the Grapevine Shorts – Knitting Pattern
Inspired by the cherry blossoms down my street in Astoria, with their pink flowers that only last a week, this is a sleeveless top, that can also be worn as a vest, and if knitted with cotton yarn, it’s a great spring and summer garment.
Cherry Blossom Sleeveless Knit Top
Inspired by the cherry blossoms down my street in Astoria, with their pink flowers that only last a week, this is a sleeveless top, that can also be worn as a vest, and if knitted with cotton yarn, it’s a great spring and summer garment.
Learn How to Knit. Part 3: Binding off a project
If you missed Part 01 on how to cast on stitches and Part 02 how to knit stitches, click on the links to read first. Bind off a project Once you’ve finished your project, you will need to cast it off in order to get it off your needles without it falling apart. Here isContinue reading “Learn How to Knit. Part 3: Binding off a project”
Learn how to knit. Part 2: The knit stitch. (with pictures and video!)
To read part one of this tutorial on how to cast stitches, click here. The knit stitch (k) In part two of this tutorial on how to knit, you will learn The Knit Stitch. The Knit Stitch is the basis of knitting, of course. In patterns you will see it represented with aContinue reading “Learn how to knit. Part 2: The knit stitch. (with pictures and video!)”
Learn how to knit. Part 1: Casting on. (with pictures and video!)
Hello world! It’s exciting to start a new blog, but even more exciting to use it for helping you achieve what I did myself: teaching yourself how to knit. As a kid, I’d watch my aunts and grandmother crochet, and I knew knitting involved a sort of wooden sticks, but both crafts seemed too mysteriousContinue reading “Learn how to knit. Part 1: Casting on. (with pictures and video!)”
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