As you may know, I am a fairly lazy knitter. I also prefer knitting to a “recipe” rather than an exact pattern. In fact, written knitting patterns are a recent invention in the knitting world, within the last 150 years or so. It’s my belief that written patterns have proliferated mostly because they benefit yarn…
Category: LEARN
Techniques & Solutions
Technique Speak
Binding Off: Problems and Solutions
Binding off. Well, there’s not a whole lot to say about that, is there? I mean, you’re done knitting, you bind off, right? While I don’t think quite as many techniques exist for binding off as casting on, still, there are quite a few. And the CO and BO edges can make or break an…
Ask the Knitting Teacher, Fashion, Style & Fit
Ask the Knitting Teacher: What Can I Do About Baggy Raglan Sleeves?
Introducing a new feature on TessKnits.com: answering selected reader questions about knitting. If you have a knitting question that is of reasonably general interest, go to the Contact page and send it in! No guarantees, no prizes, no personal responses – but you might get an answer, and inspire a good blog post. Ingrid writes:…
Stitches, Technique Speak
Best Knitting Advice Ever
The most important piece of knitting advice I ever found was in the Holiday ’87 issue of Vogue Knitting. A wonderful knitter wrote a letter to the editor which greatly influenced my knitting success. This woman’s letter largely influenced how I became a “fearless knitter.” A word of advice to new knitters. I learned to knit and purl…
Designing, Fashion, Style & Fit, Technique Speak
How to Knit Better Short-Row Bust Darts
One fitting issue some women have is how to fit a sweater for a generous bust without it becoming a gunny sack. You may not know that the “Ms. Average” that the the fashion industry designs for is a B cup. So if you are larger than a B cup, OR if the difference between…