Since I published a tutorial about a gorgeous criss-cross cast on border, I was flooded with requests for instructions that explain how we can add this edging to a project worked in the round. You are absolutely right, my friends, to send those requests – the elasticity (and beauty!) of this edging makes it perfect …
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This tutorial is about a beautiful edging that we make right after we cast on stitches. In just four fairly simple rows we turn a basic cast on into an elaborate picot edge with a line of long twisted stitches above it. I learned this cast on method from a video suggested by Rita – …
When we want to upgrade a project from “basic” to “fancy”, we are looking for ways to add little details that are almost invisible on their own but turn a project into a refined creation. One of those ways is to change the type of cast on. The Bulgarian cast on that I’m going to …
Knitters have come up with countless ways to get the first set of stitches on the needles. It’s always amazing to discover yet another type of cast on. Recently, I’ve been doing research about mittens and found a simple and beautiful way to cast on stitches in the “Latvian Mittens: Traditional Designs & Techniques” book …
One of the most exciting things about crochet is that you can start with just a few stitches or even one loop and work in rounds increasing stitches every here and there. Before you know it, you’ve got a granny square, a hat, a blanket or a cute amigurumi. Well, it is also possible to do …
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A few weeks ago we discussed a stretchy cast on that is perfect for “knit 1, purl 1” ribbing. It is known as the “Italian cast on” or a “long tail tubular cast on”. The best part about this type of cast on is that it does not create a ridge. That makes it perfectly …
There are many ways to do a provisional cast on, but the result is always the same – the cast on edge is not really an “edge”, but a set of open stitches that we can pick up later on. Many of the ways involve a crochet hook, but not all knitters have one or …
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