A few weeks ago I’ve got an email from one of my knitting friends (thank you, Trudi 🙂 with a photo of a machine knit scarf that she wanted to replicate. The scarf had a stripe worked in an interesting stitch pattern – it looked like a set of simple eyelets but each eyelet was …
When we want to liven up a project without altering the pattern too much, it’s good to use simple ways to decorate our knitting – nupps, bobbles or even cross stitch. Knot stitch is one of those little tweaks that turn a basic project into a one of a kind creation. It is used quite often …
A few years ago I saw a photo of this stitch on Pinterest and got intrigued by the incredible texture. The photo showed a blanket that was clearly machine knit, and of course, there were no knitting instructions or even hints provided. In most cases, machine knit stitches can be recreated in hand knitting, so …