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.2 bits of knitting theory: the "work to glory" ratio and "product plus process" (November 9, 2009)
.2 handy knitted increases, one slanting right, one slanting left (March 21, 2007)
.2 kinds of sewing needles, useful for knitters (May 21, 2007)

.2-stranded long-tail cast on (October 12, 2007)
.2 strands of yarn wound together, working up unevenly (March 5, 2011)
.3 decreases: Knit 2 together; slip, slip, knit; three stitch decrease (January 30, 2007)
.3-in-1 TECHjoin for joining circular knitting (January 26, 2007)
.3 needle bind off (December 27, 2011)


8-TRICK POCKET HAT...

• .Part 1--putting gauge in its place (February 6, 2008)
• .Part 2-easy-peasy reverse stockinette tubular edging (February 15, 2008)
• .Part 3--jogless ribbing STRIPES with a trick to work your ends in as-you-go (March 3, 2008)
• .Part 4--a truly flat hat top (March 9, 2008)

A
ADDING...

• .Adding a new ball of yarn in the same color (February 12, 2007)
• .Adding stitches at the end of a row (works in the middle of the fabric, also (April 5, 2009)

.Afterthought reversible cable-ette border (April 27, 2016)

ALTERING KNITWEAR...

• see "Garment Correction," below under "G"

.An explanation of sorts (November 5, 2006)techkncable

APRIL FOOL'S (divertissements) 

    .TECHknitting April Fool's edition: More time for knitting (dishwasher tricks) (April 1, 2022)

    .Knitting Crossword (by TECHknitter) April 1, 2021

ATTACHING...

• .Attaching lining to knitting--use the overcast stitch (May 9, 2008)

AVOIDING...

• .Avoiding ladders while using (double pointed needles) (April 13, 2007)
• .Avoiding "nipple in the middle:" some tricks to improve hat tops, glove fingertips and motif centers (November 26, 2009)
• .Avoiding a hole on a vertical opening in knitwear by crossing stitches (April 11, 2009)
• .Avoiding the slipknot when casting on (June 3, 2007)

."Art" yarns and long color repeat yarns--taming them with a ball winder (part 1 of ball winder series) (January 17, 2011)
.Article and video on jogless stripes (February 27, 2011)

B
.Baby caps and drawstrings (November 17, 2009)

.Baby sweater + hat: lanyard cast-on and -off +deco band (pattern, free) (October 29, 2024)

BACK JOIN...

• .(the) Back join--adding a new ball of yarn of same or different color and work in the tails at the same time (June 28, 2007)
• .BACK to the back join--adding a new ball of yarn of same or different color and work in the tails at the same time (July 1, 2007)

.Backwards and forward loop cast-on (December 4, 2006)
.Backwards loop cast on in the middle or at the end of a row: a trick for tidy edges (April 5, 2009)

.Backwards loop, Yanked Increase &Twisted Yarn-over:Knitted increases based on a twisted loop (March 13, 2021)
.Bands, flipping, knitting to avoid--(Zig-zag bands) (December 29, 2007)
.Bands, flipping, how to fix (fixing garter stitch band-flip) (August 27, 2011)

BARBERPOLE (HELIX) STRIPES...

• .Barberpole (Helix) jogless stripes (March 1, 2011)
• .Barberpole (Helix) jogless stripes, Video (February 27, 2011)

."Belly buttons" and the umbilical waste cord method of starting knitting from the center (September 21, 2009)

BALL WINDERS... 

• .The ball winder--a useful tool, especially with long color repeat yarns (part 1 of ball winder series) (January 17, 2011)
• .Ball winders, part 2: avoiding yarn twist (January 18, 2011)

BETTER BANDS AND CUFFS...

• .Hems and facings: the inside front corner (December 8, 2010)

• .Part 1--overview--"Opera and Soap Opera" (November 1, 2007)
• .Part 2--why cuffs and bands are wonky, and what to do about it (November 14, 2007)
• .Part 3 --hems and facings (November 22, 2007)
• .Part 4--knitting shut hems and facings (December 9, 2007)
• .Part 5--sewing shut hems and facings (helps combat band flip) (December 23, 2007)
• .Part 6--your steam iron: a mighty weapon in the fight against curling and flipping (December 25, 2007)
• .Part 7--zig-zag bands, a method to combat band flip (December 29, 2007)
• .Part 8--provisional tail method of 1x1 tubular cast on(January 11, 2008)
• .Part 9--tubular cast off (it's pretty)(January 15, 2008)
• .Part 10-- the wrap-up (January 23, 2008)

• see also: "Fold lines in knitting," below under "F"
• see also: "Flipping bands," below under "F"
• see also: "Shortening ribbing" below under "Ribbing"

.(A) Beautiful method of picking up stitches for a second fabric layer (April 10, 2011)

.Biasing in knitted fabric (January 27, 2011)

BIND OFF...

• .Bind off, chain, part 1--along a straight edge (December 24, 2008)
• .Bind off, chain, part 2a--in the middle of a fabric--the right edge (December 26, 2008)
• .Bind off, chain, part 2b--binding off in the middle of a fabric--ending the bind off (January 28, 2009)
• .Bind off, chain, part 3: binding off circular knits (March 3, 2009)
• .Bind-off, matching to cast on (September 24, 2009)
• .Bind off, tubular (it's pretty) (January 15, 2008)
• .Cuff-to-cuff: casting on and binding off the body stitches (January 20, 2013)
• .Easy fake tubular bind off: casting off 1/1 ribbing the TECHknitting way (April 1, 2007)
• .Fake I cord bind off (FICBO)--Quick and easy, sturdy and handsome (January 23, 2021)
• .Fake Latvian Braid, deco bind-off version, perfect for scrap projects (October 30, 2014)
• .I-cord bind-off, I-cord selvedge border (November 24, 2105)
• .Picking up stitches along a bound-off edge (December 1, 2015)
• .(The) Stretchiest (and easiest) cast on and bind off (November 4, 2011)
• .Three needle bind off (December 27, 2011)

BLOCKING...

• .Blocking hand knits, why--and how (March 13, 2008)
• .Blocking, steam method (December 25, 2007)
• .Dekink yarn with steam--instant results (includes VIDEO)(December 11, 2012)
• .Ribbing: "dry blocking" uneven ribbing: a quick little trick (October 5, 2014) (includes VIDEO)

Body shapes and attributes see "Designing and fitting knitwear" below, under "D"

.Bowen cross + shortcuts: Celtic knots, improved (October 30, 2022)

.Bowen Cross, Double Bowen cross: adapting Infinity Loops to complex forms (November 5, 2022) 

BUTTONS...
.Button lore (February 23, 2012)
.How to sew on a button without the spacer sandwich (October 1, 2011)

• .Buttonhole alternatives (April 30, 2010)
• .Buttonholes in hand knitting, part 1: lore and tradition plus some nifty tricks (February 20, 2012)
• .Buttonholes in hand knitting, part 2: Button lore (February 23, 2012)
• .Buttonholes, new information (preview of magazine article) (April 23, 2010)
• .Horizontal buttonholes (March 12, 2012) 
• .No-sew zippers (Nov 5, 2010)
• ."Oops! I forgot a buttonhole!" (part 6 of "Buttonholes in hand knitting") (March 22, 2012)
• .Sheepseye aka yarn-over buttonholes (part 3 of "Buttonholes in hand knitting") (February 27 2012)
• .Tulips buttonhole: the video (and an interview on Knitting Daily) (June 1, 2010)
• .Tulips buttonhole, diagrams (part 5 of "buttonholes in hand knitting") (March 12, 2012) 
• .Vertical buttonholes (part 4 of "Buttonholes in hand knitting") (March 5, 2012)
• .Zippers in knitting, the no-sewing way (ACTUAL INSTRUCTIONS) (October 22, 2012)
  
  

BRIOCHE STITCH...

• .Fixing brioche stitch: Dropping a ladder in brioche and half-brioche, then latching it back up again (December 14, 2012)

C

CABLES...

• .Afterthought reversible cable-ette border (April 27, 2016)
• .Cables crossed wrong: anchored I-cord disguises the miscross (October 14, 2022)
• .Fixing miscrossed cables: unlatching and re-knitting cables crossed the wrong way (October 4, 2022)
•  Infinity Loops.. (improved Celtic Knots)
• .Part 1: Infinity Loops--intro. A new trick to improve Celtic knots & continuous cables, part 1 (October 22, 2022)
• .Part 2: Celtic knots, improved: Bowen Cross and introducing shortcuts. Infinity Loops, part 2 (October 30, 2022) 
• .Part 3: Celtic knots: adapting Infinity Loops to complex forms--Double Bowen Cross (November 5, 2022)
• .Part 4: Celtic hearts and teardrops (November 12, 2022)
• .Part 5: Infinity Loops in Color: Celtic Valentine's hearts (February 13, 2023)
• .Keeping track of cables: box and circle method, intro (September 6, 2022)
• .Tracking complex cables using box-and-circle, Part 2 of a series (September 13, 2022)
• .What is a cable, anyhow? Cable crosses and how to knit them (August 30, 2022)
• .What row am I on in my cable? Counting cable rows (September 23, 2022)

.Cable or chain cast-on, also called "knitting on" (December 1, 2006)

CAST OFF...

• see "Bind off" (series) above under B

CAKES of YARN

• see "Ball winders" (series) above, under "B"

CAST ON...

• .Cast on additional stitches at the end of a row or over a gap by the loop cast on method: a trick for beautiful fabric (April 5, 2009)
• .Cast on, avoiding the slipknot (June 3, 2007)
• .Cast on, backward and forward loop (December 4, 2006)
• .Cast on, cable or chain (December 1, 2006)
• .Cast on in COLOR: Colorful Lanyard Cast-On for knitters, and Lanyard Cast-Off, too, (Let's make a fish) (October 22, 2024)
• .Cast on, long tail (November 20, 2006)
• *Cast on LOTS of stitches provisionally without losing your count or your mind (September 1, 2024)
• .Cast on MANY stitches at once--for LARGE projects, two-part long tail method (October 12, 2007)
• .Cast-on, matching to bind-off (September 24, 2009)
• .Cast on more stitches at the edge of a row (works in the middle of a fabric, too) (April 5, 2009)
• .Cast on more stitches in the middle of a fabric--over a thumb-hole, for example--use the same method as for an edge, immediately above
• .Cast on, tubular by the provisional tail method for 1x1 ribbing (January 11, 2008)
• .Cast on two-part long tail, for LARGE projects (October 12, 2007)
• .Cuff-to-cuff: casting on and binding off the body stitches (January 20, 2013)
• .Items started along a long edge--how best to cast on (May 2, 2011)
• Lanyard cast-on and lanyard-cast off IRL + Matching deco-band Baby sweater+hat (October 29, 2024)
• (The) Stretchiest (and easiest) cast on and bind off (November 4, 2011)
• .Tubular cast on by the provisional tail method for 1x1 ribbing (January 11, 2008)

CAST ON from the center...

• .Cast on from the center by the I-cord method (January 25, 2010)
• .Cast on from the center--"Belly buttons" and the umbilical waste cord method (September 21, 2009)
• .Cast on from the center--disappearing loop method (February 15, 2007)

CAST ON, provisional...

• .Cast on, provisional by the COWYAK waste yarn method (October 22, 2007)
• .Cast on, provisional, crochet chain method (December 10, 2006)
• .Provisional cast on--knitting up vs. knitting down (December 7, 2008)

CELTIC KNOTS and CONTINUOUS CABLES...

• see "Cables, above under "C" or "Infinity Loops" (series) below under I

.Center-pull balls of yarn, wound up by hand (November 11, 2024)

CHAIN BIND OFF...

• .Chain bind off along a straight edge (December 24, 2008)
• .Chain bind off circular knits (March 3, 2009)
• .Chain bind off in the middle of a fabric--the right edge (December 26, 2008)
• .Chain bind off in the middle of a fabric--ending the left edge (January 28, 2009)

.Chained selvedge a.k.a. "slipped selvedge" (February 20, 2007)
.Chain stitch (ch. st.) Slip stitch (sl. st.) and single crochet(sc): Basic crocheting for knitters (September 20, 2014)

CHARTS...

• .Charting charts: a new way to keep track of lace knitting (June 13, 2007)
• .How to read knitting shorthand and decode knitting charts (October 27, 2007)
• .Keeping track of cables: box and circle method, intro (September 6, 2022)
  .Tracking complex cables using box-and-circle, Part 2 of a series (September 13, 2022)

.Circular gauge swatches knit flat (back and forth on two needles) (February 4, 2011)
.Circular knitting, how to join--the 3-in-1 TECHjoin (January 26, 2007)

CIRCULAR NEEDLES...

• .Circular needle cables: controlling extra-long cables while knitting (May 30, 2007)
• .Circular needle cables: uncurling (April 21, 2007)
• .Circular needles used to knit back and forth (flat knitting) (February 10, 2007)

COLOR KNITTING, applied to surface when the knitting is done...

• *Duplicate stitching on knitting, part 1: basic how-to + tricks for better results (April 3, 2016)
• .Fake Latvian Braid part 1: slip stitch surface decoration (October 21, 2014)
• .Fake Latvian Braid, part 2: deco bind-off version, perfect for scrap projects (October 30, 21014)
• .Fake Latvian Braid part 3: the mechanics of slip stitching (November 10, 2015)(includes VIDEO)
• .Gallery: Fake Latvian Braid + Pinstriping--a vest project featuring both kinds of added-color techniques (March 21, 2016)
• .Lazy Knitter Scrap Tam recipe: a use for deco bind-off FLB + introducing shaping tricks for bringing order out of chaos (November 10, 2014)
• .[A] pinstriped hat--basic and with variations (January 23, 2016)
• .Pinstriping: vertical columns of color, added after the knitting is finished (January 14, 2016)(includes VIDEO)
• .Two-color pinstriping: vertical columns of color on a knit fabric (January 18, 2016)
• .Undulation Rib pinstriped scarf--knitting pinstripes on curves + geek notes on convering ribbing in a shaped fabric via controlled drop (February 10, 2016)

COLOR KNITTING, knit as-you-go, how-to...

• *Cast on in color: Colorful Lanyard Cast-On for knitters, and Lanyard Cast-Off, too, Let's make a fish (October 22, 2024)
• .Color knitting how to, part 1--background (April 24, 2007)
• .Color knitting how to, part 2--two colors, one in each hand (April 27, 2007)
• .Color knitting how-to, part 3--knitting with two colors on one hand AND three color knitting (May 2, 2007)
• .Color knitting how-to, part 4--multi-color knitting, one color at a time, also called multiple-pass knitting (May 12, 2007)
• .Color knitting how-to, one color at a time: slipped stitch knitting (May 17, 2007)
• *Corrugated ribbing tricks and tips (December 1, 2016)
• .Fastening long floats for invisible stranding--alternatives to the STUART ladderback (November 23, 2016)
• .[A] new trick for fixing errors in color knitting--"controlled drop" (September 15, 2013)
• ."Picture Frame" your color knitting to eliminate the jog on discontinuous rounds (as in Fair Isle knitting)
• .Smoothed circles: a jogless join for single rounds in different colors (October 10, 2016)
• .STUART part A: Taming long floats via the STUART method for color knitting (October 19, 2016)
• .STUART part B: STUART ladderback Jacquard gallery, part 1: Skeleton hat "Round Dance" (October 23, 2016)
• .STUART part C: Long Floats in color knitting: modifiying STUART ladderback jacquard for rough-use situations (also STUART gallery, part 2) (November 18, 2016)
• .Yarn organization for color knitting (October 29, 2016)

COLOR KNITTING--working in ends (tails) as you go or afterward:

• see: "Ends" series, below in "E"

. Color, texture and ribbing without the icky (contrasting color) dots--a mystery of knitting, explained (February 24, 2008)
.(A) computer interlude: How to search TECHknitting blog (or any other website) (May 6, 2010)

CONTINUOUS CABLES and CELTIC KNOTS...

• see "Infinity Loops" (series) below under "I"

.(The) continental knit stitch (December 20, 2006)
.Continental knitting, English knitting and handedness (December 16, 2006)
.(The) continental purl stitch (December 24, 2006)
. Controlled drop: a new trick for fixing errors in color knitting (September 15, 2013)

CORDS...

• see ""Lanyards" (series) below under L

.Corrugated ribbing tricks and tips (December 1, 2016)

COUNTING...

• .Counting rows, how to (May 25, 2007)
• .Matching two pieces of knitting without counting (July 3, 2008)
• ."Multiple of X plus Y"--counting how many stitches to cast on: stitch pattern notation explained (October 18, 2011)
• .What row am I on in my cable? Counting cable rows (September 23, 2022)

.COWYAK--a waste yarn method of provisional cast on (October 22, 2007)

CROCHETING...

• .Basic crocheting for knitters: chain stitch (ch. st.) Slip stitch (sl. st.) and single crochet (sc) (September 20, 2014)
• .(The) crochet hook method of left leaning decreases, part 4 of right and left leaning decreases (October 3, 2007)
• Fake Latvian Braid (FLB)...
• .Slip stitch surface decoration: Fake Latvian Braid (October 21, 2014)
• .Slip stitch Fake Latvian Braid, deco bind-off version, perfect for scrap projects (October 30, 2014)
• .Gallery: Fake Latvian Braid + Pinstriping--a vest project featuring both kinds of added-color techniques (March 21, 2016)
• Pinstriping...
• .[A] pinstriped hat--basic and with variations (January 23, 2016)
• .Pinstriping: vertical columns of color, added after the knitting is finished (January 14, 2016)(includes VIDEO)
• .Two-color pinstriping: vertical columns of color on a knit fabric (January 18, 2016)
• .Undulation Rib pinstriped scarf--knitting pinstripes on curves + geek notes on convering ribbing in a shaped fabric via controlled drop (February 10, 2016)

.Crossing stitches: one way to avoid a hole on a vertical opening in knitwear (April 11, 2009)
.Crossword--knitting and knitted! (by TECHknitter) April 1, 2021

CUFFS

• .Cuff-to-cuff: Dealing with the body stitches (January 20, 2013)
• .Lengthening and shortening (cuffs and) knitwear (January 24, 2008)
• improving...see "Better bands and cuffs" (series) above under "B"
  

CURLING...

• .Curling scarf rescue mission, part 1: the problems and the solutions which don't work (December 12, 2010)
• .Curling scarf rescue mission, part 2: the drop column method (December 19, 2010)
• .Curling scarf rescue mission, part 3: transforming stockinette into ribbing (December 21, 2010)
• .Curling scarf rescue mission, part 4: lining the scarf (December 31, 2010)

• .Curling stockinette: Why? (March 1, 2007)
• .Curling, edge stitches which won't (pictures, shorthand and diagrams) (October 29, 2007)
• see also "Flipping bands" below under "F" 

D
."Dating tips" for knitters: gauge-less gauge swatches (February 6, 2007)

DECREASES...

• .3 decreases: Knit 2 together; slip, slip, knit; three stitch decrease (January 30, 2007)

1. Double decrease--same as three stitch decrease (see entry immediately above)
2. k2tog--Knit 2 together (see entry immediately above)
3. Non-slanting decrease, also called 3-stitch decrease (see entry immediately above)

• .Evenly spacing increases or decreases on an uneven stitch count (April 2, 2011)
• .Moving a decrease put into the wrong spot in the row(s) below (June 5, 2007)
• .Purl decreases: p2tog, p2tbl, ssp (October 12, 2009)
• .Right and left leaning decreases, part 1--right decreases, the good twin (September 20, 2007)
• .Right and left leaning decreases, part 2--left leaning decreases, the evil twin (September 24, 2007)
• .Right and left leaning decreases, part 3--a new method for left-leaning decreases: SYTK (slip, yank, twist, knit) (September 28, 2007)
• .Right and left leaning decreases, part 4--the crochet hook method of left leaning decreases (October 3, 2007)
• .Right and left leaning decreases, part 5--an uber-geek presentation of the runners up for left leaning decreases(October 9, 2007)
• .Seed stitch, increasing and decreasing (December 7, 2011)
• .SSK-- slip, slip, knit (January 30, 2007)
• .SSP--slip, slip, purl (October 12, 2009)

.De-kinking kinky yarn yarn (February 3, 2007)

DESIGNING AND FITTING KNITWEAR ...

• .Designing and fitting knitwear, part 1--some background considerations (May 7, 2010)
• .Designing and fitting knitwear, part 2--body shapes and attributes (May 7, 2010)
• .Men's sweaters for the heroic figure: E-Z adjustments for better fitting garments (February 1, 2011)
• .Gauge, ease and fashion--or "why doesn't my sweater fit?" (January 23, 2007)
• .Shortening and lengthening knitwear (January 24, 2008)
• see also "Garment Correction," (series) below under "G"

.Disappearing loop method for casting on from the center (February 15, 2007)

DISHWASHER TRICKS

    .TECHknitting April Fool's edition: More time for knitting (dishwasher tricks) (April 1, 2022)

DOUBLE KNITTING...

• .A new trick for fixing errors in color knitting(works for double knitting, too)--"controlled drop" (September 15, 2013)

DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES (DPN's)...

• .DPN's, avoiding ladders while using (double pointed needles) (April 13, 2007)
• .DPN's (and magic loop) , part 1: Why learn? (March 12, 2006)
• .DPN's, part 2--the theory of the work (also, magic loop) (March 16, 2007)
• .DPN's, part 3--the how to (April 8, 2007)
• .DPN's: Reader's forum (April 16, 2007)

.Drawstrings and baby caps (November 17, 2009)

.Dropped stitch (mystery hole in knitting) (April 21, 2021)

DUPLICATE STITCH
.Duplicate stitching on knitting--basic how-to + tricks for better results (April 3, 2016)

E
EASE...

• .Ease, positive and negative (December 11, 2007)
• .Ease, gauge and fashion, or "why doesn't my sweater fit?" (January 23, 2007)

.Easy fake tubular bind off: casting off 1/1 ribbing the TECHknitting way (April 1, 2007)

EDGES...

• .A neat little edging for garter stitch (January 14, 2011)

• CURLING EDGES...
• .Curling scarf rescue mission, part 1: the problems and the solutions which don't work (December 12, 2010)
• .Curling scarf rescue mission, part 2: the drop column method (December 19, 2010)
• .Curling scarf rescue mission, part 3: transforming stockinette into ribbing (December 21, 2010)
• .Curling scarf rescue mission, part 4: lining the scarf (December 31, 2010)

• .Edge stitch patterns that don't curl up (pictures, shorthand and diagrams) (October 29, 2007)

.Efficiency in knitting (December 22, 2006)
.Elastic to hold up your socks  (February 15, 2011)
.Elizabeth cap (October 28, 2011)

EMBELLISHMENTS...

• .I-cord tassels (July 19, 2009)
• .Pom-poms (May 27, 2008)
• .Tassels (June 6, 2008)

ENDS, worked in as you go along

• .Part 1--the Russian join (June 25, 2007)
• .Part 2--the back join (June 28, 2007)
• .Part 2a--BACK to the back join (July 1, 2007)
• .Part 3--the overcast method (July 8, 2007)
• .Part 4--overview and summary (July 11, 2007)
• .Ends worked in as you go along: same color or changing color (April 19, 2010)
• .Jogless stripes in ribbing, with a trick to work your ends in as-you-go (March 3, 2008)
• .Joining circular knitting--the 3-in-1 TECHjoin (works in the "tail" as-you-go) (January 26, 2007)

ENDS, worked in after the knitting is finished

• .Knit picker: skimming in ends with a knit-picker (October 26, 2012)
• .Sewing needle, part 1--the skimming-in method (July 14, 2007)
• .Sewing needle, part 2--weaving ends into knit fabric (July 16, 2007)
• .Sewing needle, part 3--weaving ends into ribbing (July 17, 2007)
• .Sewing needle: working in too-short ends--a classic dressmaker's tip, handy for knitters (September 27, 2009)

.(The) English knit stitch (December 28, 2006)
.(The) English purl stitch (February 25, 2007)
.Errata: check the web BEFORE you cast on (May 31, 2007)

ERRORS, correcting

• .Cables crossed wrong: anchored I-cord disguises the miscross (October 14, 2022)
• .Correcting errors in the rows below, part 1: moving a decrease (June 5, 2007)
• .Correcting errors in the rows below, part 2: moving an increase (June 8, 2007)
• .Correcting errors in the rows below, part 3: adding an increase (June 9, 2007)
• .Correcting errors at the side edges of your knitting (October 17, 2007)
• .Errors: fixing errors at the side edges of your knitting (October 17, 2007)
• .Fixing a run in garter or seed stitch (January 15, 2012)
• .Fixing a run in ordinary stockinette (illustration)
• .Fixing miscrossed cables: unlatching and re-knitting cables crossed the wrong way (October 4, 2022)
• see "Garment Correction" (series) below under "G"
• .Geek notes on convering ribbing in a shaped fabric via controlled drop  (Part of a post on Undulation Rib Pinstriping)p (February 10, 2016)
• .Fixing brioche stitch: Dropping a ladder in brioche and half-brioche, then latching it back up again (December 14, 2012)
• .Hole in my knitting! Help! (mystery holes) (April 21, 2021)
• [A] new trick for fixing errors in color knitting--"controlled drop" (September 15, 2013)
• .Splitting knit fabric into two pieces: a very quick trick (includes VIDEO)(January 2, 2013)
• see "Uneven knitting" (series) below under "U"

.Evenly spacing increases or decreases on an uneven stitch count (April 2, 2011)

F
FACINGS and HEMS

• see "Bands and cuffs," above under "B"
• see also: "Fold lines in knitting," below in this listing for "F"
• see also: "Flipping bands," below under "F"

FAIR ISLE KNITTING

• see "Color knitting," above under "C"

.Fake I cord bind off (FICBO)--Quick and easy, sturdy and handsome (January 23, 2021)

FAKE LATVIAN BRAID

• .Fake Latvian Braid, part 1: slip stitch surface decoration (October 21, 2014)
• .Fake Latvian Braid, part 2: deco bind-off version, perfect for scrap projects (October 30, 2014)
• .Fake Latvian Braid part 3: the mechanics of slip stitching (November 10, 2015)(includes VIDEO)
• .Lazy Knitter Scrap Tam recipe: a use for deco bind-off FLB + introducing shaping tricks for bringing order out of chaos (November 10, 2014)

.Fake tubular bind off for 1/1 ribbing (April 1, 2007)

FELTING...

• .A felting primer for hand knits (wet felting) (November 7, 2011)
• .Felted kid mitts see below under "Patterns" 
• .Felted mittens with non-felted cuffs (March 10, 2007)
• .Felted mitten tutorial in Knitcircus e-Magazine (August 4, 2010)
• .Little Felted Purse KAL (no sew-zipper) part 1 (November 30, 2010)
• .Little Felted Purse KAL (no sew zipper) part 2 (December 2, 2010)
• .Little Felted Purse KAL (no sew zipper) part 3 (December 6, 2010)

."Finger hurts from pushing back the left needle tip" (December 19, 2008)

.Fish! Colorful Lanyard Cast-On for knitters, and Lanyard Cast-Off, too, Let's make a fish (October 22, 2024)

FITTING KNITWEAR...

• .Fitting socks without trying them on (May 13, 2007)
• LADDERS
• see also "Garment Correction," (series) below under "G"

FIXING ERRORS...

• .Cables crossed wrong: anchored I-cord fixes the miscross by disguising it (October 14, 2022)
• .Fixing a run in garter or seed stitch (January 15, 2012)
• .Fixing brioche stitch: Dropping a ladder in brioche and half-brioche, then latching it back up again (December 14, 2012)
• .Fixing miscrossed cables: unlatching and re-knitting cables crossed the wrong way (October 4, 2022)
• .Hole in my knitting! Help! (mystery holes) (April 21, 2021)
• .Missed Yarnover!  Help! (March 24, 2021)
• [A] new trick for fixing errors in color knitting--"controlled drop" (September 15, 2013)
• .Splitting knit fabric into two pieces: a very quick trick (includes VIDEO)(January 2, 2013)
• see also "Errors" above under "E"
• see also "Garment Correction," (series) below under "G"

.Flat knitting (back and forth) on circular needles (February 10, 2007)
.Flat top (a TRULY flat top!) for hats (March 9, 2008)

FLIPPING BANDS...

• .Flipping bands, how to avoid by making zig-zag bands (December 29, 2007)
• .How I cured garter stitch border flip: another method for encouraging garter stitch borders to lay flat (August 27, 2011)
• .Sewing shut hems and facings--sewing them shut helps combat band flip (December 23, 2007)
• .Your steam iron: a mighty weapon against curling and flipping bands (and why bands want to flip in the first place) (December 25, 2007)

FLOATS in COLOR KNITTING

• .STUART part A: Taming long floats via the STUART method for color knitting (October 19, 2016)
• .STUART part B: STUART ladderback Jacquard gallery, part 1: Skeleton hat "Round Dance" (October 23, 2016)
• .STUART part C: Long Floats in color knitting: modifiying STUART ladderback jacquard for rough-use situations (also STUART gallery, part 2) (November 18, 2016)

• see also "Color Knitting," above under "C"

FOLD LINES in KNITTING...

• .Horizontal fold lines in knitting, part 1: knit sides out, purl sides in the fold (February 8, 2011)
• .Horizontal fold lines in knitting, part 2: purl sides out, knit sides in the fold (February 10, 2011)

."Forgot a buttonhole!" (part 6 of "Buttonholes in hand knitting") (March 22, 2012)
.Forwards loop cast-on and backwards loop cast-on (December 4, 2006)
.Fringes--how to wash knitwear so the fringes don't tangle (November 1, 2012)
.Fully lining hats with polar fleece (June 28, 2008)

G

.GAME: Knitting Crossword (by TECHknitter) April 1, 2021

.Gap, casting on over (April 9, 2009)
.Garters for holding up your socks, made of elastic (February 15, 2011)


GARMENT CORRECTION

• .Cuff-to-cuff: Dealing with the body stitches (January 20, 2013)
• .My hat is too loose... (May 12, 2011)
• .My sweater is too long/my sweater is too short... (May 8, 2011)
• .My sweater is too tight under the arms, or at the chest/bust--the magic of gussets (May 9, 2011)
• .My sweater is too wide... (May 6, 2011)
• .My sweater slips off my shoulders (September 16, 2011)
• .Reworking an old sweater: a job for the Garde Tricot (December 29, 2012)
• .Tightening knitting via visible afterthought smocking: a useful (and mysterious!) trick (September 6, 2014)
• .Shortening and lengthening knitwear (January 24, 2008)
• .Shortening ribbing k1, p1 (part 1 of 3) (June 28, 2021)
  .Shortening ribbing k2, p2 (part 2 of 3) (July 5, 2021)
  .Shortening ribbing part 3--alternative tricks for bind off (February 11, 2022) 
• .Splitting knit fabric into two pieces: a very quick trick (includes VIDEO)(January 2, 2013) 
• .Sweater Saver: reknitting the cuffs of a purple sweater (November 16, 2015)
• see also "Tightening up knitted garments," (series) below under "T"

GARTER STITCH...

• .A neat little edging for garter stitch (January 14, 2011)
• .Fixing a run in garter or seed stitch (January 15, 2012)
• .Garter stitch in the round: no seams, no wraps, no turns (link to Fleegle's blog) (January 18, 2010)
• .Garter, stitch, how to graft (aka Kitchener stitch) (preview of magazine article) February 14, 2010

GAUGE and GAUGE SWATCHES...

•  .Circular gauge swatches knit flat (back and forth on two needles) (February 4, 2011)
• .Gauge--a cautionary tale (August 3, 2007)
• .Gauge, ease and fashion--or "why doesn't my sweater fit?" (January 23, 2007)
• .Gauge: a mystery of knitting (February 6, 2021)
• .Gauge swatches, keeping track with knots (May 28, 2007)
  
• .Gauge-less gauge swatches or "dating tips for knitters" (February 6, 2007)
  
• .Gauge-less hat as a gauge swatch: Magic loop Ski Hat (March 31, 2007)

.Glove fingers, straps, belts and other tiny knitted tubes: how to start them (September 16, 2009)
.Going to Yarnover?  I'll be the one in a sweatshirt (March 9, 2011)

GRAFTING...

• see: "Kitchener stitch," below under "K"

H
HAND SEWING FOR HAND KNITTERS...

• .Hand sewing for hand knitters, Part 1--starting off (May 1, 2008)
• .Hand sewing for hand knitters, Part 2--starting off with a DOUBLED thread (May 2, 2008)
• .Hand sewing for hand knitters, Part 3--the RUNNING stitch (May 3, 2008)
• .Hand sewing for hand knitters, Part 4--the BACK stitch (May 7, 2008)
• .Hand sewing for hand knitters, Part 5--The best way to attach lining fabric to knitting--the OVERCAST stitch (May 9, 2008)
• see also: "Sewing," below under "S"

.Handedness and knitting (December 16, 2006)
.Handy knitting links (November 25, 2011)

HATS...

• .A cute way to start hats--the TKIO (teletubby) (March 6, 2007)
• .Flat top (a TRULY flat top!) for hats (March 9, 2008)
• .Lazy Knitter Scrap Tam recipe: a use for deco bind-off FLB + introducing shaping tricks for bringing order to shaping on hat tops (November 10, 2014)
• Tutorial for gauge-less Magic loop Ski Hat (March 31, 2007)
• see also 8-trick pocket hat, above under "numbers" (top of index)
• and "Lining", below under "L"

 Hearts: Infinity Loops in Color: Celtic Valentine's hearts (February 13, 2023)

HELIX (BARBERPOLE) STRIPES...

• .Helix (barberpole) jogless stripes (March 1, 2011)
• .Helix (barberpole) jogless stripes, Video (February 27, 2011)

HELP!

• .Hole in my knitting! Help! (Mystery holes) (April 21, 2021)
• .Missed Yarn over! Help! (March 24, 2021)

HEMS AND FACINGS...

• see "Bands and cuffs," above under "B"
• see also "Fold lines"  above under "F"

.Hole in my knitting! Help! (mystery holes) (April 21, 2021)
.Holes on a vertical opening in knitwear, how to avoid by crossing stitches (April 11,
2009)

.Horizontal fold lines in knitting, part 1: knit sides out, purl sides in the fold (February 8, 2011)

.Horizontal fold lines in knitting, part 2: purl sides out, knit sides in the fold (February 10, 2011)

I
I-CORD...

• *Cables crossed wrong: anchored I-cord disguises the miscross (October 14, 2022)
• .Fake I cord bind off (FICBO)--Quick and easy, sturdy and handsome (January 23, 2021)
• .I-cord bind-off, I-cord selvedge border (November 24, 2105)
• .I cord from a mill (January 25, 2010)
• .I cord from a mill: one more trick (starting from the center) (January 25, 2010)
• .I-cord knit by hand (February 19, 2007)
• .I-cord tassels (July 19, 2009)
• .I-cord with added curl (and maybe beads, too) (July 25, 2011)

.Ideas that make you say "wow--" links to great ideas on other websites (September 30, 2009)

INCREASES...

• .Evenly spacing increases or decreases on an uneven stitch count (April 2, 2011)
• .Increases, one slanting right, one slanting left (March 21, 2007)
• .Nearly invisible increase (May 23, 2007)
• .KFB--knit into front, then back of same stitch (December 20, 2008)
• .Knitted increases based on a twisted tail: Backwards loop, Yanked Increase &Twisted Yarn-over (March 13, 2021)
• .Moving an increase made in the wrong spot on the row(s) below (June 8, 2007)
• .Seed stitch, increasing and decreasing (December 7, 2011)

INFINITY LOOPS (Improved Celtic Knots, improved continuous cables)...

• .Part 1: Infinity Loops--intro. A new trick to improve Celtic knots & continuous cables, part 1 (October 22, 2022)
• .Part 2: Celtic knots, improved: Bowen Cross and introducing shortcuts. Infinity Loops, part 2 (October 30, 2022) 
• .Part 3: Celtic knots: adapting Infinity Loops to complex forms--Double Bowen Cross (November 5, 2022)
• .Part 4: Celtic hearts and teardrops (November 12, 2022)
• .Part 5: Infinity Loops in Color: Celtic Valentine's hearts (February 13, 2023)

.Interview of TECHknitter (podcast) (July 4, 2010)
.Intro to TECHknitting, an explanation of sorts (November 5, 2006)
.Invisible (nearly!) increase (May 23, 2007)

.Iron: your steam iron is a mighty weapon against curling and flipping bands (and why bands want to flip in the first place) (December 25, 2007)

 .Itchy wool, softening (April 7, 2008)
.Items started along a long edge--how best to cast on (May 2, 2011)

J
. Japanese short rows and other short row methods (October 28, 2009)

JOGLESS...

• .Interweave Knit series on jogless stripes, preview (May 5, 2009)
• .Interweave Knits series on jogless stripes, part 1: Video and article on jogless stripes, (February 27, 2011)
• .Intereave Knits series on jogless stripes, part 2: Helix (Barberpole) stripes, (March 1, 2011)
• .Interweave Knits series on jogless stripes, part 3: slip-stitch jogless stripes, pretty picture version (March 4, 2011)
• .Jogless stripes--a new way (January 27, 2007)
• .Jogless stripes in ribbing, with a trick to work your ends in as-you-go (March 3, 2008)
• ."Picture Frame" your color knitting to eliminate the jog on discontinuous rounds (as in Fair Isle knitting) (November 15, 2011)
• .Smoothed circles: a jogless join for single rounds in different colors (October 10, 2016)
  
  
  

JOINING...

• .Joining circular knitting--the 3-in-1 TECHjoin (January 26, 2007)
• .Joining a new ball of yarn in the same color (February 12, 2007)
• .Joining a new ball of the same color or changing color, and working your ends in at the same time (April 19, 2010)
• .Joining, back join (July 1, 2007)
• .Joining, Russian (June 25, 2007)

K

KINKED YARN...

• .Avoiding yarn twist--why does it matter? (January 27, 2011)
• .Kinky yarn (February 3, 2007)
• .Unkinking yarn before reuse--why it is a good idea (January 4, 2011)

KITCHENER STITCH...

• .Grafting ribbing without the 1/2 stitch offset, two tricks (December 2, 2012)
• .Kitchener Stitch on garter, stockinette and even ribbing (preview of magazine article) February 14, 2010
• .Kitchener stitch (aka "grafting" or "weaving") without a sewing needle, a new easy way (May 8, 2007)
• .Kitchener stitching (grafting) with a sewing needle, the contrasting color way (also called the "chimney method") Part 1 of a series (November 20, 2012)
• .Step-by step Kitchener stitching (grafting) with a sewing needle: stockinette, reverse stockinette, garter stitch--Part 2 of a series (November 28, 2012)
• .Shaping in the Kitchener row--useful for getting rid of donkey ears on sock toes, or grafting an uneven number of stitches together (December 7, 2012)

."Knipples:" getting rid of them on hat tops, glove fingertips and motif centers (November 26, 2009)

KNIT STITCHES...

• .(The) continental knit stitch (December 20, 2006)
• .Continental knitting, English knitting and handedness (December 16, 2006)
• .(The) continental purl stitch (December 24, 2006)
• .(The) English knit stitch (December 28, 2006)
• .(The) English purl stitch (February 25, 2007)

.Knit fabric: technical aspects--what knitting is (November 6, 2006)
.Knit picker: skimming in ends with a knit-picker (October 26, 2012)

KNITTERS HAVE TO EAT...

• Autumn Leaf Salad for the Thanksgiving table (TK cooks) (November 13, 2012)
• .No-mess muffins--knitters have to eat, part 1 (June 19, 2008)
• .Peach Crumble--knitters have to eat, part 2 (February 8, 2010)

.Knitting Crossword (by TECHknitter) April 1, 2021

.Knitting flat (back and forth) on circular needles (February 10, 2007)
.Knitting efficiently (December 22, 2006)
.Knitting helps science (June 7, 2008)
.Knitting into the stitch below (December 10, 2008)

KNITTING NEEDLES...

• .Circular needle cables: controlling extra-long cables while knitting (May 30, 2007)
• .Circular needle cables: uncurling (April 21, 2007)
• .Conditioning knitting needles (and a note about the ™) (October 26, 2007)
• .Knitting needles, different points (December 12, 2006)
• .Knitting needles and loop size: the stitch and the needle it rode in on (February 2, 2007)

.Knitting shorthand and knitting charts (October 27, 2007)
.Knitting shut hems and facings (December 9, 2007)

KNITWEAR...

• .Knitwear--how to store (June 17, 2007)
• Knitwear, fitting, see "Designing and Fitting knitwear" (series) above, under "D"

L
LADDERS...

• .Ladders after the knit column in ribbing, textures and cables, how to fix (March 27, 2010)
• .Ladders--how to avoid while using double pointed needles (April 13, 2007)
• Ladders: latching up ladder rungs in knitting (VIDEO March 1, 2021)
• Ladders: releasing ladders in knitting (VIDEO March 1, 2021)

LANYARDS...

• *Lanyard cast-on and lanyard-cast off IRL + Matching deco-band Baby sweater+hat (October 29, 2024)
• .Lanyard Cast-On for knitters, and Lanyard Cast-Off, too, Let's make a fish (October 22, 2024)
• .Lanyard cords for decoration & utility: quickly use a crochet hook to make "lanyard cords" + musings on warp knitting (September 14, 2024)
• .Lanyards, starting and ending (September 27, 2024)

LATVIAN BRAID...

• see "Fake Latvian Braid," (series) above under "F"

LEFT-LEANING DECREASES...

• .Left leaning decreases, the evil twin (September 24, 2007)
• .Left-leaning decreases, a new method: SYTK (slip, yank, twist, knit) (September 28, 2007)
• .Left leaning decreases, the crochet hook method (October 3, 2007)
• .Left leaning decreases, the runners up (October 9, 2007)
• .SSK-- slip, slip, knit (January 30, 2007)

.Length reassignment surgery: lengthening and shortening knitwear (January 24, 2008)

LINING...

• .Lining--attaching it to knitting using the overcast stitch (May 9, 2008)
• .Lining hats, fully lined style, with polar fleece (June 28, 2008)
• .Lining hats, headband style, with Polar fleece (April 25, 2008)
• .Lining mittens, part 1: thumb at the side (October 1, 2009)
• .Lining mittens, part 2: thumb on the front (October 7, 2009)
• .Lining a curling scarf to cure its curl (part 4 of "curling scarf rescue mission" series) December 31, 2010
• .Polar Fleece: an excellent fabric to combine with hand knits (April 17, 2008)

LINKS, handy for knitters...

• .Handy knitting links (November 25, 2011)
• .Some ideas that make you say "wow--" links to great ideas on other websites (September 30, 2009)

.Long color repeat yarns (part 1 of ball winder series) (January 17, 2011)

.Long tail casting-on (November 20, 2006)
.Long-tail cast on using two strands (for LOTS of stitches) (October 12, 2007)
.Looping-on casting-on (December 4, 2006)

LOOSE...

.Loose ribbing: structure of ribbing and how to tighten (March 1, 2021)

• see also "Tightening up knitted garments" below, under "T"

M

.Mailing list announcement--how to join mailing list (June 27, 2021)

MAGIC LOOP...

• .Magic loop (and dpn's) , part 1: Why learn? (March 12, 2006)
• .Magic Loop, part 2--the theory of the work (also, DPN's) (March 16, 2007)
• . Magic loop Ski Hat tutorial--gauge-less hat (March 31, 2007)

.Matching two pieces of knitting without counting (July 3, 2008)
.Matching your cast-on to your bind-off (September 24, 2009)

Men's sweaters, see "Designing and fitting knitwear" above, under "D"
Mistakes in knitting, see "Correcting errors in knitting" above, under "C" and "Errors" above, under "E"

.Missed Yarnover!  Help! (March 24, 2021)

MITTENS...

• .Felted mittens with non-felted cuffs (March 10, 2007)
• .Felted mitten tutorial in Knitcircus e-Magazine (August 4, 2010)
• .Lining mittens, part 1: thumb at the side (October 1, 2009)
• .Lining mittens, part 2: thumb on the front (October 7, 2009)

MOSS STITCH...
  see "Seed stitch" below, under "S"

.More time for knitting--dishwasher tricks to save time in the kitchen (April 1, 2022)
.M*th control/storing woollies (June 17, 2007)

MOVING...

• .Moving a decrease (error in the rows below) (June 5, 2007)
• .Moving an increase (error in the rows below) (June 8, 2007)

.Muffins, no-mess (knitters have to eat) (June 19, 2008)
.A museum of knitting and crocheting? (October 15, 2012)
."Multiple of X plus Y"--stitch pattern notation explained (October 18, 2011)

MULTI-COLOR KNITTING...

• see "Color Knitting" (series) above, under "C"

.My finger hurts from pushing back the left needle tip (December 19, 2008)

.My hat is too loose... (May 12, 2011)

.My sweater is too long/my sweater is too short... (May 8, 2011)

.My sweater is too tight under the arms, or at the chest/bust--the magic of gussets (May 9, 2011)

.My sweater is too wide... (May 6, 2011)
.My sweater slips off my shoulders (September 16, 2011)

MYSTERIES OF KNITTING...

• .Gauge: a mystery of knitting (February 6, 2021)
• .Mysteries of knitting part 1-A tale of heads and arms or: "why does stockinette curl but ribbing doesn't?" (March 1, 2007)
• .Mysteries of knitting, part 2--color, texture and ribbing without the icky dots (February 24, 2008)
• .Ribbing: why it is three-dimensional and other mysteries about its structure (with hints for improvement) (March 1, 2021)

.(Mystery) hole in my knitting! Help! (April 21, 2021)

N
NEEDLES...

• see Knitting Needles, above under "K"
• .Sharps and flats: sewing needles, part 2 (December 30, 2011)
• .Two kinds of sewing needles, useful for knitter (sewing needles, part 1) (May 21, 2007)

.Negative ease and positive ease (December 11, 2007)
.New ball of yarn, adding in the same color (February 12, 2007)
.New ball of yarn, adding, same or different color (April 19, 2010)
.Nipples aka "Knipples:" getting rid of them on hat tops, glove fingertips and motif centers (November 26, 2009)
.No-sew zippers (Nov 5, 2010)

.No-sew zippers, ACTUAL INSTRUCTIONS (October 22, 2012)

.Now it starts (January 2, 1010)

O
."Oops! I forgot a buttonhole!" (part 6 of "Buttonholes in hand knitting") (March 22, 2012)
."Opera and Soap Opera" (November 1, 2007)
Ordinary chain bind off, see "Chain bind off" above, under "C"

P
PATTERN WRITING...

• .A peek behind the scenes: patterns, old school style (October 21, 2011)
• .What the yarn wants to be (October 24, 2011)

PATTERNS (free and for sale)

• .A link to the TECHknitting pattern store (Ravelry downloads)

.BABY SWEATER

.Baby sweater, side to side, with lanyard cast-on and lanyard-cast off + Matching deco-band Baby sweater+hat (free)

.ELIZABETH CAP

• .Overview
• .Pattern ($5.00)

.8-TRICK POCKET HAT

• .Free series see "8-trick pocket hats" above under "numbers" at top of index
• .Pattern ($4.00) 

.FELTED KID MITTS

• .Free recipe for mitt construction
• .General discussion about felting
• .Pattern ($3.25)

LAZY KNITTER SCRAP TAM

.Free: Lazy Knitter Scrap Tam recipe: a use for deco bind-off FLB + introducing shaping tricks for bringing order out of chaos (November 10, 2014)

PINSTRIPED ITEMS

.(Free) [A] pinstriped hat--basic and with variations (January 23, 2016)
.(Free) Undulation Rib Pinstriped Scarf--knitting pinstripes on curves + geek notes on convering ribbing in a shaped fabric via controlled drop (February 10, 2016)

.SPICE ROAD CAP

• .Spice Road Cap: a TECHknitting pattern (February 15, 2012)
• .Pattern ($5.00)

.STUFFED MITTENS

.Stuffed Mittens--a pattern in a magazine (October 17, 2012)

 .SWING SCARF

• .Swing scarf--an I-cord scarf pattern offered for sale (November 5, 2012)
• Pattern ($3.50)

.Painful finger from pushing back the needle tip (December 19, 2008)

.Peach Crumble--Knitters have to eat, part 2 (February 8, 2010)

PICKING UP STITCHES...

• .A beautiful method of picking up stitches for a second fabric layer (April 10, 2011)
• .Picking up stitches part 1: along a selvedge (November 22, 2015)
• .Picking up stitches part 2: picking up along a bound-off edge (December 1, 2015)

."Picture Frame" your color knitting to eliminate the jog on discontinuous rounds (November 15, 2011)

.Pocket hats see "8-trick pocket hats" above under "Patterns" 

PINSTRIPING
.[A] pinstriped hat--basic and with variations (January 23, 2016)
.Pinstriping: vertical columns of color, added after the knitting is finished (January 14, 2016)(includes VIDEO)
.Two-color pinstriping: vertical columns of color on a knit fabric (January 18, 2016)
.Undulation Rib pinstriped scarf--knitting pinstripes on curves + geek notes on convering ribbing in a shaped fabric via controlled drop (February 10, 2016)

PODCASTS...

• .Two bits of knitting theory: the "work to glory" ratio and "product plus process" (November 9, 2009)
• .Podcast interview (July 4, 2010)

POLAR FLEECE...

• .Polar Fleece: an excellent fabric to combine with hand knits (April 17, 2008)
• see also "Lining" above under "L"

.Pom-poms, how to make (May 27, 2008)
.Positive ease and negative ease (December 11, 2007)
Purse, zippered, see "Patterns" above, under "P"

PROVISIONAL CAST ON...

• .Provisional cast on by the COWYAK waste yarn method (October 22, 2007)
• .Provisional cast on by the crochet chain method (December 10, 2006)
• .Provisional cast on--knitting up vs. knitting down (December 7, 2008)

.Provisional tail method of 1x1 tubular cast on(January 11, 2008)
.Purl decreases: p2tog, p2tbl, ssp (October 12, 2009)

PUBLICATIONS...

• .Buttonholes ("Tulips buttonhole") (preview of magazine article) (April 23, 2010)
• .Felted mitten tutorial in Knitcircus e-Magazine (August 4, 2010)
• .Jogless stripes redux (preview of magazine article) (May 5, 2009)
• .Kitchener Stitch on garter, stockinette and even ribbing (preview of magazine article) (February 14, 2010)
• .No-sew zippers (preview of magazine article) (Nov 5, 2010)

PURL STITCH...

• .(The) continental purl stitch (December 24, 2006)
• .(The) English purl stitch (February 25, 2007)

Q
QUICKTIPS...
.QUICKtip: (The) best first stitch in casting-on or "how to avoid the slipknot" (June 3, 2007)
.QUICKtip: 2 kinds of sewing needles (May 21, 2007)
.QUICKtip: Buying silk yarn--beware the SMELL (June 18, 2007)
.QUICKtip: "dry blocking" uneven ribbing (October 5, 2014) (includes VIDEO)
.QUICKtip: Check the web for errata BEFORE you cast on (May 31, 2007)

.QUICKtip: Controlling extra-long cables (May 30, 2007)
.QUICKtip: How to see if socks will fit without trying them on (May 13, 2007)
.QUICKtip: improve long tail cast on with a KNOT (October 12, 2007)
.QUICKtip: Keep your woolies smelling nice & prevent m*ths (June 17, 2007)

.QUICKtip: Knots can be your friends (May 28, 2007)
.QUICKtip: softening itchy wool (April 7, 2008)
.QUICKtip: Uncurling nylon cable circular needles (April 21, 2007)

R
RECIPES...

• Autumn Leaf salad for the Thanksgiving Table (TK cooks) November 13, 2012
• .No-mess muffins--knitters have to eat, part 1 (June 19, 2008)
• .Peach Crumble--knitters have to eat, part 2 (February 8, 2010)

.Respite knitting (March 15, 2011)
.Renew and reuse: refresh your Uggs (October 13, 2011
Reusing yarn, see "Kinked yarn" above, under "K"


RIBBING...

• .Corrugated ribbing tricks and tips (December 1, 2016)
• ."Dry blocking" uneven ribbing: a quick little trick (October 5, 2014) (includes VIDEO)
• .Fixing the loose knit column in ribbing, textures and cables (March 27, 2010)
• .Grafting ribbing without the 1/2 stitch offset, two tricks (December 2, 2012)
• Ribbing in hand-knitting: its structure + links to "after-knitting" tricks for improvement (March 1, 2021)
• .Ribbing stripes, jogless, with a trick to work your ends in as-you-go (March 3, 2008)
• .Ribbing, Kitchener Stitch on (preview of magazine article) (February 14, 2010)
• .Ribbing transition zone to stockinette, improving (March 9, 2007)
• .Shortening and lengthening knitwear (January 24, 2008)
• .Shortening ribbing k1, p1 (part 1 of 3) (June 28, 2021)
  .Shortening ribbing k2, p2 (part 2 of 3) (July 5, 2021)
  .Shortening ribbing part 3--alternative tricks for bind off (February 11, 2022) 
• .Transforming stockinette into ribbing (curling scarf rescue mission part 3) (December 21, 2010)
• .Tubular cast on for 1/1 ribbing (January 11, 2008)
• Tubular cast off for 1/1 ribbing (January 15, 2008) 
  
• Undulation ribbed scarf (February 10, 2016) 
• .Why does stockinette curl, but ribbing doesn't? (March 1, 2007)

RIGHT and LEFT DECREASES...

• see "Decreases" (series) above, under "D"

.Rows, counting, how to (May 25, 2007)

RUNS...

• .Runs: fixing a run in garter or seed stitch (January 15, 2012)
• .Runs: fixing a run in ordinary stockinette (illustration)
• .Runs: fixing errors at the side edges of your knitting (October 17, 2007)

.(The) Russian join (June 25, 2007)

S
.Science and Knitting (June 7, 2008)
.Searching TECHknitting blog (or any other website) (May 6, 2010)

SEAMS...

• .Shoulder seams: "my sweater slips off my shoulders" (September 16, 2011)
• .Three needle bind off (December 27, 2011)

.Seeing double: your chance to win a knitting book (October 5, 2011)

SCARVES...

•  see "Curling scarf rescue mission" (series) above under "C"
• .Items (such as scarves) started along a long edge--how best to cast on (May 2, 2011)

SEED STITCH...

• .Seed stitch, increasing and decreasing (December 7, 2011)
• .Stitches on the edge (includes seed stitch) (October 29, 2007)
• .Runs: fxing a run in garter or seed stitch (January 15, 2012)

SELVEDGES...

• .I-cord bind-off, I-cord selvedge border (November 24, 2105)
• .Picking up stitches part 1: along a selvedge (November 22, 2015)
• .Picking up stitches part 2: along a bound-off edge (December 1, 2015)
• .Selvedge by slipping a stitch (chain selvedge) (February 20, 2007)
• .Selvedge: correcting errors at the side edges of your knitting (October 17, 2007)

.Sewing needles, useful for knitters (May 21, 2007)

SEWING (the art of) for KNITTERS...

• see "Hand sewing for hand knitters," above under "H"
• .Sewing shut hems and facings (December 23, 2007)
• .Sharps and flats: sewing needles, part 2 (December 30, 2011)
• .2 kinds of sewing needles (sewing needles, part 1) (May 21, 2007)

SHORT ROWS...

• .Inadvertent short rows which make a mystery hole in knitting (April 21, 2021)
• .Short rows: Theory (October 16, 2009)
• .Short rows: Method (wrap and turn, Japanese, basic) (October 28, 2009)
• .Sweater shoulders: transform stair steps to short rows and radically improve shoulder shaping (January 23, 2012)

.Sharps and flats: sewing needles, part 2 (December 30, 2011)
(A) short, sad tale of tails (July 10, 2007)
.Sheepseye aka yarn-over buttonholes (part 3 of "Buttonholes in hand knitting") (February 27 2012)

SHORTENING...

• .Shortening and lengthening knitwear (January 24, 2008)
• .Shortening ribbing k1, p1 (part 1 of 3) (June 28, 2021)
• .Shortening ribbing k2, p2 (part 2 of 3) (July 5, 2021)
• .Shortening ribbing part 3--alternative tricks for bind off (February 11, 2022) 

SHOULDERS...

• .Shoulder seams: "my sweater slips off my shoulders" (September 16, 2011)
• .Shoulders on sweaters: transform stair steps to short rows and radically improve shoulder shaping (January 23, 2012)

.Shorthand in knitting (and decoding knitting charts) (October 27, 2007)
.Side edges of your knitting--correcting errors on (October 17, 2007)
.Silk yarn--beware the SMELL (June 18, 2007)
.Skimming in ends with a knit-picker (October 26, 2012)
.Slipknot, avoiding at the cast on (June 3, 2007)
.Sipped stitch color patterns: one color at a time (May 17, 2007)
.Slipped stitch (chain) selvedge (February 20, 2007)
.Smelly woolies ... continued (June 19, 2007)
.Smocking, the invisible afterthought way: a useful (and mysterious!) trick (September 6, 2014)
.Smoothed circles: a jogless join for single rounds in different colors (October 10, 2016)

SOCKS...

• .Socks falling down? Consider elastic (February 15, 2011)
• .Socks, fitting without trying them on (May 13, 2007)

.Softening itchy wool (April 7, 2008)
.Some ideas that make you say "wow--" links to great ideas on other websites (September 30, 2009)
.Speeding up dowloading of TECHknitting™ and other sites (June 6, 2007)
.Spice Road Cap: a TECHknitting pattern (February 15, 2012)

.Splitting (unspinning) Yarn thinner yarn for utility or color work (November 29, 2024)
."Stair step" shoulders--transforming them to short rows and radically improve shoulder shaping (January 23, 2012)
.Starting glove fingers, straps, belts and other tiny knitted tubes (with an aside on fruit flies) (September 16, 2009)
.Starting knitting from the center: "Belly buttons" and the umbilical waste cord method
.Steam blocking handknits (December 25, 2007)
.Stitch below, knitting into (December 10, 2008)

 

STABILIZING KNITTING 

 

    .A neat little edging for garter stitch (January 14, 2011)

    .Basic crocheting for knitters: chain stitch (ch. st.) Slip stitch (sl. st.) and single crochet (sc) (September 20, 2014) 

    .Shoulder seams: "my sweater slips off my shoulders" (September 16, 2011)

STEEKS...

• .Steeks--BETA version, part 1: Background (November 3, 2013)
• .Steeks--BETA, part 2: Basic method for a faced steek (November 6, 2013)
• .Steeks--BETA, part 3: real world tips and tricks (November 24, 2013)

STITCHES, crocheting...

• .Basic crocheting for knitters: chain stitch (ch. st.) Slip stitch (sl. st.) and single crochet (sc) (September 20, 2014)

STITCHES, knitting...

• .(The) continental knit stitch (December 20, 2006)
• .Continental knitting, English knitting and handedness (December 16, 2006)
• .(The) continental purl stitch (December 24, 2006)
• .(The) English knit stitch (December 28, 2006)
• .(The) English purl stitch (February 25, 2007)
• .Loop size determined only by needle of origin (February 2, 2007)
• ."Multiple of X plus Y"--stitch pattern notation explained (October 18, 2011)

STITCHES, hand-sewing stitches useful for knitters...

• .Part 1--starting off (May 1, 2008)
• .Part 2--starting off with a DOUBLED thread (May 2, 2008)
• .Part 3--the RUNNING stitch (May 3, 2008)
• .Part 4--the BACK stitch (May 7, 2008)
• .Part 5--The best way to attach lining fabric to knitting--the OVERCAST stitch (May 9, 2008)

STITCHES, picking up...

• see "Picking up stitches" above under "P"

.Stockinette curls, why? (March 1, 2007)
.Storing woolens (June 17, 2007)
.Stuffed Mittens--a pattern in a magazine (October 17, 2012)

STRIPES...

• Helix (Barberpole) jogless stripes (March 1, 2011)
• see also "Jogless Stripes," above, under "J"

.Subscribing to TECHknitting blog via e-mail (October 17, 2016)

SRUCTURE of KNITTING and the KNITTED STITCH

• .Fabric biasing (January 27, 2011)
• .Gauge: a mystery of knitting (February 6, 2021)
• .Mysteries of knitting part 1-A tale of heads and arms or: "why does stockinette curl but ribbing doesn't?" (March 1, 2007)
• .Mysteries of knitting, part 2--color, texture and ribbing without the icky dots (February 24, 2008)
• .Ribbing in hand-knitting: its structure + links to "after-knitting" tricks for improvement (March 1, 2021)

SWATCHES ...

• see "Gauge and Gauge Swatches," above, under "G"

.Swing scarf--an I-cord scarf pattern offered for sale (November 5, 2012)
.Sweater Saver: reknitting the cuffs of a purple sweater (November 16, 2015)
.SYTK (slip, yank, twist, knit,) A new method for left leaning decreases (September 28, 2007)

T
TAILS, working in...

• see "Ends," above, under "E"

TASSELS...

• .How to make tassels (June 6, 2008)
• .I-cord tassels (July 19 2009)

TECHknitting, about...

• .An explanation of sorts (November 5, 2006)
• .Tech facts about TECHknitting (December 13, 2006)
• .Thank you, and have some cake (March 8, 2008)
• .TECHknitting blog returns (January 20, 2021)
• TECHknitting, now via e-mail (October 17, 2016)
• .Ten years of TECHknitting (November 5, 2016)

THINKING ABOUT KNITTING...

• .How it starts--beginner's work (July 4, 2007)
• .Instead (a poem for a lazy Sunday) (February 26, 2012)
• .Now it starts (knitting in winter) (January 2, 1010)
• .Reworking an old sweater: a job for the Garde Tricot (December 29, 2012)
• .Thinking about thinking about knitting/Two old sweaters stage a cedar closet jailbreak (November 17, 2011)
• .Two bits of knitting theory: the "work to glory" ratio and "product plus process" (November 9, 2009)
• .What knitting is (technical) (November 6, 2006)

TIGHTENING UP KNITTED GARMENTS...

• .My hat is too loose... (May 12, 2011)
• .My sweater is too wide... (May 6, 2011)
• .Tightening hats by lining them, fully lined style, with polar fleece (June 28, 2008)
• .Tightening hats by lining them, headband style, with Polar fleece (April 25, 2008)
• .Tightening socks with elastic (February 15, 2011)
• .Reworking an old sweater: a job for the Garde Tricot (December 29, 2012)
• Ribbing: its structure and how to tighten (March 1, 2021)
• .Shoulder seams: "my sweater slips off my shoulders" (September 16, 2011)
• .Tightening garments after they are made: invisible afterthought smocking: a useful (and mysterious!) trick (September 6, 2014)
• .V-necks--that loose stitch at the bottom and how to get rid of it (April 12, 2012)
  
  

TOO TIGHT...

• .My sweater is too tight under the arms, or at the chest/bust--the magic of gussets (May 9, 2011)

.Three decreases: Knit 2 together; slip, slip, knit; three stitch decrease (January 30, 2007)
.Three-in-one techjoin--how to join circular knitting (January 27, 2007)
.Three needle bind off (December 27, 2011)
.Tinking: faster, easier way (includes VIDEO)(March 24, 2014)
.Transition zone between ribbing and stockinette, improving (March 9, 2007)

.Transforming stockinette into ribbing--curling scarf rescue mission (December 21, 2010)

TRAPPING FLOATS in COLOR KNITTING...

• see "Color knitting," above under "C"

TUBES, starting...

• .I cord from a mill: one more trick (starting from the center) (January 25, 2010)
• .Starting glove fingers, straps, belts and other tiny knitted tubes (with an aside on fruit flies) (September 16, 2009)

TUBULAR...

• .Bind off, tubular (it's pretty) (January 15, 2008)
• .Cast on, tubular by the provisional tail method for 1x1 ribbing (January 11, 2008)
• .Easy fake tubular bind off: casting off 1/1 ribbing the TECHknitting way (April 1, 2007)

.Tulips buttonhole: the video (and an interview on Knitting Daily) (June 1, 2010)
.Tulips buttonhole, diagrams (part 5 of "buttonholes in hand knitting") (March 12, 2012)

.Twisted Yarn-over, Backwards Loop and Yanked Increase: Knitted Increases based on a tiwsted loop (March 13, 2021)
.Two bits of knitting theory: the "work to glory" ratio and "product plus process" (November 9, 2009)
.Two handy knitted increases, one slanting right, one slanting left (March 21, 2007)
.Two kinds of sewing needles, useful for knitters (May 21, 2007)
.Two strands of yarn wound together, working up unevenly (March 5, 2011)

U
UNEVEN KNITTING...

• .Fixing the loose knit column in ribbing, textures and cables (March 27, 2010)
• .Uneven knitting part 1:how to tame knit and purl at different tensions (February 22, 2007)
• .Uneven knitting part 2: bunching, big stitches and lumpy fabric--the problem of too-long runs (January 12, 2010)
• .Uneven knitting part 3--fixing the loose knit column in ribbing, textures and cables (March 27, 2010)
• Uneven ribbing: "dry-blocking" ribbing (October 5, 2014-includes VIDEO)
• Ribbing

.Uggs: how to renew and refresh (October 13, 2011)

.Undulation ribbed scarf (February 10, 2016) 

.Uneven yarn feed: when two strands of yarn wound together work up unevenly (March 5, 2011)
.Unraveling knitting: a faster, easier way to "tink" (includes VIDEO)(March 24, 2014)
.(A) useful increase: knitting into the front & back of the same stitch--kfb (December 20, 2008)

V

.V-necks--that loose stitch at the bottom and how to get rid of it (April 12, 2012)

*Summer vacation, see you in the fall (April 24, 2012) 

.Vertical buttonholes (part 4 of "Buttonholes in hand knitting") (March 5, 2012)
.Very nearly invisible increase (May 23, 2007)

VIDEOS...

• .Article and video on jogless stripes (February 27, 2011)
• .Dekink yarn with steam--instant results (December 11, 2021)
• Ladders: latching up ladder rungs in knitting (March 1, 2021)
• Ladders: releasing ladders in knitting (March 1, 2021)
• The mechanics of Slip Sitching--Fake Latvian Braid (November 10, 2015)
• .Pinch stitch (afterthought cable-ette) (April 27, 2016) 
• Illustrates blogpost about afterthought cable-ettes
• .Pinstriping: vertical columns of color, added after the knitting is finished (January 14, 2016)
• .Ribbing: "dry blocking uneven ribbing: a quick little trick (October 5, 2014) 
• .Splitting knit fabric into two pieces: a very quick trick (January 2, 2013)
• .Tinking: a faster, easier way (March 24, 2014)
• ."Tulips" buttonhole (and an interview on Knitting Daily) (June 1, 2010)
• .Zippers--inserting no-sew zippers in knitwear--the video (December 23, 2010)

W
.Warp knitting--a way to make "Lanyard" cords for decoration & utility (September 14, 2024)

.Waste yarn provisional cast on (COWYAK) (October 22, 2007)
.Wash knitwear so the fringes don't tangle (November 1, 2012)
.Warning: Politics (November 12, 2016)

WEAVING seams...

• see "Kitchener Stitch" above, under "K"

.What knitting is (November 6, 2006)
.Where the ribbing ends: improving the transition zone (March 9, 2007)

WHY?...

• .Why block hand knits? Here's why--and how! (March 13, 2008)
• .Why stockinette curls (March 1, 2007)
• .Why cuffs and bands are wonky, and what to do about it (November 14, 2007)

.Winding a skein into a ball of yarn (November 18, 2024)

WORKING IN ENDS (tails)...

• see "Ends," above, under "E"

."(The) "work to glory" ratio and "product plus process" (November 9, 2009)
.Wrap and turn and other short row methods (October 28, 2009)

Y
YARN and YARN HANDLING...

• ."Art" yarns and long color repeat yarns--taming them with a ball winder (part 1 of ball winder series) (January 17, 2011)
• .Avoiding yarn twist--why does it matter? (January 27, 2011)
• .Ball winders, part 2: avoiding yarn twist (January 18, 2011)
• Center-pull balls of yarn, wound up by hand (November 11, 2024)
• .Dekink yarn with steam--instant results (includes VIDEO)(December 11, 2012)
• Joining yarn, see "Joining" above, under "J"
• .Kinky yarn (February 3, 2007)
• .Silk yarn--beware the SMELL (June 18, 2007)
• .Softening itchy wool (April 7, 2008)
• .Splitting (unspinning) Yarn thinner yarn for utility or color work (November 29, 2024)
• .Tinking: a faster, easier way (includes VIDEO)(March 24, 2014)
• .Uneven yarn feed: when two strands of yarn wound together work up unevenly (March 5, 2011)
• .Unkinking yarn before reuse--why it is a good idea (January 4, 2011)
• .Unspinning yarn: thinner yarn for utility or color work (November 29, 2024)
• .Winding a skein into a ball of yarn (November 18, 2024)
• .Yarn organization for color knitting (October 29, 2016)

.Yanked Increase, Backwards Loop &Twisted Yarn-over: Knitted Increases based on a Twisted Loop (March 13, 2021)

YARN-Overs...

• .Yarn-over buttonholes (part 3 of "Buttonholes in hand knitting") (February 27 2012)
• .Yarn over--inadvertent YO which makes a hole--mystery holes in knitting (April 21, 2021)
• .Yarnover--I missed doing one!  Help! (March 24, 2021)

YOU-TUBES...

• see "videos" above under "V"

.Your steam iron: a mighty weapon in the fight against curling and flipping (December 25, 2007)

Z
.Inserting no-sew zippers in knitwear--VIDEO (December 23, 2010)
.Zig-zag bands, a method to combat band flip (December 29, 2007)
.Zippers, installing them the no-sew way--PREVIEW (Nov 5, 2010)

.Zippers in knitting, the no-sewing way--ACTUAL INSTRUCTIONS (October 22, 2012)

.Zippers in knitwear, the no-sewing way, UPDATE! (November 1, 2016)

ZIPPER KAL...

• .Little Felted Purse KAL (no sew-zipper) part 1 (November 30, 2010)
• .Little Felted Purse KAL (no sew zipper) part 2 (December 2, 2010)
• .Little Felted Purse KAL (no sew zipper) part 3 (December 6, 2010)

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