CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX for TECHknitting.blogspot.com

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2006

NOVEMBER
*An explanation of sorts (November 5, 2006)
*What knitting is (November 6, 2006)
*Long tail casting-on (November 20, 2006)

DECEMBER
*Knitting on--also called cable or chain cast-on (December 1, 2006)
*Looping-on casting-on (December 4, 2006)
*Provisional casting-on (December 10, 2006)
*Knitting needles (December 12, 2006)
*Tech facts about TECHknitting (December 13, 2006)
*Continental knitting, English knitting and handedness (December 16, 2006)
*The continental knit stitch (December 20, 2006)
*Knitting efficiently (December 22, 2006)
*The continental purl stitch (December 24, 2006)
*The English knit stitch (December 28, 2006)
*Ever have one of those days? (December 31, 2006)

2007




MAY
*How to knit with two or more colors -part 3: Knitting with two colors on one hand AND three color knitting (May 2, 2007).
*Half a candle (May 5, 2007)
*An easier way to Kitchener stitch (also called "grafting seams" or "weaving seams") (May 8, 2007)
*Multi-color knitting, one color at a time: multiple-pass color knitting (May 12, 2007)
*QUICKtip: How to see if socks will fit without trying them on (May 13, 2007)
*Multi-color knitting, one color at a time: slipped stitch patterns (May 17, 2007)
*Snagged (random facts meme) (May 19, 2007)
*QUICKtip: 2 kinds of sewing needles (May 21, 2007)
*A very nearly invisible increase (May 23, 2007)
*How to count rows (May 25, 2007)
*QUICKtip: Knots can be your friends (May 28, 2007)
*QUICKtip: Controlling extra-long cables (May 30, 2007)
*QUICKtip: Check the web for errata BEFORE you cast on (May 31, 2007)

JUNE
*QUICKtip: (The) best first stitch in casting-on or "how to avoid the slipknot" (June 3, 2007)
*Correcting errors in the rows below, part 1: moving a decrease (June 5, 2007)
*Let's speed things up (June 6, 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)
*Charting charts: a new way to keep track of knitting (June 13, 2007)
*QUICKtip: Keep your woolies smelling nice & prevent m*ths (June 17, 2007)
*QUICKtip: Buying silk yarn--beware the SMELL (June 18, 2007)
*Smelly woolies ... continued (June 19, 2007)
*Working in ends on multi-color knitting, part 1: the Russian join (June 25, 2007)
*Working in ends on muti-color knitting, part 2: the back join (June 28, 2007)
*Not suitable for children? (June 30, 2007)


AUGUST
*Gauge, again--a cautionary tale (August 3, 2007)
*Unexpected delay (August 24, 2007)


OCTOBER
*The crochet hook method of left leaning decreases--PART 4 of right and left leaning decreases (October 3, 2007)
*A poll with a chance at a prize (October 5, 2007)
*Left leaning decreases: the runners up--an uber-geek techno-weenie presentation--PART 5 of right and left leaning decreases (October 9, 2007)
*QUICKtip: improve long tail cast on with a KNOT (October 12, 2007)
*Fixing errors at the side edges of your knitting (October 17, 2007)
*COWYAK--a waste yarn method of provisional cast on (October 22, 2007)
*TECHknitting (TM) and a QUICKtip on conditioning knitting needles (October 26, 2007)
*How to read knitting shorthand and decode knitting charts (October 27, 2007)
*Life on the edge--stitch patterns that can take it and not curl up (pictures, shorthand and diagrams) (October 29, 2007)



2008
JANUARY







SEPTEMBER
*Hello Again (September 4, 2008)

OCTOBER
*Sabbatical (October 24, 2008)


2009
JANUARY



MAY
*Jogless stripes redux (preview of magazine article)(May 5, 2009)

JULY
*I-cord tassels (July 19 2009)


OCTOBER
*Lining mittens, part 1: thumb at the side (October 1, 2009)
*Lining mittens, part 2: thumb on the front (October 7, 2009)
*Purl decreases: p2tog, p2tbl, ssp (October 12, 2009)


2010
JANUARY

FEBRUARY
* Peach Crumble--Knitters have to eat, part 2 (February 8, 2010)
*Kitchener Stitch on garter, stockinette and even ribbing (preview of magazine article) February 14, 2010

MARCH

APRIL
*What interests you? A poll with a chance at a prize (April 13, 2010)
*Working in ends as you go along: same color or changing color (April 19, 2010)
*New information on buttonholes (preview of magazine article) (April 23, 2010)
*Buttonhole alternatives (April 30, 2010)

MAY
*Upping the ante (May 3, 2010)
*A computer interlude: How to search TECHknitting blog (or any other website) (May 6, 2010)
*Designing and fitting knitwear: some background considerations (May 7, 2010)
*Body shapes and attributes--designing and fitting knitwear, part 2 (May 7, 2010)
*We have a winner! (May 17, 2010)

JUNE
*Tulip buttonhole: the video (and an interview on KD) (June 1, 2010)

JULY
*Podcast interview (July 4, 2010)

AUGUST
*Felted mitten tutorial in Knitcircus e-Magazine (August 4, 2010)
*Lots and lots of views (August 19, 2010)

NOVEMBER
*No-sew zippers (Nov 5, 2010)
*Little Felted Purse KAL (no sew-zipper) part 1 (November 30, 2010)

DECEMBER
*Little Felted Purse KAL (no sew zipper) part 2 (December 2, 2010)
*Little Felted Purse KAL (no sew zipper) part 3 (December 6, 2010)
*Hems and facings: the inside front corner (December 8, 2010)
*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)
*Inserting no-sew zippers in knitwear--the video (December 23, 2010)
*Curling scarf rescue mission, part 4: lining the scarf (December 31, 2010)

2011
JANUARY
*Unkinking yarn before reuse--why it is a good idea (January 4, 2011)
*A neat little edging for garter stitch (January 14, 2011)
*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)
*Avoiding yarn twist--why does it matter? (January 27, 2011)

FEBRUARY
*Men's sweaters: E-Z adjustments for better fitting garments (February 1, 2011)
*Circular swatches knit flat (back and forth on two needles) (February 4, 2011)
*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)
*Linky for KD readers--fixing errors at the side edges of your knitting (February 11, 2011)
*Socks falling down? Consider elastic (February 15, 2011)
*Article and video on jogless stripes, part 1 of a series (February 27, 2011)

MARCH
*Helix (Barberpole) stripes, part 2 of a jogless stripe series (March 1, 2011)
*Jogless stripes--pretty picture version (part 3 of a series) (March 4, 2011)
*When two strands of yarn wound together work up unevenly (March 5, 2011)
*Going to Yarnover?  I'll be the one in a sweatshirt (March 9, 2011)
*Respite knitting (March 15, 2011)

APRIL
*Evenly spacing increases or decreases on an uneven stitch count (April 2, 2011)
*A beautiful method of picking up stitches for a second fabric layer (April 10, 2011)

MAY
*Items started along a long edge--how best to cast on (May 2, 2011)
*My sweater is too wide... (May 6, 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 hat is too loose... (May 12, 2011)

 JULY
*I-cord with added curl (and maybe beads, too) (July 25, 2011)

AUGUST
*How I cured garter stitch border flip: another method for encouraging garter stitch borders to lay flat (August 27, 2011)

SEPTEMBER
*My sweater slips off my shoulders (September 16, 2011)
*Subscribing to TECHknitting blog (September 20, 2011)

OCTOBER
*How to sew on a button without the spacer sandwich (October 1, 2011)
*Seeing double: your chance to win a knitting book (October 5, 2011)
*Renew and reuse: refresh your Uggs (October 13, 2011
*And the winners are... (October 17, 2011)
*"Multiple of X plus Y"--stitch pattern notation explained (October 18, 2011)
*A peek behind the scenes: patterns, old school style (October 21, 2011)
*What the yarn wants to be (October 24, 2011)
*Elizabeth Cap pattern available for purchase (October 28, 2011)

NOVEMBER
*The stretchiest (and easiest) cast on and bind off (November 4, 2011)
*A felting primer for hand knits (wet felting) (November 7, 2011)
*"Picture Frame" your color knitting to eliminate the jog on discontinuous rounds (November 15, 2011)
*Thinking about thinking about knitting/Two old sweaters stage a cedar closet jailbreak (November 17, 2011)
*Handy knitting links (November 25, 2011)

DECEMBER
*Increasing in seed stitch (and decreasing in seed stitch, too!) (December 7, 2011)
*Three needle bind off (December 27, 2011)
*Sharps and flats: sewing needles, part 2 (December 30, 2011)


2012
JANUARY
*Button lore (part 2 of "Buttonholes in hand knitting") (February 23, 2012)
*Instead (a poem for a lazy Sunday) (February 26, 2012)
*Sheepseye aka yarn-over buttonholes (part 3 of "Buttonholes in hand knitting") (February 27 2012)

MARCH
*Vertical buttonholes (part 4 of "Buttonholes in hand knitting") (March 5, 2012)
*Horizontal buttonholes including diagrams for the new "TULIPS" buttonhole (part 5 of "buttonholes in hand knitting") (March 12, 2012)
*"Oops! I forgot a buttonhole!" (part 6 of "Buttonholes in hand knitting") (March 22, 2012)

APRIL
*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)

OCTOBER
*A museum of knitting and crocheting? (October 15, 2012)
*Stuffed Mittens (October 17, 2012)
*Zippers in knitting, the no-sewing way (October 22, 2012)
*Skimming in ends with a knit-picker (October 26, 2012)

NOVEMBER
*Fringes--how to wash knitwear so the fringes don't tangle (November 1, 2012)
*Swing scarf--an I-cord scarf pattern offered for sale (November 5, 2012)
*Autumn leaf salad for the Thanksgiving table--a recipe (TK cooks)(November 13, 2012)
*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)

DECEMBER
*Grafting ribbing without the 1/2 stitch offset, two tricks (December 2, 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)
*Dekink yarn with steam--instant results (includes VIDEO)(December 11, 2012)
*Fixing brioche stitch: Dropping a ladder in brioche and half-brioche, then latching it back up again (December 14, 2012)
*Reworking an old sweater: a job for the Garde Tricot (December 29, 2012)

2013
JANUARY
*Splitting knit fabric into two pieces: a very quick trick (includes VIDEO)(January 2, 2013)
*Cuff-to-cuff: Dealing with the body stitches (January 20, 2013)

SEPTEMBER
*A new trick for fixing errors in color knitting--"controlled drop" (September 15, 2013)

NOVEMBER
*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)


2014
MARCH
*A faster, easier way to tink (includes VIDEO)(March 24, 2014)

SEPTEMBER
*Invisible afterthought smocking: a useful (and mysterious!) trick (September 6, 2014)
*Basic crocheting for knitters: chain stitch (ch. st.) Slip stitch (sl. st.) and single crochet (sc) (September 20, 2014)

OCTOBER
*"Dry blocking" uneven ribbing: a quick little trick (October 5, 2014) (includes VIDEO)
*Slip stitch surface decoration: Fake Latvian Braid (October 21, 2014)
*Fake Latvian Braid, deco bind-off version, perfect for scrap projects (October 30, 21014)

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

2015
NOVEMBER
*The mechanics of Slip Sitching--Fake Latvian Braid (November 10, 2015)(includes VIDEO)
*Sweater Saver: reknitting the cuffs of a purple sweater (November 16, 2015)
*Picking up stitches along a selvedge (November 22, 2015)
*I-cord bind-off, I-cord selvedge border (November 24, 2105)

DECEMBER
*Picking up stitches part 2: picking up along a bound-off edge (December 1, 2015)

2016
JANUARY
*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)
*A pinstriped hat--basic and with variations (January 23, 2016)

FEBRUARY
*Undulation Rib pinstriped scarf--knitting pinstripes on curves + geek notes on convering ribbing in a shaped fabric via controlled drop (February 10, 2016)

MARCH
*Gallery: Fake Latvian Braid + Pinstriping--a vest project featuring both kinds of added-color techniques (March 21, 2016)

APRIL
*Duplicate stitching on knitting--basic how-to + tricks for better results (April 3, 2016)


*OCTOBER
*Smoothed circles: a jogless join for single rounds in different colors (October 10, 2016)
*TECHknitting, now via e-mail (October 17, 2016)
*Taming long floats via the STUART method for color knitting (October 19, 2016)
*STUART ladderback Jacquard gallery, part 1: Skeleton hat "Round Dance" (October 23, 2016)
*Yarn organization for color knitting (October 29, 2016)

*NOVEMBER
*Zippers in knitwear, the no-sewing way, update! (November 1, 2016)
*Ten years of TECHknitting (November 5, 2016)
*Warning: Politics (November 12, 2016)
*Long Floats in color knitting: modifiying STUART ladderback jacquard for rough-use situations (also STUART gallery, part 2) (November 18, 2016)
*Fastening long floats for invisible stranding--alternatives to the STUART ladderback (November 23, 2016)

*DECEMBER
*Corrugated ribbing tricks and tips (December 1, 2016)

2021
*JANUARY
*TECHknitting blog returns (January 20, 2021)

*FEBRUARY
*Gauge: a mystery of knitting (February 6, 2021)

*MARCH
*Missed Yarnover!  Help! (March 24, 2021)

*APRIL
*Hole in my knitting! Help! (April 21, 2021)

*JUNE

*JULY

2022

*FEBRUARY

*APRIL

*SEPTEMBER

*OCTOBER

*NOVEMBER

2023

*FEBRUARY