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| Featured Pattern of the Week: Luscious Little Pumpkin |
        Interested in crochet? Visit our sister site: Crochet Pattern Central  | Tips 'n TricksDo you have a helpful hint or handy trick that will make any aspect of knitting easier? Share it! Post ideas on scrap yarn usages, stitch markers, color changing, maintaining your sanity while following a difficult pattern, etc. There is most probably someone out there that will benefit from your help. Need ideas yourself? Read others' comments--we all live and learn! Name: Jill V Subject: not much wool left? Comment: when coming to the end of your ball of wool and you need to know if it will knit one more row, run the yarn across your work four (4) times - it will do it for sure. this came from a Patons "learn to knit" book. thank you Patons!! Name: lily Subject: barbie Comment: I find it hard to knit so small so I use bigger yarn/needles. Name: slr Subject: mechanical pencils Comment: I do a lot of business travel and cannot bring my knitting needles on the airplane so I use two mechanical pencils. This works fine for knitting Barbie dolls clothes and knitting doll house furniture. Name: Penny Subject: "Kitten" Comment: "Kitten" said to 'ignore old people'. My advice is to ignore Kitten. A knitter of any age may have something useful to offer; sometimes the tried & true methods are just that, because they have survived the test of time. Name: Autumn Subject: Needles Comment: I have an extremely large amount of needles, and a way to keep pairs together is to put all of the ones of the same size in a rubber band! If you lose one of- say, sz 7 needle, you have of the others to use! Name: Eric Subject: joining knitting in the round Comment: I found that when you join the first row, start the first stitch opposite of the directions, with the short end. If the first stitch is Knit, then pearl the first stitch using the short in of the yarn, then knit the first stitch again, with the working yarn, and there you will have a good foundation with no long gap when you start the second row. Name: Zach Subject: knitting techniques/ideas Comment: If you haven't already, get your hands on a copy of Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitting Workshop. She's got some really neat ideas in it!:) Name: knit chic Subject: the most important thing Comment: The most important thing of all is 2 have fun!:-) Name: nina Subject: old people Comment: i think old people are wise and give you lots of good advice. keep on knitting!:) Name: knittercritter Subject: listening Comment: whenever i go to a local yarn store, and i'm having trouble with a project, i simply ask whoever is there to help me. I am 11 years old, and i started to knit when i was 9, so i do have some experience knitting hard projects. That means i've asked a couple of times. Name: Marla Davis Subject: Yarn Tails Comment: My favorite use for yarn tails is to put them in a mesh onion sack from the store and hang it out in the spring for the birds to use for nesting. It's quite fun to see a bit of my yarn show up now and then in a nest in one of my trees!! Name: Addana Subject: Kitten's post Comment: People like Kitten are who give people the idea that every teenager or young person is ignorant and prideful. I am 15, and I can think of *no* greater blessing than to have help from a older and wiser person than I. Name: Nancy in Toronto Subject: counting large # of st Comment: Hey Knitty Folks! Ever lost your count when casting on a large number of stitches? As this is usually done on a circular needle (to accommodate the large number of stitches), I have found that the plastic bread closure tabs (not the twist ties) work great! Place them every 10 (or 15 stitches), then all you have to do is multiply the number of tabs by 10 (or 15 or whatever) and you are done! And you can just take them off when you are done, without having to knit the stitches or remove them from the needles. Happy knitting! :) Name: TAhrens Subject: Kitten's post Comment: How old are you? How long have you been knitting? Did you teach yourself to knit or did someone take the time and patience to teach you? Maybe you should consider not asking for help or advise from "old people" and figure out your knitting problems by yourself. Everyone has their own way of knitting what works for them might not work for others. My Mother taught me to knit 40 years ago. I've picked up some very useful advise from other "old people" knitters that have worked for me and some that haven't. I don't know about any other knitters out there but I try never to carefully place a mistake in my knitting, it happens by accident, hopefully, I catch it before I'm finished. Bottom line, there is no need to be disrespectful to knitters or crocheters of any age. Name: Alison - from Birmingham UK Subject: Kitten's Comment Comment: I was disappointed to read this comment; for me, one of the joys of re-discovering knitting is to make contact with knitters everywhere, who seem to ba a very diverse bunch in terms of age, nationality, geographical location and experience. I think it's great that older and younger men and women around the world are finding a common interest and enjoy sharing it with each other. How sad then that Kitten seems to display prejudice towards a certain group ('old' people). Knitters everywhere generally strike me as people who do not discriminate on any grounds, and are willing to help and encourage any other knitter, irrespective of age or experience level. In fact, rather sadly, Kitten seems to be guilty of the very attitudes she attributes to another group of people. Kitten, you have obviously had some bad experiences - ignore them and move on. For every person who discourages and tries to impose their view, there are dozens more who are willing to share their experience, and in turn learn from others. We are lucky to belong to a great bunch of people - let's enjoy our diversity! Select a Page << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 Next >> Share your own hints by filling in the form below... |
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