Tips 'n Tricks

Do 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!

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Name: Beckie
Subject: Stitch Holder
Comment: I've found that crochet hooks are great for holding stitches. They make it easier to pull your work on and off of needles and there are no issues with tension.

Name: indian goddess
Subject: felting knitting
Comment: if u knit up a couple of different yarns in ur pattern, it will look really colorful, of course. but, if u use a couple of mixed yarns, (yarns that have different colors mixed into one thread), it will look really cool. After u felt it, the soft fuzzy look will look like a swirly rainbow. Try it out!

Name: Thelma
Subject: sewing
Comment: When sewing projects together, I rub my needle with a piece of dryer sheet or even one you have used. This keeps the needle sliding through easy. I use this method for wool and material.
Hope this helps you too.

Name: Linda
Subject: long-tail rescue
Comment: I like to leave long tails for seaming but they get in the way. Now I wind them on bread ties (not the twists) or embroidery floss cards.

Name: Linda
Subject: storing DPN
Comment: The plastic canisters that Crystal Lite mixes come in are ideal for storing dbl pointed needles. Label washes off and can write size on the lid.

Name: Linda
Subject: finding the pattern
Comment: If you're like me, you have tons of knitting books/magazines. The patterns I know I want to do later, I write on an index card the description of pattern & the title of Book/magazine & issue. Now finding that pattern is a snap.

Name: Linda
Subject: storage of needles.
Comment: My needles were everywhere until I got them organized. They are now stored in one of those shoe organizers that hang over a door. It has 22 pockets, is see-thru, and can be easily marked R/T size.

Name: Linda
Subject: patterns
Comment: My eyesight is poor so I enlarge my patterns which also allow me to write notes, keep track of rows by marking them off & keep it manageable.

Name: Kathryn
Subject: Neat edges
Comment: A little trick my grandmother taught me: slip the first stitch of every row rather than knitting it. If your row begins with a pearl stitch, bring the wool to the front before slipping the stitch.
This makes for much smoother edges, which helps when creating flat seams. You can even use it in cables.

Name: Barb
Subject: Counting rows
Comment: I went to Staples and bought one of those counters that are used for inventories. It works well and keeps an accurate count of your rows. It works wonderfully.

Name: sarah
Subject: wrapping it around
Comment: if u find it hard to catch the stitch and to wrap it around then give the stitch a little tug and pull it out to the side and then wrap it around push it down and out through the hole

Name: Sky
Subject: Handy Hint. =)
Comment: I found that it is most easy to knit things I like. For instance, I always look up how to knit fun socks, or cute little cats. And I keep all of my patterns in a knifty binder that I carry with me everywhere. =D

Also, the flat stitch, I made up my own and it looks exactly like the real flat stitch, so when you want to make something, but you don't know how, you can figure it out! =))))))

Name: katherine
Subject: keepting knitting tangle free
Comment: I recently picked up knitting again, i have the good fortune of having my aunt teach me patterns and super tips. I keep my knitting in an old tote, that you can just take as it where ever you are going, since i don't work from paper patterns, i don't need anything in it except for my needles and wool.
Also a friend made me a needle organizer, which is basically a square piece of cloth with various pockets so that you can put your needles in it and just roll it up and store it.
I always count my stitches once i finish a row to see that its coming out correctly its tedious, but worth the effort at the end of the day.

Name: Nicole
Subject: Storing or keeping your cat out of your yarn
Comment: My mom actually came up with this idea and it works for keeping the cat out of my yarn while I'm knitting. The bed sheets that come in the zip plastic bags come in handy (not only for storing your bed sheets if you can get them back in there) when you're knitting. I have a king size bed sheet bag that holds two skeins (made into a ball), knitting needles, the pattern you are using, and whatever else you're using. Also it helps keep the ball of yarn from rolling away as I am knitting, and little to no hair too. It's not fashionable or hides the knitting materials but since it's clear you can see how much yarn you have left. I would recommend trying it out.

Name: Kristin Dewey
Subject: yarn tip
Comment: To keep your yarn in a container while working on a project, use a clean plastic gallon milk jug. Cut it in half horizontally below the handle, and sew the two pieces together in a zig zag pattern. This will make it adjustable, and will accommodate not only the small yarn balls, but the really large super saver yarns.

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