Day: August 14, 2021

If you need to use a stitch holder, but do not have one available, you can substitute a strand of scrap yarn. Using a darning needle, thread a bit of yarn through live stitches that need to be kept workable for later. Tie a small knot in the scrap yarn to keep it in place…

When you are knitting gloves or other shaped knitwear, you may need to separate groups of live stitches. For example, when knitting gloves, you will need to separate the hand section from the thumb. To do this, you can slip some of your live stitches onto a stitch holder to work later. A stitch holder…