Beginner Knitting Stitch Patterns with only Knits and Purls A free knitting lesson from Liz @PurlsAndPixels Once you master knits and purls, you’ll be able to start making simple knitting stitch patterns. The garter stitch, stockinette stitch, seed stitch, and…
Reading Knitting Patterns A Free Knitting Lesson from Liz @PurlsAndPixels Knitting patterns are full of abbreviations, and learning what they mean makes reading knitting patterns easier. Knitters usually use a shorthand to keep track of the stitches they make when…
Blocking Knits A Free Knitting Lesson from Liz @PurlsAndPixels Find out what it means to block knits and learn a few different ways to do the task in this quick knitting lesson. Whew! You’ve done it! Congratulations on your beautiful knit…
How tie up loose yarn ends on your knitting A tutorial from Liz @PurlsAndPixels After you make and bind off a piece of knitting, you will almost always have one or more yarn tails to weave into your piece. There are…
How to Stop Knitting: Bind Off or Cast Off A Free Knitting Lesson from Liz @PurlsAndPixels Once you’ve finished knitting a pretty project, you will want to know how get your work off the needles. You will need to “bind off” or “cast off” the piece.…
Fix knitting mistakes: Dropped and twisted stitches A Free Knitting Lesson from Liz @PurlsAndPixels It is fairly simple to fix knitting mistakes, as long as you don’t panic. Here, I will show you how to pick dropped stitches back up…
Spotting common knitting mistakes Dropped and twisted stitches A Free Knitting Lesson from PurlsAndPixels So, you’ve now learned how to knit and how to purl. But sometimes a stitch will look just a bit twisted or loose. How do knitting…
Learn How to Knit the Purl Stitch A Free Knitting Lesson from Liz @PurlsAndPixels Now that you have learned the knit stitch, you are ready to move on to your next knitting challenge: the purl stitch. Don’t worry, its no more…
Knitting Tension, How to Hold Yarn A Free Knitting Lesson from PurlsAndPixels Maintaining yarn tension in your knitting is essential to keeping your stitches even. If you do not keep your yarn loops on the needles evenly, your knitting work…
Learn the basic knit stitch A Free Knitting Lesson from PurlsAndPixels Once you have cast on your first stitches, you will be ready to begin your first knit stitch row. There are different styles of knitting, the most common of which…