The Rockford Hat is a syncopated rib hat that will fit almost everyone thanks to the ribbing. This free knitting pattern uses standard one skein of light worsted weight yarn, making it a great Christmas or holiday gift knit!
When casting-on socks from the cuff-down, it's important to have a stretchy cast-on so the socks fit over your calves. We're covering four ways to cast-on socks from the cuff-down, including a brand-new method – Kelley's Tubular Cast-On!
Socks are a lot of fun to knit – but getting them started can be tricky. With these four toe-up sock cast-on methods, you're sure to find one that works best for you! In no time at all you'll be knitting up socks for the entire family.
Knitting in the round is often the preferred method for making everything from hats to sweaters, but with smaller circumferences things can get tricky! Here are several methods for knitting a hat in the round such as using a 16" circular needle, Magic Loop, double pointed needles, FlexiFlips, and two circular needles.
This week Kelley's giving some finishing tips for the Baubles Shawl by Andrea Mowry, including how to use Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off in brioche! This lovely shawl uses techniques like lace, syncopated brioche, and bobbles.
Blocking a finished knit project is important to get even stitches. Knitting with acrylic yarn makes blocking hard, since it doesn't respond like wool. Here's how to steam block acrylic yarn without an expensive steamer.
Learn how to setup & knit the first two sections of the Baubles Shawl by Andrea Mowry. In this article and series of videos we cover how to knit syncopated brioche, knitting the brioche stitch flat, the "brkRsl" 2-stitch brioche decrease, and "brk4st" brioche 4-stitch increase.
The Nurmilintu Lace Shawl by Heidi Alander is the perfect one-skein project for beginner lace knitters. In this post, Kelley shares tips for knitting this free pattern and how to add some unique finishing touches.
Joining a new yarn to your project can be a bummer if the join shows in the finished project. There are ways, however to make the join invisible (or nearly so). In her latest episode of Technique Tuesday Kelley demonstrates 4 great methods for joining a new ball of yarn to your project.
When you're knitting a sweater that has shoulder seams, there are several options for joining them at the top. Kelley highlights three techniques: the 3-needle bind-off, the Kitchener Stitch, and the slip-stitch bind-off.
Learn how to cable without a cable needle and 5 more tips for knitting cables successfully. Kelley shares her experience knitting the Jones cardigan from tincanknits.
