Hands up who’s chilly
Hands up who’s chilly A team of guerrilla knitters have wrapped up Brisbane landmarks in winter woolies overnight. Read more on Brisbane Times
Category: Needles
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Why you Should Use the Collect Knitting Tools
Knitting is an ancient craft, this craft has been passed on from our ancestors, but this knitting went out of fashion. This is the best way to create the desired pattern instead of buying it from the shop. To create this fabric, if you are new, means that you have to learn simple steps in [...]
May 29, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Can you take knitting needles on a plane?
I’ve looked on the TSA list of prohibited items but it doesn’t say anything about knitting needles. I’ll be on an international flight from London to Washington DC. Can i bring the needles on/is there a specific kind of needle i could bring on – plastic etc? I’m a fairly frequent flyer but having never [...]
May 29, 2010 | 5 comments | View Post
How to Cast on When Knitting
Before starting to knit, get the stitches on the knitting needle. To start, take the Worsted Weight Yarn and measure out a length, and first of all start with a slip knot and it’s just a standard slip knot where the thread is looped through and then the loop is pulled through and the slip [...]
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Learning How to Knit: a Few Simple Stitches
Learning how to knit has many benefits, it promotes relaxation, improves your self-discipline and allows you to create beautiful projects to display in your home, wear or give as gifts to family and friends. You will need four things before you learn how to knit; these are two knitting needles, yarn, a pattern and [...]
May 25, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
What kind of tree branches can be used to make knitting needles?
I was thinking of taking a walk through the neighborhood to try and find some different types of wood to make knitting needles ( not necessarily to use ) but just to have a unique collection of my own, sort if something no one else would have. I guess you could say more for decoration [...]
May 25, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post
With These Instructions on Knitting you Can Create Professional Patterns
Do you wish to learn how to knit? With these instructions and a little practice, you can learn knitting and will definitely create professional patterns. There are five basic instructions. Make a slip knot, cast on, knit stitch, purl stitch and bind off. Let’s start with making a slip knot. Making a slip [...]
May 24, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
How to Knit : How to Use Double-Pointed Knitting Needles
Double-pointed knitting needles are useful when working in the round, whether it is on a hat or something that is too small for circular needles. Find out why double-pointed knitting needles are used to make socks, hats and gloves with help from a knitting instructor in this free video on double-pointed knitting needles. Expert: Jan [...]
May 23, 2010 | 5 comments | View Post
Is the Art of Knitting Dead?
Many Britons growing up during the 20th century, especially in the 1950s and 1960s, would have been extremely familiar with watching one or more relatives knitting whole ranges of jumpers, baby clothes and blankets by hand simply using a pair of knitting needles. They lived in an age of austerity, before globalisation and cheap worldwide [...]
May 22, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Continental Knitting Stitches : Picking Knitting Needles
One important knitting supply is your knitting needles. Learn how to pick out the best knitting needles for you in this free knitting video. Expert: Jeanette White Bio: Jeanette White is the owner of Piper’s Quilts & Comforts in Sugarhouse, UT. Filmmaker: joseph wilkins
May 21, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Does anyone know how to knit a round on straight knitting needles?
I’m making a hat for myself, and I don’t have circular knitting needles. I’ve already knitted a few rows, and now it’s asking me to starting rounding. I don’t know how to round, and was wondering if it’s possible to knit a hat on regular knitting needles. Thanks.
May 20, 2010 | 5 comments | View Post
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Yarn – Flea Market Knitting Finds
When shopping locally for yarn, needles, and pattern books, the first place that comes to mind is your neighborhood yarn shop. Perhaps the large craft stores place second, followed by the huge discount outlets. But several knitters on the Daily Knitter Forums sing the praises of flea markets. They describe an amazing selection and unbelievable [...]
May 19, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Knitting Needle Soup – Our Favorite Knitting Tips
The exchange of knitting knowledge and advice is what the Daily Knitter is all about. We all become better knitters as a result. This article is the first in a series discussing the Daily Knitter’s favorite knitting tips. We hope these suggestions benefit you in your knitting. And make sure to pass these tips on [...]
May 19, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Monthly Calendar
Monthly Calendar Learn to crochet or knit at the in the Fellowship Hall at the First Baptist Church of Pine Island from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Supplies needed are G or H crochet hook or a size 8 set of knitting needles and a ball of cotton yarn. For more information, call Yvonne Dewey at [...]
May 18, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Speed up Your Knitting Projects With the Addi Turbo Knitting Needles
Do you like to knit but hate it being so slow? A friend of mine told me about how much faster she was knitting. I just had to know her secret. It turns out she uses a knitting needle called Addi Turbo. I went to the local craft store to find me an Addi Turbo [...]
May 17, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
How are wooden knitting needles manufactured?
Lathe, router, power-feed shaper, or special jig? They get them perfect! I wonder if there is a market for knitting needles made from riven domestic hardwoods such as cherry and holly?
May 16, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post
Is knitting with crochet hook faster then knitting with knitting needles?
Is knitting with crochet hook faster then knitting with knitting needles? I am planning to make a baby blanket. I can use the bamboo needles/circular needles I have . But I wanted to know If I knit a pattern (may be basic one) with crochet hook, is that faster? Thanks
May 15, 2010 | 9 comments | View Post
