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Y Friday, March 28, 2008

Free Knitting Patterns and Tips


have a look ... it's one of the most informative sites.

http://www.knittingdaily.com/freepatterns/

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Y Monday, March 03, 2008

Joining Yarn and Picking Dropped Stitches


1. Have included a calendar in the ANNOUNCEMENT section. Regular and ad-hoc sessions will be indicated there.


2. How to pick up dropped stitches

This is the method for dropped knit or purl stitches. By now, you should have noticed that doing a knit stitch shows a purl stitch on the other side of your work and doing a purl stitch shows a knit stitch on the other side of your work. Therefore, the method of picking up a dropped knit or purl stitch is the same. When a stitch is dropped, place a pin on it to stop it from dropping further. Then get ready a crochet needle and pick up the stitch with the "knit" side facing you.

Found these pictures in a How-To website, shows clearly how to pick up the stitches.

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The link to this website is http://home.howstuffworks.com/knitting-instructions9.htm


3. How to join yarns

Besides tieing the end of the existing yarn and the start of the new yarn, there is this one way called SLICING. I have read about it but not tried this method as I find it rather troublesome. I have therefore just did the tieing method and the knitting-in method. However, I was amazed at the results of the slicing method when a friend showed me her scarf. It is totally invisible! I didn't even know where the joining was. This method, however, cannot be used for all yarns.

Click on the following link, it shows clearly how to do it.

http://morcatknits.typepad.com/spitsplicing/2005/03/or_how_to_join_.html

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