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The Knitting Collection - Binder 1

Loaned as binder - not individual pages.


Basic Techniques

  • binding off and assembling
  • casting on
  • casting on and binding off solved
  • insert pockets
  • knitting for the left handed
  • lace knitting
  • making eyelets
  • paired increasing
  • picking up sts
  • selvages
  • slipping sts
  • starting to knit

Special Techniques

  • bead knitting (1)
  • bead knitting (2)
  • blocking a shawl
  • casting on: alternate method I (continental)
  • casting on for better waistbands
  • circular needles
  • collected stitches
  • continental knitting
  • cut and sew
  • decorative increasing and decreasing
  • diagonals and chevrons
  • embossed stitches
  • fairisle knitting
  • gloves and mittens on two needles
  • gloves on four needles
  • interlaced sts
  • jacquard knitting
  • knitting below
  • knitted knots
  • knitting in rounds
  • knitting in stripes
  • making double fabric
  • making popcorns and bobbles
  • mesh knitting
  • mitering corners
  • picot knitting
  • pleats
  • rag knitting
  • socks
  • surface checks
  • using a cable needle
  • Finishes/ openings/closures
  • perfect buttonholes
  • better V-necks
  • zippers and buttons
  • pairing decreasing
  • shaping
CHILDREN'S KNITTING CARDS
  • covered coat hangers
  • daytime/night time doll
  • knitting from square one
  • tea cosies

ADAPTING AND DESIGNING

  • Designing
    • beginning to design
    • charting
    • from gauge to knitting
    • household furnishings
    • making doll's clothes
    • making the most of scraps
    • more about raglans
    • necklines
    • placing guidelines
    • raglan sleeves
    • shaping with needles
    • shaping for a top
    • skirts
    • sleeves
    • standard body measurements
    • understanding basic shapes (1)
    • understanding basic shapes (2)
  • Adapting
    • adapting commercial patterns
    • decorative raglans
    • hoods and collars
    • uses of texture

      FOLK KNITTING

      • Aran knitting
      • English knitting
      • Guernsey knitting
      • Austrian knitting
      • Icelandic knitting
      • the Faroe Islands
      • Scandinavian knitting
      • Spanish knitting


KNITTNG KNOW-HOW
Yarns and Equipment

  • brushing yarn
  • equipment
  • introduction to knitting machines
  • introduction to knitting
  • yarn (1)
  • yarn (2)
  • yarn (3)
  • washing knitwear

Technical Terms

  • French knitting terms (1)
  • French knitting terms (2)
  • getting the best from knitted patterns

S.O.S.

  • dealing with dropped garments
  • patching and darning
  • picking up dropped stitches
  • re-using yarn
  • shortening and lengthening

FINISHING AND TRIMS

  • Assembling
    • the art of assembling a garment
    • blocking and pressing
    • setting in sleeves
    • weaving seams
  • Applied Trims
    • braids and ties
    • crochet edges (1)
    • crochet edges (2)
    • fringes (1)
    • knitted borders
    • leather edges and patches
    • picot fringes
    • piping cords
    • ruffles

  • Decorations
    • covered buttons
    • embroidering knitting
    • trimming with ribbons
  • Making Up
    • facing and re-inforcing
    • hems and casings
    • lining knitwear
  • STITCH AND PATTERN LIBRARY

    • Twisted and Traveling Stitches
      • cable patterns
      • traveling stitches
      • twisted and crossed stitches
      • Knit and Purl Patterns
      • rib patterns
      • square stitches
    • Bobbles
      • popcorn and bobble patterns
      • popcorn-based stitches

    Folk Patterns

      • Aran stitches (1)
      • Aran stitches (2)
      • English patterns
      • Norwegian patterns
      • Shetland knitting
      • Shetland lace
      • Shetland patterns
      • Spanish Patterns
      • Tyrolean patterns (1)
      • Tyrolean patterns (2)
      • Grouped Stitches
      • collected stitch patterns
      • Lace Patterns
      • eyelet patterns
      • lace stitches (1)
      • lengthened and dropped stitches
      • unusual laces
      • Viennese lace (1)
      • Viennese lace (2)
      • Color Patterns
      • jacquard patterns

    Textures

      • brioche stitches
      • chevron patterns
      • embossed patterns (1)
      • embossed patterns (2)
      • slipped stitch patterns (1)
      • slipped stitch patterns (2)
      • quilted stitches

    Diagonal Directional Patterns

      • directional pattern