Knitting Knowledge Type: Needle Techniques

Slip, Slip, Knit

  To SSK: Slip one stitch knitwise (to do this – place your RH needle into the stitch as if you’re going to knit it then before you knit it slip it off the LH needle onto the RH needle) Slip the next stitch knitwise  (so both stitches are unknitted and on the RH needle) […]

Slip, Knit, Pass Over

To do an SKPO Slip one stitch knitwise (to do this – place your RH needle into the stitch as if you’re going to knit it then before you knit it slip it off the LH needle onto the RH needle) Slip the next stitch knitwise  (so both stitches are unknitted and on the RH […]

Slip Stitch

Casting Off

Casting off Once you’ve finished knitting you need to cast off. Casting off is just finishing your knitting, it means you can take it off the needles without it unravelling. Just like casting on, there are a few ways to do it but I’m just going to show you my fave. This way of casting […]

Pick Up & Knit

Picking up and knitting stitches is a helpful technique to adapt knits you’ve already bound off. It can be use to add shape (for instance with our Christmas Stockings) as well as adding a trim like a neckline or sleeves. Essentially you’re inserting your needle into an existing stitch and then treating that as a […]

Double Pointed Needles

If you don’t have enough stitches to knit on circular needles then you want to knit on Double Pointed Knitting Needles. It’s another one of those knitting techniques that looks terrifying but is actually FINE (I promise!) Once you’re all set up you basically just ignore the extra needles and work on two – like […]

Circular Needles

Knitting in the round/ on circular needles means that you can create your knitting in a loop so there’s no seams, you just keep knitting round and round, one of the advantages of this is that you don’t need to do any sewing up! Like many knitting techniques, circular needles can seem a bit daunting […]

Casting On

Casting on   Casting on basically means creating your stitches so that you can start knitting them – kind of like the foundation of knitting. There are a few different ways to cast on but I’m only going to show you one to keep it simple. This way is my favourite because it’s really similar […]