Monthly Archives: March 2012

When 1 isn’t enough …

This is the last post about the different techniques you can use to knit in the round. Yes, there are probably more out there (spool knitting, looms, and i-cords come to mind), but I wanted to focus on the ones that you would be most likely to come across in your knitting experiences. This method is knitting with two circular needles. Yes, they need to be the same size, but not the same length. Again however, longer is better. While you can get away with 24″ cords for this, I hope you’re come to realize by now that there […]

It’s Magic …

Well, not really, but it is called the Magic Loop! The ML is another way of using 1 circular needle to knit in the round. Unlike the first method we looked at though, using this technique removes the limit you have on the number of stitches you can knit. You can knit as few stitches as you need to in the round using this technique. The one catch to it though is that you need to have a cable needle with a really long cable. As a matter of fact, don’t even think about using a cable needle less than […]

Enie, Meenie, Minie, Mo …

Grab a needle … and off you go! Well in this case, it’s grab 4 needles – or 5 if you’re a purist. Yes, today we tackle knitting with double pointed needles. If you remember the last post, we talked about knitting in the round using one circular needle. Now knitting with just one circular needle is great, as long as you have enough stitches to go around the length of needle you’re using. But what do you do when you start decreasing on that hat you’re making? Or those socks, or the cuffs on the sleeve you’re making […]

Round and round we go …

My apologies to everyone who tried to view this in the last few days. My site was down due to an upgrade of the hard drives by my ISP, but unfortunately, the hard drive with my website on it had some issues and needed a recovery from backup files. As a result, my website along with some others were unavailable all weekend. The good news is I’m back! Yeah! So now it’s time to March into spring … sorry, I had to! Even though I’ll be working on an unspringlike project. Remember the sweater that we started designing about […]