Look both ways before crossing the street. Oh, wait, that’s a tip I learned in elementary school, not a knitting tip. Sorry, but don’t worry, I have some more tips for you again this week. Here we go …<\/p>\n
Yogurt is good for you<\/strong> – and so are the containers that are left over from the big and small ones. For the big ones (750g), they make great containers for beaded yarn. If you’re knitting with beads, you can string them onto your yarn and wind it into the container for easy knitting. You can use the small ones to hold your beads – sorted by color and size of course!<\/p>\n Graphing charts<\/strong> – Since we’re doing color, this tip is perfect. If you have a picture that you want to knit but don’t have the ability to chart it, go to this website and print yourself some graph paper to match the gauge you’re knitting with. Then photocopy the graph paper onto an overhead transparency and then lay it on top of the picture. Match the picture up in the squares the best you can (you can’t have too much detail) and color it in using dry erase markers. Now you have a knitting pattern you can start knitting!<\/p>\n Finish before you finish<\/strong> – A good way to avoid the letdown of having to sew in all those loose ends after doing a fair aisle or intarsia project with a lot of color changes is to sew them in as you go. If you’re doing fair aisle, you can carry one end along for a few stitches (just as if it’s a different color), drop it, then pick it up and go the other way on the back. If you’re knitting in the round just carry it a bit longer and then darn in a bit of it for a couple of rows down. It should stay no problem.<\/p>\n Sew: a needle pulling thread<\/strong> – Knowing how to sew is a good idea if you’re knitter. You can incorporate it into a lot of projects. You also need it to make steeks for fair aisle sweaters made in the round and it’s great when you need to sew down the ends of slippery yarns (rayon, silk, etc) that you have darned in the ends of but don’t want to slip.<\/p>\n Button the back<\/strong> – I have a good friend who recently gave birth to a baby boy. She’s definitely going to be knitting for him,so I’d like to pass on this particular tip to her, and anyone else who is making a baby garment with buttons. Please make sure that buttons are put on VERY firmly so that there is very little chance of it coming loose and ending up in the baby’s mouth. If you’re making a jumpsuit type of garment, you may want to consider placing the buttons on the back, away from curious hand of babies everywhere!<\/p>\n Everything pills<\/strong> – but if you want to reduce the amount of piling in a garment, use a couple of drops of Glycerine in the water when you wash it. Make sure you don’t put it in the dryer though as it will become very sticky and ruin all your efforts. Also, since pilling occurs where there is agitation, wash your garments inside out (now I know why my mother had us turn everything inside out when we were doing laundry)!<\/p>\n Have fun with your knitting and if you have any tips to pass along, either put them up in the comments or send them to me by email at mrhugzzz@gmail.com.<\/p>\n Hugzzz \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Look both ways before crossing the street. Oh, wait, that’s a tip I learned in elementary school, not a knitting tip. Sorry, but don’t worry, I have some more tips for you again this week. 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