I have been knitting a long time, but since discovering internet knitting :lol: I have learned so much. I am amazed that I can learn something new about knitting almost every day.
I recently learned a sewn cast off. I think I read this is a EZ idea. (That wouldn’t surprise me, she was a knitting genius.) Whoever had the idea, it is great. I like to make shoulder down sleeves and on the edge of the new fingerless mitts you need to bind off. This sewn bind off makes a nice edge and looks more finished than a regular BO when it is not going to be be hidden in a seam.
Just today I learned how to make a row of bobbles all at once without doing each separately and doing all that turning. Amazing!!
I discovered a new way of making cables without needles or rearraging stitches (video coming soon)!!! And I don’t turn on bobble either, I just knit backwards instead.
I’m a fan of the sewn BO too and use it a lot. My favorite more or less newly learned technique is using two circs for small diameter knitting in the round. Very handy.
A few weeks ago I learned how to knit in the round and I have been in sock heaven (or hell depending how you look at it) ever since.
I agree. Since I became an “internet knitter”, the quality of my knitting has improved dramatically as well and the quantity of my knitting increasing.
I love the motivation KH’ers inspire in me! I challenge myself more and more all the time now and I am not nervous to do so. I know there is always someone out there in KH Land to help me out of a bind if I mess up!
Thanks for all the input. Many of the things you’ve mentioned I’ve tried or use regularly. The Latvian twist edge was totally new to me and I had to look it up and give it a try. Hubbie and I both were intrigued with that, him so much that he has actually taken up his needles to try it out. Lol
Knitting is an amazing hobby. Probably 20-25, or maybe more years ago, the lady who owned the LYS here (a tiny town with a yarn shop in the owner’s house) was showing me something, and I asked her, “So, Verla, how long did it take you to learn everything about knitting?”. This was said hopefully, with the idea that I could learn everything too and be a guru like her. She made one of her well known facial expressions and said, “I don’t know everything about knitting.” Boy was I surprised and deflated. LOL I don’t think anyone knows everything about knitting. That is one thing that makes it so fasinating.
I agree with TheKnitter. There is so much inspiration on KH and I think I can learn and pick up new tips everyday. Although I have knitted on and off for years, I have never been too adventurous. Last year I started knitting socks and soon got used to dpns. Maybe I will be brave and try ML soon.
I just recently learned how to crochet (just single & double crochet; exprimenting with other stitches). I am also in the process of learning how to do the short row scarf (it’s also called reversing triangles). So far I am enjoying it!
What a great thread! I love the brided cast on!! My newest feat (lame compared to ya’lls stuff) is knitting in the round. Working on a hat. Thanks for all the suggestions!
