Online knitting tutorials which we like
For beginners
- Youtube vid 1: slip knot before you cast on.
- Youtube vid 2: knit stitch, bind off (cast off) in knit stitch (vids 3-12 in this series are on this channel)
- Youtube vid – Knitting part 1, casting on
- Youtube vid – Joining squares – seaming or joining knitted squares
General knitting help
- Knittinghelp.com, hover cursor over Free Videos tab, and see a row of help options. (Recommended)
- Knitting & Crochet Guild (UK)
- KnittingPatternCentral Tutorial Directory, links to online help, including some more advanced techniques.
- KnitPicks tutorials – various help options
- The Purl Bee, intarsia tutorial
- Cocoknits.com, rag knitting
- Purlwise.com, magic loop tutorial – written/photographic instructions
- Youtube, magic loop video, circular knitting on one circular needle – magic loop
- Youtube magic loop demo by Knit Witch – magic loop
- Cometosilver.com, two toe -up socks on one circular needle – toe-up, two-at-a-time socks
- Sockknitters.com, two socks on two circulars – two-at-a-time socks
- Knitty.com, double knitting – two socks at the same time, one inside the other – double knitting (not DK yarn)
- Youtube, three-needle-bind-off video by Planetpurl – 3-needle bind-off
- KnitTV scroll past the crochet vid thumbnails to find: mitred knitting; working thro back loop; wrap stitches; rib; moss stitch; make a buttonhole; joining in the round; mattress stitch; picking up a dropped stitch purlwise; picking up a dropped stitch knitwise; yarn round needle; yarn forward; picking up stitches on a selvedge; cast off purlwise; cast off knitwise; ssk; skpo; kitchener stitch; cable left; cable right; purl; knit; cast-on with 2 needles; cast-on thumb method; tying slipknot.
- Youtube, sock heel knitting video – how to knit sock heel with flap, top-down.
- Reading knitting patterns videos search results on YouTube. How to work from knitting patterns: terms and explanations.
- Youtube, chain link scarf video by Cheschiiire – icord 3-dimensional chain. (There is an alternative way to do this by making a knit-in-the-round chain here.)
- Youtube, How to knit on circular needles video by knittingtipsbyjudy. Knitting on circular needles.
Knitting stitches
- Knitty.com – written out as part of a pattern –split stitch
- Youtube, shell stitch video by newstitchaday – shell stitch
- Knitting on the net, shell lace stitch – written with photo – shell lace stitch
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