From my chats with knitters who want to learn to knit socks but hesitate to do so it seems the main block is the heel.
How do you knit the heel they say, it’s easy once you know how I say. They then, invariably, give me that look of disbelief.
So I thought this #socktober is the perfect month to share how to shape the heel. The video has no sound and is filmed in real time, so grab a cuppa and just watch the stitch by stitch knitting and how soothing and simple it is to shape the heel….
OK, I have three bags full! And it’s getting exciting because I am going to be emptying those three bags, or rather completing the projects in them. There is the Anastasia Shawl, the Philippa Jumper, a new design – the Baby Heaton, a garter stitch striped scarf, a garter stitch
The next stage in our Professional Finishing series is all about the three needle cast off and it’s my favourite stage. It creates a beautifully smooth even seam and it’s so easy to do. If you fancied seeing what I am writing about I’ve done a short three needle cast
In this Professional Finishing series of blog posts we have looked at sizing, that T word, and decreasing. In the decreasing we mentioned the amazing difference of how one stitch makes picking up stitches nice and easy. In this blog post I shall chat about how picking up stitches can
