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Knitting Technique Tutorials

Tutorials I've made are a bit scattered around, linked below.

(My very old website has a tutorials page, but the web design is outdated so it doesn't work well for mobile, pages are linked directly below which may or may not be very usable.) Note that most of my knitting patterns include photo tutorials in the patterns themselves!

Crochet Provisional Cast-On

on old knitting website: photo tutorial with a short embedded video

Judy's Magic Cast-On

on old knitting website: photo tutorial with an animated gif showing motion

German Short Rows

video on YouTube or photo tutorial with animated gifs on old knitting website

Shadow Wraps Short Rows

video on YouTube or photo tutorial with animated gifs on old knitting website

Make 1 Increases

on old knitting website: photo tutorials

Cable Bind-Off

Grafting (Kitchener Stitch)

on old knitting website: photo tutorials for stockinette and garter stitch versions

Triple Stranding As You Knit

on old knitting website: photo tutorial

Weaving in Ends as You Knit

Twisted Stitches (Mini-Cables)

video on YouTube or YouTube playlist of all twist videos (including very short individual ones and complex ones); or photo tutorials on old knitting website and complex twist written tutorials on old site here and here

Cabling Without a Cable Needle

video on YouTube or YouTube playlist of all cable videos (including very short individual ones and complex ones); or photo tutorials on old knitting website

Complex Cables

some very specific cables used in certain pattern(s); videos found in the cable videos YouTube playlist or cables used in Vire pattern are embedded on old site with some text explanation

Locking In Carried Yarn Strands

on old knitting website: text with photo tutorials (note that the action is the same as weaving in ends as you knit, so see that video on YouTube for a visual)

Centered Double Increase

video on YouTube or a different video showing it stacked (worked on every row, as it is in the Omnia hat pattern) or photo tutorial on old knitting website

Garter Stitch Horizontal Seam

on old knitting website: photo tutorial

Buttonhole Chain Loop

Slip-Stitch Pattern Help

video on YouTube: reading your knitting to work wrong-side rows in certain slip-stitch patterns

Fixing Some Mistakes

video on YouTube: what to do if you accidentally knit a stitch which should have been slipped on previous row; video on YouTube: what to do if you accidentally purled a stitch on the previous row which should have been knit (or vice versa)

Crochet Chain Embellishment

video on YouTube or animated written tutorial on old knitting website

Make Adventure Knitting Books

video on YouTube (about the first Adventure Knitting book but the process will apply to them all) or photo tutorial on old knitting website