Deb Hoss Knits

Helpful links

These are a few of the many informational online links available that I’ve personally found helpful along the way. I offer these as a resource and will add to them as my own training requirements reveal new discoveries! Apologies in advance if some, over time, become obsolete. I’ll do my best to keep up.

For instructions on:

• Casting on

  • Long-tail, knitted, and cable cast on: www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer05/FEATsum05TT.html

  • Backward loop increase (cast on): www.quinceandco.com/blogs/news/techniques-backward-loop-increase

  • Provisional cast on: www.lucyintheskywithstitches.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/tutorial-invisible-provisional-cast-on

• Stitches

  • Right twist (RT): www.designsbyphanessa.com/post/left-lt-right-rt-twist-stitch-tutorial

• Binding off

  • I-cord bind off: newstitchaday.com/how-to-knit-the-i-cord-bind-off/

  • I-cord bind off in the round and grafting live stitches: giftofknitting.com/i-cord-bind-off-in-the-round-sleeve/

  • 3 needle bind off: knitty.com/ISSUEfall06/FEATfall06TT.html

  • Suspended bind off: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxv_kALaKRo

• Short rows

  • Wrap and turn short rows: www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer03/FEATbonnetric.html and www.purlsoho.com/create/short-rows-wrap-turn/

• Shaping (increases and decreases)

  • Increases and decreases, general overview: www.interweave.com/wp-content/uploads/knitting-increases-decreases.pdf

  • Make 1 knit-wise and purl-wise, right leaning and left: alfaknits.wordpress.com/2015/08/03/how-to-m1l-and-m1r-and-to-never-forget-which-is-which/

  • Knit 1 in the row below (k1-r/b): www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjo7HA2rWcs

  • Lifted increases: knotions.com/how-to-knit-lifted-increases

  • Working the same stitch twice:  blog.weareknitters.com/knitting-stitches/how-to-work-the-same-stitch-twice/

  • Yarn overs in various knit and purl situations: www.purlsoho.com/create/2013/11/11/yarn-over-yo

  • Shaping “in pattern”: ysolda.com/blogs/journal/continue-to-work-in-pattern

• Joining (seaming and grafting)

  • Garter stitch seaming: www.simple-knitting.com/seaming-garter-stitch.html

  • Grafting: 

    • The Ins & Outs of Grafting with Anne Hanson (a free self-paced class on www.craftsy.com) 

    • Grafting:  www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer04/FEATtheresasum04.html

    • Grafting the garter stitch:  www.knittinghelp.com/video/play/grafting-garter-kitchener-stitch

• Color work

  • Color stranding:  www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/FEATwin06TT.html

  • 2-color stranded knitting: www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/handy-tips-for-stranded-colorwork/

Other sources I’ve found helpful

• Top-down set-in sleeves: Elizabeth Doherty's Top Down: Reimagining Set-in Sleeve Design, a publication available from Quince & Co.

• Online zipper source: www.customzips.com

• Yarn substitutions: yarnsub.com

• Crochet and knitting patterns that are free and sorted by skill level: couponfollow.com/research/free-crochet-and-knitting-patterns (thanks to some very thoughtful Senior Girl Scouts earning their Textile Artist badges (you go girls!))

• Crocheted home design: missamara.com/pages/crochet-for-your-home-curtains-decor-rugs-and-more

• Stain removal guide: www.lulus.com/blog/lifestyle/a-guide-to-removing-stains-from-clothing-and-fabric (thanks to a helpful home ec student named Lily)