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Techniques and videos by subject matter

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General Videos and Techniques by Subject Matter:
  • Buttonholes
  • Cables (single bed)
  • Cables (double bed)
  • Casting off (single bed)
  • Casting on (single bed)
  • Casting off (double bed)
  • Casting on (double bed)
  • Cut and sew
  • Designaknit
  • Doublebed jacquard
  • Edgings & joins
  • Increasing and decreasing
  • Lace
  • Making up
  • Miscellaneous
  • Patterning (single bed)
  • Patterning (double bed)
  • Ribbing
  • Shaping & shapes
  • Short-rowing
Buttonholes
  • Buttonhole in 2x2 ribbed band
  • Buttonhole in 2x2 ribbing
  • Buttonholes in a folded bandvideo
  • Buttonholes in knitted band
  • Gerda's easy buttonholes
  • Horizontal ribbed bandvideo
  • Kitchener buttonhole in vertical folded band video
  • Passap buttonhole
  • Passap buttonhole for double band
  • Passap no-neaten buttonholes
  • Single bed slits aka horizontal buttonholes
  • The perfect buttonhole
  • Vertical buttonholesvideo
  • Working buttonholes into the bind offvideo

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Cables (single bed)
  • Cables
  • Cables and lace
  • Cable type patternvideo
  • Chunky woven cablevideo
  • Embossed diamond cablevideo
  • Faux cablesvideo
  • Hand-tooled cable 3 waysvideo
  • Helix cablevideo
  • Joining two panels with a cablevideo
  • Machine knit wide cablevideo
  • Machine knitting cables, single bed
  • Mock cablesvideo
  • Passap cables knitted super easy
  • Repairing cable crosses
  • Supercable
  • Supersize cables
  • Surprise cable join video
  • Tower cable video
  • Turbo braids (cable effect) PDFPDF
  • Visualizing knit cables in color with Excel

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Cables (double bed)
  • Five stitch braided cable video
  • Full fisherman's rib and reversible cables
  • Machine knit reversible cables
  • Supersize cables

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Casting Off (single bed)
  • Achieving a loose cast off row
  • Back stitch bind off (knitfits)
  • Cast off in the middle of a row video
  • Double-strand tapestry needle bind off for lace *NEW*video
  • Figure of 8 cast off *NEW*
  • Lace cast offvideo
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  • Figure of 8 cast off and graftvideo
  • Learn how to cast off around gate pegsvideo
  • Learn a simple cast offvideo
  • Loose bind off on plastic machinevideo
  • Looser latch tool cast on and cast offvideo
  • No roll edgingvideo
  • Tapestry bind offvideo

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Casting On (single bed)
  • Another cast on video
  • Auto-cast onvideo
  • Casting on with a Hamanaka knitting machine
  • Casting on single bed
  • Casting on techniquesvideo
  • Double e-wrap cast on
  • Double e-wrap cast on video
  • Double ewrap machine knitting cast onvideo
  • Double strand e-wrap cast on for bargello lace *NEW* video
  • Hanging a cast on combvideo
  • How to cast on and cast off
  • How to hang a cast on ragvideo
  • Knitting needle cast on
  • Latch tool cast onvideo
  • Learn how to e-wrap cast onvideo
  • Machine knit hems 1
  • Machine knit hems 2
  • Modified e-wrap cast on
  • Ravel cord cast onvideo
  • Reverse e-wrap cast onvideo
  • Ribber cast on comb/open stitch single bed cast on
  • Ribber comb used on the single bedvideo
  • Single bed reformed rib
  • Useful cast ons for machine knitting
  • Weaving cast onvideo
  • What is a cast on rag?video

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Casting off (double bed)
  • Back stitch ribbing bind off
  • Crochet ribbing cast offvideo
  • Double bind off video
  • Four ways to cast off on a Passap video
  • Inserting ribber combvideo
  • Passap new twist bind offs
  • Purl graft ribber bind offvideo
  • Rib bind off from scrap yarnvideo
  • Smiles and frowns cast offvideo
  • Smiles and frowns ribber bind-offvideo
  • Smiles and frowns ribber bind-off with waste 1x1 ribvideo
  • Whipped ribber bind-offvideo

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Casting On (double bed)
  • 2x2 ribbing circular cast on
  • A very neat double bed cast on edge
  • Beautiful neat ribber cast on
  • Bond cast on - can't possibly work but does - pdf and video PDF
  • Broken toe cast on for 2x2 ribbing
  • Brother full needle rib cast on video
  • Brother ribber 1x1 cast on video
  • Casting on, double bed
  • Centering your ribber cast on combvideo
  • Cheat sheet - how to cast on in rib with Brother and Silver
  • Double bed circular hem
  • Double bed e-wrap cast onvideo
  • E-wrap cast on for ribbing
  • Full needle rib cast on video
  • Hand-knit look for double bed cast onvideo
  • Passap broken-toe cast on
  • Perfect rib startvideo
  • Principles of ribbing cast ons in machine knitting
  • Racked ribber cast on, tips
  • Tricks to eliminate ripply ribbing cast on edge

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Cut and Sew
  • Cut and sew neck instructions
  • Placing and cutting first pattern piece
  • Mitered corners for sweater knits
  • Using your sewing machine on knitted fabricvideo
Designaknit (DAK)
  • DAK custom palettes video
  • DAK graphics studio video
  • DAK8 lace tool video
  • DAK8 method of knitting video
  • Machine knitting and DAK - an experiment in converting photos to fairisle
  • Using DAK to print graph paper

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Double Bed Jacquard
  • Blistered stitches DBJ
  • Double bed cheat sheets (Brother and Passap)
  • Double bed cheat sheets (Brother and Knitmaster) (PDF)
  • Double-bed jacquard *NEW*
  • Ladder-back DBJ
  • Reversible DBJ, reversible DBJ with pictures
  • Semi jacquard
  • Two colour DBJ
  • Using double-bed jacquard to knit a motif
  • Vertical striper backing on Brother
  • Vertical striped backing on DBJ

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Edgings and Joins
  • Adding a triangle to sweater bottomvideo
  • Add mock ribbing to the end of a piecevideo
  • Aran poncho hem
  • Banded again - how to attach bands
  • Bell bottom trim part 1, part 2 video
  • Bouillon trimvideo
  • Bulky rick-rack edge on the standard knitting machinevideo
  • Cabled edging (Diana)video
  • Cabled edging (Marg)
  • Cardigan bandsPDF
  • Crochet finishes for knitting part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7 video
  • Crochet-like edge trims
  • Crochet-look edging for v-neckvideo
  • Cut and sew neckbands
  • Decorative no-roll edge video
  • Decorative tulip edging
  • Doubled-over neckband
  • Easy bind edging
  • Enchanted edgings
  • Folded over trimvideo
  • Foldover edge trimvideo
  • Fern-leaf edging
  • Fisherman rib edgingvideo
  • Fringes
  • Fringe two waysvideo
  • How to add fringe to a scarfvideo
  • How to add a ribbed button band when you don't have a ribber video
  • How to pocket a neckband *NEW*
  • Icord join and trimvideo
  • Intarsia cable joinvideo
  • Knitted in bias trimvideo
  • Knitted in lace edgevideo
  • Knitting in the cardigan bandsvideo
  • Knitting machine edgingvideo
  • Lace hemvideo
  • Machine knit a scalloped hemvideo
  • Machine knit crochet like trims
  • Machine knit fringevideo
  • Machine knit rufflevideo
  • Making waves neck edge shaping techniquevideo
  • Mitred rib in the roundvideo
  • Mitred rib trimvideo
  • Mitered v-neck band method
  • Mock cable and worm edging *NEW*
  • Mock cable and worm trimvideo
  • More edge trims
  • No roll edge *NEW*
  • Picot hemvideo
  • Ribber edgings
  • Ribber trims and edgings 1
  • Ribber trims 2
  • Ribber trims 3
  • Rolled edgevideo
  • Ruched cable trimvideo
  • Ruffles
  • Scalloped edge for garments
  • Scalloped ribbingvideo
  • Sandwich bands for cut and sew edges
  • Shell edging (passap) PDF
  • Short-rowed rufflesvideo
  • Side casing for a bagvideo
  • Slip stitch edgingvideo
  • Super-easy decorative no-roll edgevideo
  • Two edgingsvideo
  • Tuck foldover scalloped border
  • Twisted fringevideo
  • Two diagonal trimsvideo
  • What stitches to pick up for a folded hemvideo

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Increasing and Decreasing
  • Decreases - 5 types (superneedle)
  • Increasing using transfer toolvideo
  • Increasing without dropping stitchesvideo
  • S2K1psso by machinevideo
Lace
  • Brother lace carriagevideo
  • Converting HK lace to MK lace
  • Drop stitch lace, japanese machines
  • Fan lace tutorialvideo
  • Fern lacevideo
  • Flame chevron
  • Half milano edges with the Brother ribber
  • Hand and machine knitting - adding a lifeline when knitting lace
  • Hand to machine lace symbols
  • How to avoid dropped stitches in lace
  • Lace - Tony Bennett PDF
  • Lace knitting - a lifeline can save the day
  • Lace knitting without a lace carriage
  • Lace: the artful arrangement of holesPDF
  • Scalloped-edged lacevideo
  • Short-row shaping of lace video
  • Some simple 3-stitch patterns
  • The art of lace on a knitting machine
  • Thread lace alternatives
  • Using lace cards on the Brother bulky machine
  • Yin and yang lace

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Making Up
  • 50 ways to love your linker
  • Bickford seam (two methods)
  • Blocking your knitting
  • Cut and sew
  • Faster, flatter mattress stitchvideo
  • Flat seam in 2x2 ribbing
  • Four favourite seam finishes for sweater knits
  • Garter stitch graftvideo
  • Grafting on the knitting machine
  • Grafting by handvideo
  • Grafting - knit side upvideo
  • Grafting on the knitting machinevideo
  • Grafting stitches
  • Grafting tube ends perfectly video
  • How to hang the edge of a garment
  • How to shorten a garment once it is sewn together
  • Linker workbook PDF
  • Kitchenering sock toes with waste yarnvideo
  • Knitting in pattern with 2 carriages, Brother punchcard machines
  • Machine sewing knitted fairisle floatsvideo
  • Matching stitch patterns across seams
  • Point to point linking
  • Row to row seaming aka matress stitch
  • Russian join with video
  • "Seam-as-you-go"
  • Seaming, joining, picking up stitches part 1, part 2
  • Seaming garter stitchvideo
  • Seaming on the machinevideo
  • Sew as you go revisitedvideo
  • Sew knitted pieces on a sewing machine
  • Sewing or vertical graftingvideo
  • Sweater finishing 101 part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5video
  • Shoulder joins
  • Using the knitting machine to join garments
  • Weaving in your ends
  • Weaving in the yarn tailsvideo
  • Weaving in yarn tails using a latch toolvideo
  • You can block acrylic
  • Zigzag panel joinvideo

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Miscellaneous
  • I-cord
  • Knitting shag (rug) with a bulky machine and ribber video
  • Knitting with unusual fibres: Elastic
  • Plating on an Addi circular machine
  • Using the ribber comb as a single bed weight
  • Tips for knitting with fine yarn
Patterning (single bed)
  • 8 ways to do garter stitch on a machine
  • Adding beadsvideo
  • Anatomy of a punchcard
  • Brother KH970 garment designer introduction video
  • Brother KH970 pattern positions video
  • Broomstick lace on a knitting machine
  • Chain stitch embellishmentvideo
  • Chevron patterns on the Bond
  • Crochet-like stitch on a knitting machine video
  • Crochet meets machine knitting techniques: working with short rows
  • Designing words on a punchcardvideo
  • DIY sock blanks for dyeing
  • Double layer fabric on the main bed onlyvideo
  • Downloading from DAK to Brother 970video
  • Dragonfly stitchvideo
  • Easy machine knit bobblesvideo
  • Easy peasy turbo cables
  • Entrelac
  • Entrelac introduction part 1, part 2video
  • EntrelacsPDF
  • Entrelac pretender
  • Fair-isle on a non-patterning machine
  • Fair isle single bed float control
  • Faux ribvideo
  • Floatless vertical fairislevideo
  • Free weaving with the knitting machine
  • Hand-manipulated lacevideo
  • How to knit a tuck stitch
  • How to make stripes on a vintage knitting machinevideo
  • How to make text without DAK
  • How to use a needle pusher
  • Intarsia video
  • Intarsia and yarn brake
  • Intarsia notes PDF
  • Intarsia 2 colour cable video
  • KH230 and Bond fairislevideo
  • Knitweave - the laying-in method
  • Ladders with lace part 1, part 2
  • Latched ribbing at the end of a piecevideo
  • Lifted mesh stitch (looks a bit like crochet) Free Ravelry download
  • Lizard Ridge pattern
  • Loops and knotsvideo
  • Knitting machine yellowed? Make it white again!
  • Machine knit illusion knittingvideo
  • Machine knitted graphics using GIMP and DAKvideo
  • Machine knit zigzag fabricvideo
  • Machine knitting pattern definitions - main bed
  • Magic fairisle
  • Making waves technique on the knitting machinevideo
  • Manual fairisle part 1, part 2video
  • Manual slip stitchvideo
  • Manual tuckvideo
  • Manual tuck stitchvideo
  • Manual two colour slip stitchvideo
  • Manual weaving 1video
  • Manual weaving 2video
  • Mirror image lace video
  • One row stripes
  • Picture knitting without an intarsia carriagevideo
  • Pinecone popcornsvideo
  • Pleats created with lace transfers
  • Principles of formation of the elongated loopsvideo
  • Principles of knitting terry clothvideo
  • Programming the CB1/KH970 video
  • Punching a 12st repeat cardvideo
  • Reforming stitchesvideo
  • Raised diagonal half-cable trimvideo
  • Revisiting pleats on the knitting machine
  • Seashell stitchvideo
  • Seed stitchvideo
  • Shadow pleats knitting
  • Short row graphicsvideo
  • Short row shapings: bumps and slits meet entrelac
  • Sideways tuck zigzags
  • Simple transfer of stitchesvideo
  • Single motif knittingvideo
  • Single bed quilting part 1
  • Smocking on the knitting machine (Knitnatters)
  • Smocking on the knitting machine (Knits for Joy)
  • Swedish weaving
  • Swung stocking stitch, hand-manipulated
  • Tartan PDF
  • The art of knitweave
  • Thrumming on the knitting machinevideo
  • Tips for motif knitting
  • Transferring stitches using waste yarnvideo
  • Tuck lace needle arrangementvideo
  • Tucking over several needles in a row
  • Two-colour tuckvideo
  • Tuck aran stitchvideo
  • Waffle stitchvideo
  • Wavy drop lace
  • Wavy pattern with short rows and garter carriage *NEW*
  • Working with generated mazes in GIMP
  • Woven insert into the knitwearvideo
  • Wrapping an isolated motif part 1, part 2video
  • Zigzag ladder lace

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Patterning (double bed)
  • Basic double-bed ripples
  • Bobble pattern (Passap)
  • Bowknot/butterfly stitch on the machine
  • Bubble pops fabricvideo
  • Bubbles the fast way
  • Carpet or pile stitch on Brother / Passap, part 1, part 2
  • Condo cables, or using the ribber to add more yarn
  • Doublebed jacquard with birdseye backvideo
  • Double-bed quilting
  • Double bed tuck and slipvideo
  • Double sided cable ribvideo
  • Embossed leaf lacevideo
  • Fast summer mesh
  • Garter stitch on the Hamanaka knitting machine
  • Geometric shapes in drop stitch lace part 1, part 2, part 3
  • How to knit scallop texturevideo
  • Knitting interlock on a hand knitting machine part 1, part 2
  • Ladderback jacquard - photo tutorial
  • Knit 2, purl 2 drop lacevideo
  • Knit and purl blocks to create folding fabric pleats
  • Knitted pleats
  • Machine knitting pattern definitions - ribber bed
  • Machine rib short rowsvideo
  • "Missoni" style zig zags
  • Mitred ribbingvideo
  • Mock garter stitch
  • Passap queen of diamonds
  • Passap vertical ripple racking pattern
  • Pile knitting dropped stitch tools
  • Revisting drop/release stitch lace (aka drive/mesh lace, summer fairisle
  • Ribbed pleated folding fabrics
  • Rules for double-bed permanent pleats
  • Shadow lace
  • Shadow lace tool (aka Jaws)video
  • Sideways tuck zigzags
  • Simulated seed stitch on the Passap
  • Transferring stitches between bedsvideo
  • Transferring stitches between beds using 2 3 prong toolsvideo
  • Transitions in ribbing from EON to FNR
  • Tuck stitch combination fabrics
  • Two colour ribber brioche stitch
  • Unconventional uses for pattern cards
  • Vertical racking, fisherman's rib
  • Vertical striped ribbing

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Ribbing
  • Fisherman's rib variations
  • Gathered scallop ribbing
  • Mock ribbing
  • Picked up ribbed bandvideo
  • Quick rib neckline
  • Ribber cast ons - what they look like
  • Ribber hints and tips
  • Ribbing seam in back of socks
  • Tips for learning your ribber

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Shaping and Shapes
  • Assymetrical garment design Brother 970video
  • Automatic wrap in short rows video
  • Brother knitleader video
  • Decorative raglan decreases *NEW*
  • Diagonal squarevideo
  • Diagram patterns: how to
  • Drawing assymetrical and oversize garments on a charting device
  • Knit both sides of a neckline at once video
  • Knitting a circle by machine - how to calculate
  • Machine knit round yokevideo
  • Multi-directional trianglesvideo
  • Neckline shaping with holding positionvideo
  • Quarter-crown hat shaping
  • Pullover generator
  • Recharting a wider sweater to fit on a knitting machine
  • Set-in sleeve knitted from the top downvideo
  • Shaping a neckline using holding positionvideo
  • Shell shapes
  • Short-rowing / decreasing with ravel cord
  • Shoulder shaping 101
  • Slanted pockets video
  • Sock heels on the ribber
  • Tubular machine knit fabrics
  • V-neck raglan embellishments
  • Ways to shape beanie top

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Short-rowing
  • Another way to short-rowvideo
  • Charting shapes for short row knitting and shaping
  • Manual short row ruffles
  • Partial knitting
  • Principles of short rowing
  • Short-row heels without holes
  • Short-row sleeves from the top
  • Short-rowing
  • Short-rowing a toe made easy *NEW*video
  • Short-rowing on both sides at the same timevideo
  • Short-rowing part 1 - one side only
  • Short-rowing part 2 - diagonally
  • Short-rowing part 3 - both sides at once
  • Short-row trianglesvideo
  • Short-row triangle spiral stripsvideo
  • Unholy heels

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