Ask Ms. Knitty (and pals)

[Catcheen]

Lace is easy! As long as you can do all the stitches, you'll have no problems. Can you increase and decrease? Most increases in lacework are "YO"s which means "Yarn Over."

http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/increases (it's the last one) will show you how.

http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory/lace.php All of those are lace items. I'd just pick something interesting. Try a bookmark to get all the skills down pat and move on to a shawl or something!  

[Violet Song jat Shariff]

Catcheen

Lace is easy! As long as you can do all the stitches, you'll have no problems. Can you increase and decrease? Most increases in lacework are "YO"s which means "Yarn Over."

http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/increases (it's the last one) will show you how.

http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory/lace.php All of those are lace items. I'd just pick something interesting. Try a bookmark to get all the skills down pat and move on to a shawl or something!

Increases and Decreases are my next skill to tackle sweatdrop . Sometimes the instructions for some of the methods are confusing so I just keep putting it off redface redface redface  

[KotokoPlum]

I'm still pretty much a beginner (made a knit pony and a knit kitty, both the basic stitch), but I want to tackle a Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter scarf in honor of the new movie. d:

I'm kinda set on making it from this pattern.

Sooo, where do I begin? Before, my yarn was just from a kit or leftover random crud that I used based on a pattern. Here, I'm looking to get Gryffindor colors but the yarn the patternmaker listed (well, the one I refound) is kinda expensive. o______o;;

Any tips/suggestions/anything?

My friend suggested knitpicks.com, which looks really nice, but doesn't have a big color selection... I like the comfy worsted yarn. ;D anything like this?

I just need a lot of help, hahaha. But I'm really excited to start this!  

[ii_babby gurl_ii]

i need help im trying to think of something else to do thats fun outher that macrome........ can someone give me some idias please  

[Kay-VW]

>:3 I finally figured out how to do the purl stitch!

Now, what are some other easy knitting stitches? And, Could I make a scarf using only the purl stitch?  

[Blood-Spattered-Sundress]

I FINALLY got accepted to the guild! yay!! SO! I'm a recently self-taught knitter. I know how to knit and purl (English). But I'm looking on how to double knit. I've been on knitting help, but it says that English is just too confusing when double knitting... Help?  

[coloredpencil100]

my gramma tried to teach me but i couldn't learn how to knit it sweatdrop cornfusssing crying burning_eyes 4laugh rofl pirate talk2hand emo  

[sablejasmine]

knit one pearl two, knit one pearl two..  

[OhNoesItsMiho]

Good evening everyone! I'm in a jam! I use 100% acrylic yarn and I want to knit a raglan sweater. The thing is, I hear that acrylic yarn does NOT block well at all. I was going to do the mattress seam to make the seam invisible, but I don't think I can if I can't block the sweater to make the seam lay flat. The seam feels so uncomfortable against my skin so I wanted to do an alternative seam. What seaming method should I use? Should I use the whipstitch or the running stitch?

I hope someone can help.  

[AccentualWolf]

OhNoesItsMiho

Good evening everyone! I'm in a jam! I use 100% acrylic yarn and I want to knit a raglan sweater. The thing is, I hear that acrylic yarn does NOT block well at all. I was going to do the mattress seam to make the seam invisible, but I don't think I can if I can't block the sweater to make the seam lay flat. The seam feels so uncomfortable against my skin so I wanted to do an alternative seam. What seaming method should I use? Should I use the whipstitch or the running stitch?

I hope someone can help.

Acrylic does not block at all. (trust me I tried) Try going to you local craft store like Jo-Anne Fabrics, Hobby Lobby or Ac More. Jo-Anne and Ac More has Patton's Classic wool that is real affordable and Hobby lobby has some really nice wool yarn too. These should help out with you sweater problem. If not do an internet search of the nearest yarn stores and if it is a good ways away make a special trip and make a day of it. The person running the store should be able to help.  

[watermoon11]

i have a question. about sewing a plushie. im try to make my friend a panda plushie for her birthday. how long would the fabric be????  

[watermoon11]

hi there!
well i have a question, im making a boy plushie for myself, and i dont know how to put a hair piece on it. i probably know the front piece but not the back.its kinda like umm..... i guess for a example sasukes hair. its kinda like that. is there a web sit for that. because im tired of lookign around.

please help