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Resources Just the best knitting resources on the Web, organized and right at your fingertips. Check back often - we're just getting started. So far you'll find a great how-to page, lace knitting resources, and yarn info page.

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General resources

Online communities, knitting reference sites, newsletters, blogs, podcasts

How-tos  Go 

Basics: Learn to knit, cast on, bind off, increase, decrease, yarn over
Reading charts
Seaming, blocking, edges, buttonbands
Buttonholes and loops, zipper insertion
Fine points: grafting, short rows, shoulder shaping, steeks
Color knitting: intarsia, stranding, weaving
Cabling, twisted stitches
Lace knitting
Double knitting, twined knitting, entrelac
Design and alterations
Garment care
Spinning and dyeing

Patterns & designers

Pattern indexes, free pattern sources, independent designers, errata

Magazines & publishers

Indexes, print magazines, online magazines, knitting books, publisher sites

Tools & equipment

Needles, swifts and ball winders, software for knitters, charting tools, accessories

 

Yarn  Go

Yarn specs & reviews, conversion tools, color cards, fibers, yarn care
Yarn company websites
Online yarn retailers
Spinning and dyeing

Knitting styles & specialties

Lace
Shetland, Iceland, Orenburg, doilies, how-tos, modern lace designers…

Texture:
Aran and cable knitting, Guernseys, Bavarian/Austrian travelling stitches, how-tos…

Color: Fair Isle knitting, Scandinavian colorwork, Bohus, Armenian knitting, modern color designers, how-tos…

Socks, mittens & gloves, vintage knitting, knitting for charity, men who knit...

Knitting around the world

Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Faroes
Britain and Ireland
Estonia, Latvia, Russia
Bavaria and Austria
Andes, Turkey, Japan…

Knitting history

History of handknitting, historic patterns, online museum collections

 

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