A Guide to Circular Knitting Needles
Use this guide next time you shop for circular knitting needles and breathe a little easier when you're faced with all the options.
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Knitting Fundamentals
One-of-a-kind patterns, technique tutorials, and projects galore: what more could a knitter ask for? Enjoy endless knitting inspiration daily on the Bluprint Knitting Blog!
Don’t Fear the Armscye
What happens when you see a beautiful, gotta-have-it pattern and that scary word "armscye" appears in the instructions? Learn what an armscye is and why it's important for your knitting. Read more »
Tips for Sewing Up Your Knitting
Every now and then, we knitters have to be multi-talented and add sewing to our list of skills. Like weaving in ends (yuck!), it's just one of those things we have to do as part of finishing a project. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you sew up your knitting. Read more »
Decode the Types of Knit Stitches
If you're new to knitting, some of the lingo floating around the Craftsy blog may sound like a foreign language to you. Don't worry! We'll help you decode all those weird words -- and maybe even convince you to try a few new stitches. Read more »
Tips for Fixing Knitting Errors
At one time or another in your knitting past, you've probably made a knitting error. Did you rip out the entire sweater? Give up and throw it in the back of the closet? Next time you make a knitting error, check out these tips to try and save yourself from a total knitting meltdown. Read more »
Add Some Color to Your Knitting
It's tempting to knit everything in neutrals. But there are so many gorgeous yarns out there that it seems a shame to keep them hidden from the world! Take a look at these different ways to incorporate color into your knitting, then see if you change your mind next time you reach for that gray yarn! Read more »
Colorwork Knitting Tutorial: Customizing a Hat Pattern
Learn how to customize a basic hat pattern to create a beautiful design for the many different people you knit for. Two different styles and four different charts give you EIGHT different hats to knit! Read more »
The First Step to Knitting: The Slip Knot
In knitting, we always try to avoid making knots in our yarn. We join yarns by knitting with both the old and new yarns for several stitches. We weave in the ends of our yarn rather than tying knots. Knitting and knots don't mix - except at the very beginning. The very first step in any knitting project is to make a slip knot. Read more »
Flip It: Reversible Knitting Stitches
Most of the time, I don’t care if the back of my knitting looks pretty, especially if it’s a sweater or a knitted toy that’s going to be seamed up. But there are some cases when a reversible stitch is important. No matter which way you turn it, the reversible stitches featured in this roundup look fabulous. Read more »
The Beginning: A Good Place to Start Learning to Knit
You won’t learn everything there is to know about knitting from one blog post. But here, you will learn the very first steps, including how to get your first row of stitches on to a needle and how to transition into the knit stitch. This is the tutorial I give to my friends when I’m first teaching them to knit. Read more »