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Learn to knit
Everything you need for your first stitches: cast on, knit, purl and bind off, explained step by step for complete beginners.
Techniques
The techniques that take you beyond knit and purl: shaping, knitting in the round, joining and finishing. One guide per technique.
Sizes & charts
Needle sizes, yarn weights and conversion charts: the numbers you need to match yarn, needles and pattern.
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Kfb: knit front and back
Kfb (knit front and back) is the easiest knitting increase: knit into the front and back of the same stitch to make two from one. Steps, uses and mistakes.
German short rows: the double stitch, step by step
German short rows shape knitting with a simple "double stitch" instead of wraps. Learn the method step by step, how to work the DS later, and why knitters prefer it.
What is DK weight yarn?
DK ("double knitting") is a light, category 3 yarn, slightly thinner than worsted. Its gauge, needle size, what to make with it, and how it compares.
SSK: the left-leaning decrease
SSK (slip, slip, knit) turns two stitches into one with a left lean. Learn it step by step, why the slips must be knitwise, and when to use it instead of k2tog.
K2tog: the right-leaning decrease
K2tog (knit two together) is the simplest knitting decrease: knit two stitches as one, leaning right. Learn it step by step and when to pair it with ssk.
M1L and M1R: mirrored increases explained
M1L and M1R are nearly invisible mirrored increases made from the bar between stitches. Learn both step by step, and how to avoid the hole that ruins them.