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What I Wish I Knew When I First Started Knitting (Part I)

March 3, 2021 by Stitch&Unwind Leave a Comment

Today’s guest post is brought to you by Hannah from Rain Mountain Crafts! She’ll be sharing some tips that would have made knitting a lot easier when she was first starting out. Be sure to check out her blog to follow along with more of her knitting adventures! Recently, I was reminiscing about when I […]

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Head to Toe: Free Knitting Patterns for Beginners

February 19, 2021 by AllFreeCrochet Leave a Comment

When the wind starts to howl and temperatures begin to drop, it’s more important than ever to make sure you’re properly covered when you venture outside. Head to Toe: Free Knitting Patterns for Beginners is a compilation of the best free and easy knitting patterns to cover the top of your head to the tip […]

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Learn Garter Stitch with 13 Easy Scarf Knitting Patterns

February 13, 2021 by AllFreeKnitting Leave a Comment

Learn Garter Stitch with 13 Easy Scarf Knitting Patterns

Garter stitch is the perfect stitch for beginner knitters. If you are just learning how to successfully maneuver your needles and yarn, garter stitch will be your new best friend. The most basic stitch is garter stitch, which is knitting every stitch (or purling every stitch). Garter stitch projects are reversible because the right and […]

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27 Knits You Can’t Screw Up: Easy Knitting Patterns for Beginners

February 2, 2021 by AllFreeKnitting Leave a Comment

I’m just learning how to knit. I’ve done some arm knitting recently, but I’ve done nothing with needles. A few weeks ago, I decided that I wanted to learn how to knit “for real.” However, I knew that I needed something simple to start. So, I went on a hunt and rounded up a bunch of knitting […]

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11 Dishcloth Patterns to Try New Stitches

November 11, 2020 by AllFreeKnitting Leave a Comment

11 Dishcloth Patterns to Try New Stitches

Learning a new skill such as knitting is a process. You need to start with the fundamentals and learn how to properly hold your needles, how to cast on, how to knit and purl, and a myriad of other essentials. Once you have mastered the basics, it’s time to move on and start working up […]

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Knit Stitch Spotlight: Stockinette Stitch

October 15, 2020 by Hannah Hynes-Petty Leave a Comment

Knit Stitch Spotlight: Stockinette Stitch

Welcome back to the Stitch Spotlight series my friends! Today we are going to dive right in and get back to basics: We’re focusing on stockinette stitch. This is one of my favorite stitches to use because it is so versatile and creates a very smooth and sleek fabric. Stockinette stitch is used heavily for […]

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Knitter’s Slang: Knitting Terms You Need to Know

September 5, 2020 by AllFreeKnitting Leave a Comment

Knitter's Slang: Knitting Terms You Need to Know

I was recently writing about a project I was working on over on the AllFreeKnitting Facebook page, and I used a couple of shorthand terms.  I quickly realized that some of our newer knitters might not know these knitting terms that I had used as they are more of a popular “knitter’s slang,” so I […]

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Knitting for Beginners: An Editor’s Adventures in Yarn

August 26, 2020 by AllFreeKnitting 8 Comments

Here at Prime Publishing, we editors have a pretty sweet gig. We work on websites about food and crafts all day, we get to sample delicious recipes from our test kitchen, and we’re a pretty cool group of people on top of it all. In August, though, many of us got to try something totally […]

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Knitting Around the World: 16 Global Knitting Patterns

August 25, 2020 by AllFreeKnitting Leave a Comment

As a knitter, I enjoy looking at patterns from around the world. Knitting styles and preferences from different cultures are so interesting, and it’s fun to work with techniques and motifs that are new to me. And with the 2020 Olympics coming up next summer, where athletes from all around the globe will be coming […]

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13 European-Inspired Knitting Patterns

July 20, 2020 by AllFreeKnitting Leave a Comment

Wouldn’t it be nice to drop everything and take a long European vacation? Well, yes, but most of us don’t have the luxury of money or time for a long trek through Belgium, France, and Spain. Most of us, however, do have enough money and time to spend on an absolutely gorgeous European-inspired knitting pattern! […]

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