TUTORIALS FOR KNITTERS

Slip Knot (your first stitch!)

https://verypink.com/2010/03/13/video-the-slip-knot/

Casting on - Long-tail cast on two ways:

One-handed “cat’s cradle” style: (more common)

https://www.stitchandstory.com/pages/long-tail-cast-on-knitting-tutorial

Or try this two-handed version with the same results: 

https://verypink.com/2010/03/13/video-long-tail-cast-on/

Knit stitch

https://www.stitchandstory.com/pages/knit-stitch-knitting-tutorial

Purl stitch

https://www.stitchandstory.com/pages/purl-stitch-knitting-tutorial

Ribbing - knits and purls in the same row!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCJj3pW2nRY

Joining new yarn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_cHO6R_MBc

Stripes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qQvttiKNpo

Binding off

https://verypink.com/2010/03/13/video-binding-off/

Increases

kfb - knit into the front and back of a stitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmOymzswPZA&feature=youtu.be

M1 (M1R and M1L)*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DzdlT-a8K8

*When a pattern asks for “M1” and doesn’t specify L or R, you choose whichever one is easier. Just be consistent within your project!

YO - yarn over

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04v3ab7WWp8

Decreases (1 stitch)

K2tog - Knit 2 together

https://verypink.com/2010/03/13/video-knit-two-together-k2tog/

Ssk - Slip slip knit

https://verypink.com/2010/03/13/video-slip-slip-knit-ssk/

Skpsso - Slip1, knit1 pass slipped stitch over

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=skpsso+tutorial&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_pm25XprDPMG80PEP5o6k6Ac25

Double Decreases (2 stitches)

S2kp (same as CDD) centered doubled decrease

https://verypink.com/2020/01/22/cdd-or-center-double-decrease/

Sk2psso - left leaning double decrease

https://verypink.com/2010/05/13/pass-slipped-stitch-over-psso/

K3tog - right-leaning double decrease

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uePVsxAekg

Joining in the Round/ circular knitting- 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BNZx2Nt8Ng

Using double-pointed needles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0LkNM2ojZA

Dropped Stitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX42Cnp4OQ4

Dropped cast-on stitch

https://verypink.com/2019/02/06/recovering-a-dropped-cast-on-stitch/

Backward Stitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbFMKfG_8w8

Yarn Over

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTunnQQiuHU

TINKING (unknitting, stitch by stitch)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBot0UStBug

Frogging (ripping out multiple rows, and getting needles back on correctly)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG4XdtdWUpw

Cables

https://verypink.com/2010/07/22/knitting-help-cables/

Garter Tab for Triangular Shawls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2129s_2QMII&list=PLR1ElIXW5YKJpWI84KmNSadeXrvlFkLeh

Kitchener stitch (grafting two groups of live stitches together without a seam)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaJDKUEdUJQ 

Provisional cast on with a crochet hook

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=PROVISIONAL+CAST+ON+WITH+CROCHET+HOOK+MOWRY&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_GXa5Xo-HCKSv0PEPq8iWoAI23

Pinhole cast on 

Also known as Emily Ocher Cast On. When starting with just a few stitches joined in the round, this cast-on allows you to cinch closed the hole made by the cast on.

https://blog.tincanknits.com/2012/05/25/pinhole-cast-on-tutorial/

Seaming/finishing

Three-needle bind off

https://verypink.com/2010/09/28/3-needle-bind-off/

Mattress stitch - for side edges

https://verypink.com/2010/11/17/mattress-stitch/

Seaming cast on and bound off edges together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD0XnsCWu-k

Short Rows

Wrap and turn (W&T)

https://verypink.com/2010/04/06/wrap-and-turn-wt/

German short rows

https://verypink.com/2014/12/31/german-short-rows/

Weaving Ends

https://verypink.com/category/techniques/weavingends/

The help sites below are our favorites. Many of the specific tutorials cited above came from these. Even those of us who work at Knit on Pearl never stop learning, and we rely on these experts all the time!

Very Pink - https://verypink.com/knitting-video-library/ - wide selection of VIDEO tutorials from beginner to advanced.

Stitch And Story - http://www.stitchandstory.com/ - clear, concise videos for beginner techniques. 

Kate Atherly - http://kateatherley.com/resources-for-knitters/ - articles and illustrations comparing the pros and cons of different techniques for achieving the same result.

Techknitter - An academic study of knitting techniques for those who want to dive deep.

http://techknitter.blogspot.com/2010/04/revised-unified-index-for.html

New Stitch A Day - Tutorials for knitting and crochet!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4P7tVwBNJvcijWA3r6EPGg

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