9: My 10 Secrets to Knitting with Double Pointed Needles
Release Date: 09/07/2018
27: More Project Ideas For your Advent Calendar Yarn
Fairy Tale Knits Show
Today I’m going to share more patterns you can knit or crochet with your advent calendar yarn! For the show notes, go to Now, most of these patterns are for the advent calendars that have 20-gram minis of fingering weight yarn. Some are for using a full hank and one or more minis. I’m also focusing on patterns that do NOT use the entire set. I will have a few that will, but most don’t so if you don’t like huge projects, I have lots of ideas for you! I do have another episode where I talk about projects that use an entire advent calendar and you can find that at Fairy tale yarn...
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26: Stitch Markers, Row Counters, Progress Keepers, Row Makers, Front of Work Marker
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Ever wonder what the difference between different kinds of stitch markers in knitting and crochet? Not sure what to do with that progress keeper? Well, this is the episode for you! I'll explain them all so you know exactly which you want to use and when!
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25: Chatting with Barb from Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival
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I had a chance to talk with Barb from Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival and we had a fabulous chat! This is one of my favorite events each year and I hope to see you there. Until then you can listen in to our chat!
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24: Other Indie Products I Love
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Listen to hear about other handmade products you don't want to miss out on!
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23: Yarn Base of the Month: Excalibur
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I have a very special yarn base to share with you today! It's, Excalibur! My largest hank and perfect for shawls! You don't want to miss this episode!
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22: Why Fiber Arts Are Good for You
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We all want to improve our health, both mental and physical. Fiber arts can do just that. Listen to hear more and to hear about a fun challenge for February 2019.
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21: What Fiber Vendors Wish You Knew
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20: Twenty Last Minute Pattern Gift Ideas
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19: The Dreaded Gauge Swatch
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Do you need help with making your gauge swatch not lie? Listen now for my tips! that gave me the tip for tracking what needle size you used.
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18: Chatting with Lea-Ann of Knitting Today
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In today's episode, I talk with Lea-Ann from Knitting Today. Here are all the places you can find and follow her.
info_outline- The first time you use them, use them with something like the decreases on a hat
- Cast on all on 1 needle and then move your stitches.
- Use wooden needles when you are starting to learn dpn’s
- Work with 5 needles, not 4
- Use small stitch markers
- When starting with dpn, start your round in the middle of the needle
- So if you have 40 stitches total, and you’re of course working with 5 needles, you’ll have 5 stitches on needle 1, 10 on needles 2-4, and 5 on needle 5, when you go to join you’ll knit the stitches from needle 1 to needle 5, joining it, but since it’s not where needles meet, you’ll get less of a gap.
- When you come to the end of a needle, snug up the first few stitches on the new one.
- Rotate your stitches are you work around. So when you get to the end of a needle instead directly moving to the next one, knit at least 1 or 2 stitches onto the needle you just filled
- Watch when starting a new needle how you are holding it in relation to your live stitches. Keep the new stitches as close to the old ones as possible.
- Most of all take your time!