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Advanced Knitting Mastery: Knitting Tricks, Tips & Techniques
Knitting Tricks, Tips & TechniquesThis Advanced Knitting Guide goes in depth to explore the little things that count. Beyond your basic knits and purls, we will touch on some more advanced foundational elements of construction that will have your knits looking and fitting the best they can.
Knitting along with my illustrated tutorials is a comprehensive way to get yourself over the learning curve and up to speed with essential techniques. Included in this guide is everything you need to be more confident in your craft and more creative with your passion, from must-have gear to DIY guidelines-- plus a dozen stitch patterns to try out as you please!
Grab your stash and get ready to level up your knits.
This is a Two-Part guide.
In this visual guide, I included over 100 Hi-Res images to show you step by step directions on various advanced knitting techniques.
Here is what you will learn from this two-part guide.
Part -1 Advanced Techniques
Tools and supplies you will needHow to work in the RoundDPN’sHow to use Circular NeedlesHow to Crate Magic Loop (YouTube video link included)Provisional Cast-OnHow to incorporate M1 & bar IncreasesHow to integrate K2Tog, SSK & SHS DecreasesWhat & How to work SelvagesWhat and How to work with GraftingWhat and how to work with Wet & Steam BlockingPart -2 Advanced Stitches
How to read Knitting ChartsStitching Patterns – Cables4 Stitch CablesDouble Braided CablesHoneycombHow to do various Fancy RibsHow to do multiple types of Lace and OpenworkHow to incorporate Novelty StitchesPearl BriocheTransverse HerringboneDaisy StitchHow to do multiple ColorworkStandard & Intarsia ColorsSlip-Stitch KnittingHow to integrate One-Row ButtonholeHow to learn One & Two-Stitch EyeletsHow to make Pom PomsI-CardAnd so much More…
BONUS – If you buy the paperback version on Amazon, you can now download the Kindle eBook version for FREE. This way you can enjoy over 100 images in color.
Knitting along with my illustrated tutorials is a comprehensive way to get yourself over the learning curve and up to speed with essential techniques. Included in this guide is everything you need to be more confident in your craft and more creative with your passion, from must-have gear to DIY guidelines-- plus a dozen stitch patterns to try out as you please!
Grab your stash and get ready to level up your knits.
This is a Two-Part guide.
In this visual guide, I included over 100 Hi-Res images to show you step by step directions on various advanced knitting techniques.
Here is what you will learn from this two-part guide.
Part -1 Advanced Techniques
Tools and supplies you will needHow to work in the RoundDPN’sHow to use Circular NeedlesHow to Crate Magic Loop (YouTube video link included)Provisional Cast-OnHow to incorporate M1 & bar IncreasesHow to integrate K2Tog, SSK & SHS DecreasesWhat & How to work SelvagesWhat and How to work with GraftingWhat and how to work with Wet & Steam BlockingPart -2 Advanced Stitches
How to read Knitting ChartsStitching Patterns – Cables4 Stitch CablesDouble Braided CablesHoneycombHow to do various Fancy RibsHow to do multiple types of Lace and OpenworkHow to incorporate Novelty StitchesPearl BriocheTransverse HerringboneDaisy StitchHow to do multiple ColorworkStandard & Intarsia ColorsSlip-Stitch KnittingHow to integrate One-Row ButtonholeHow to learn One & Two-Stitch EyeletsHow to make Pom PomsI-CardAnd so much More…
BONUS – If you buy the paperback version on Amazon, you can now download the Kindle eBook version for FREE. This way you can enjoy over 100 images in color.
150 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 20, 2018
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May 20, 2022
Not what I expected
An excellent guide for the absolute beginners out there, but if you've been knitting for more than a few minutes you probably wouldn't need this one. It certainly isn't Advanced, but it will help if you're just returning to it after years away from knitting.
I would not recommend this book to any knitter with even a washcloth of experience.
An excellent guide for the absolute beginners out there, but if you've been knitting for more than a few minutes you probably wouldn't need this one. It certainly isn't Advanced, but it will help if you're just returning to it after years away from knitting.
I would not recommend this book to any knitter with even a washcloth of experience.
December 15, 2021
Simple reference for basic techniques…
… if you have fairly easy access to internet video tutorials, this will be a great visual reminder of techniques you can watch in motion. It depends upon how “self-sufficient” and perhaps how much confidence you bring to learning new skills how supportive you will find this, as a singular resource. By the time you have knitted a few projects and are ready for “next level” projects, that is when I would consider this as a resource
The instructor knits Continental Style which means she holds the “working yarn” in her left hand and knits the stitches with her right hand needle. I highly recommend Continental Style if you (1) have already learned to Crochet, (2) are learning to knit first but would like to be able to transition from knitting to crochet at another time, (3) if you already have or are concerned about Repetitive Stress Injury, (4) you are left hand dominant and/or was forced to be right handed as a child, (5) you have tried to learn to knit before but struggled with it… for these reasons:
1 and 2: both knit and crochet are “eye/hand coordination skills; muscle/memory skills. If you already crochet or learn to knit Continental Style first, your brain has already mastered the movement between your eyes and hands - your brain knows what to tell your hands to do… regardless which craft you are working.
With crochet, you hold your hook in your right hand, sticking the hook into each “old” stitch to work a new stitch, you support worked stitches and feed the yarn for each new stitch with your left hand.
With Continental Style knitting, you hold your “stitch working” needle in your right hand, sticking the needle into each “old” stitch instead of a hook to work each new stitch, you support worked stitches and feed the yarn for each new stitch with your left hand.
Your brain has already mastered the muscle movement regardless which craft you choose to learn first… you simply trade out one hook to work all the stitches for two needles - one to knit right side rows, a second one to work “wrong side” rows… the actual stitching is actually almost the same.
3: if you are concerned about Repetitive Stress Injury, learn to knit on “circular” needles - one long cable with a needle tip on each end of the cable. This permits the weight of the project to sit on the cable rather on the ends of “sticks” as you work. You can use these to “knit flat” (blankets, scarves, etc) by simply turning the entire project to knit across the other side with the opposite needle tip. You can also knit “in the round” or “MagicLoop technique” to knit smaller diameter projects (hats, socks, baby garments) - with the same 30+” to 45” long circular needle to knit any tubular shaped project with one of two techniques, depending on the diameter and number of stitches relative to the length of your circular needle.
4: both crochet and knitting are BOTH HANDED skills; if you control your working yarn with your left hand, which is also used to work the stitch in one way, while your right hand completes the maneuver in unison with left hand feeding yarn into the stitch, less “gymnastics” are required to master either skill. I am ambidextrous. Was forced to become right handed as a child but retained left-hand dominance in ways no one noticed. I have taught myself knit and crochet with both dominance-focus: feed stitches onto my hook rather than hook into stitches, and similar focus with knitting… when tendonitis acts up in one wrist, I switch dominance by changing focus from right to left.
5: I was taught to knit “English style” three different times between seven years old and seventeen years old. English style means you work the stitches and feed the working yarn into each stitch with the right hand. It just did not work for me… and I regularly find that people who “tried knitting but…” discover Continental Style is a far better fit. This is especially true for crocheters transitioning to knitting needles. “I could not really tell much difference because my hands already knew what to do pretty much! Much less to focus on; just how to work the one needle to make a stitch instead of a hook.”
I taught myself to crochet from books and magazines, and taught myself Continental knitting via online videos.
This is a nice inexpensive companion resource if you have learned basic knit and purl, how to cast on stitches for a new project and bind stitches off needles to complete a project… and are ready to spread your wings to new skills and learn a few simple techniques to improve what you have already learned.
I would not recommend this resource if you have just purchased your first needles and a skein of yarn and want to start your first few projects; nor is this intended for that level. If, however, you have knit a few dishcloths (highly recommend for first projects and to learn new stitch patterns), maybe a scarf or two, considered larger or “next step” projects or techniques… consider this as a potential resource to reference as you learn.
… if you have fairly easy access to internet video tutorials, this will be a great visual reminder of techniques you can watch in motion. It depends upon how “self-sufficient” and perhaps how much confidence you bring to learning new skills how supportive you will find this, as a singular resource. By the time you have knitted a few projects and are ready for “next level” projects, that is when I would consider this as a resource
The instructor knits Continental Style which means she holds the “working yarn” in her left hand and knits the stitches with her right hand needle. I highly recommend Continental Style if you (1) have already learned to Crochet, (2) are learning to knit first but would like to be able to transition from knitting to crochet at another time, (3) if you already have or are concerned about Repetitive Stress Injury, (4) you are left hand dominant and/or was forced to be right handed as a child, (5) you have tried to learn to knit before but struggled with it… for these reasons:
1 and 2: both knit and crochet are “eye/hand coordination skills; muscle/memory skills. If you already crochet or learn to knit Continental Style first, your brain has already mastered the movement between your eyes and hands - your brain knows what to tell your hands to do… regardless which craft you are working.
With crochet, you hold your hook in your right hand, sticking the hook into each “old” stitch to work a new stitch, you support worked stitches and feed the yarn for each new stitch with your left hand.
With Continental Style knitting, you hold your “stitch working” needle in your right hand, sticking the needle into each “old” stitch instead of a hook to work each new stitch, you support worked stitches and feed the yarn for each new stitch with your left hand.
Your brain has already mastered the muscle movement regardless which craft you choose to learn first… you simply trade out one hook to work all the stitches for two needles - one to knit right side rows, a second one to work “wrong side” rows… the actual stitching is actually almost the same.
3: if you are concerned about Repetitive Stress Injury, learn to knit on “circular” needles - one long cable with a needle tip on each end of the cable. This permits the weight of the project to sit on the cable rather on the ends of “sticks” as you work. You can use these to “knit flat” (blankets, scarves, etc) by simply turning the entire project to knit across the other side with the opposite needle tip. You can also knit “in the round” or “MagicLoop technique” to knit smaller diameter projects (hats, socks, baby garments) - with the same 30+” to 45” long circular needle to knit any tubular shaped project with one of two techniques, depending on the diameter and number of stitches relative to the length of your circular needle.
4: both crochet and knitting are BOTH HANDED skills; if you control your working yarn with your left hand, which is also used to work the stitch in one way, while your right hand completes the maneuver in unison with left hand feeding yarn into the stitch, less “gymnastics” are required to master either skill. I am ambidextrous. Was forced to become right handed as a child but retained left-hand dominance in ways no one noticed. I have taught myself knit and crochet with both dominance-focus: feed stitches onto my hook rather than hook into stitches, and similar focus with knitting… when tendonitis acts up in one wrist, I switch dominance by changing focus from right to left.
5: I was taught to knit “English style” three different times between seven years old and seventeen years old. English style means you work the stitches and feed the working yarn into each stitch with the right hand. It just did not work for me… and I regularly find that people who “tried knitting but…” discover Continental Style is a far better fit. This is especially true for crocheters transitioning to knitting needles. “I could not really tell much difference because my hands already knew what to do pretty much! Much less to focus on; just how to work the one needle to make a stitch instead of a hook.”
I taught myself to crochet from books and magazines, and taught myself Continental knitting via online videos.
This is a nice inexpensive companion resource if you have learned basic knit and purl, how to cast on stitches for a new project and bind stitches off needles to complete a project… and are ready to spread your wings to new skills and learn a few simple techniques to improve what you have already learned.
I would not recommend this resource if you have just purchased your first needles and a skein of yarn and want to start your first few projects; nor is this intended for that level. If, however, you have knit a few dishcloths (highly recommend for first projects and to learn new stitch patterns), maybe a scarf or two, considered larger or “next step” projects or techniques… consider this as a potential resource to reference as you learn.
January 30, 2022
Review of this book.
Well written and informative. I have been knitting for over 60 years and learned a few new stitches. I had not tried them before because the directions were confusing. This book cleared up those stitches quite nicely. Thank you so much for that. Now I can knit forward!
Well written and informative. I have been knitting for over 60 years and learned a few new stitches. I had not tried them before because the directions were confusing. This book cleared up those stitches quite nicely. Thank you so much for that. Now I can knit forward!
June 7, 2019
About this book
It has all the basic techniques to start a project handy. Now I don’t need to stop in the middle of my knitting to look for a special technique that I forgot. I find everything I need in this book. Very handy indeed!
It has all the basic techniques to start a project handy. Now I don’t need to stop in the middle of my knitting to look for a special technique that I forgot. I find everything I need in this book. Very handy indeed!
June 13, 2021
Excellent tutorials
Excellent tutorials with clear photos of various basic knitting techniques. There are some very nice stitch patterns also. I would recommend this book to a beginning knitter.
Excellent tutorials with clear photos of various basic knitting techniques. There are some very nice stitch patterns also. I would recommend this book to a beginning knitter.
May 17, 2022
Good Beginner Book
Good illustrations of basic techniques. No patterns. The title contains the word “advanced”, but it isn’t particularly advanced. It does have good pictures and explanations of each technique and the reason they might be used.
Good illustrations of basic techniques. No patterns. The title contains the word “advanced”, but it isn’t particularly advanced. It does have good pictures and explanations of each technique and the reason they might be used.
February 16, 2024
I learned all of this from Reddit so wasn't super useful. Also the short row technique was wrap and turn and I've heard from several that German short rows are by far superior.
I wouldn't call this book "advanced" since even me a newbie knew all of these things.
I wouldn't call this book "advanced" since even me a newbie knew all of these things.
January 26, 2018
Excellent book for learners
Very nicely explained, every step with good pictures. If you know the basics and want to learn , this is the best book.
Very nicely explained, every step with good pictures. If you know the basics and want to learn , this is the best book.
July 28, 2018
This goes over basic and some intermediate knitting skills to include some pretty stitch patterns but no project patterns which is what I thought I might find in this book.
July 15, 2021
Good picture tutorials
This is a good book to pick up for learning intermediate level stitch work. A quick read and easy to follow.
This is a good book to pick up for learning intermediate level stitch work. A quick read and easy to follow.
May 8, 2022
Useful!
Easy to read and understand. The photos are clear and make sense. Definitely a good way to advance your knitting skills.
Easy to read and understand. The photos are clear and make sense. Definitely a good way to advance your knitting skills.
June 14, 2025
knitting
This is a fantastic book learned so much……highly recommend this books to beginners!!!! I hope you enjoy new techniques an patterns as I do!!
This is a fantastic book learned so much……highly recommend this books to beginners!!!! I hope you enjoy new techniques an patterns as I do!!
May 6, 2021
Excellent Knitting Book
Very informative book on the different stitches in knitting Very nice illustrations of the stitches are shown Like the colors she uses in the illustrations that are shown in this book. Would recommend this Knitting book to anyone that wants to learn different stitches in knitting
Very informative book on the different stitches in knitting Very nice illustrations of the stitches are shown Like the colors she uses in the illustrations that are shown in this book. Would recommend this Knitting book to anyone that wants to learn different stitches in knitting
May 8, 2021
Great Reference
Will keep in my library for quick reference when I have a brain f**t and cannot remember one of these techniques.
Will keep in my library for quick reference when I have a brain f**t and cannot remember one of these techniques.
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