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Advanced Knitting Mastery: Knitting Tricks, Tips & Techniques
🧶 Advanced Knitting Knitting Tricks, Tips & Techniques
Take Your Knitting from Basic to Brilliant with Expert Tips, Pro Techniques, and Stunning Stitches
✨ Unlock the Secret Language of Advanced Knitting
Knitting isn’t just a hobby—it’s an art form. Every loop, twist, and stitch holds the power to transform a simple strand of yarn into a stunning masterpiece. Advanced Knitting Knitting Tricks, Tips & Techniques is your personal guide to elevating your craft, helping you go beyond basic knits and purls to achieve professional-level results with ease.
“Turn every stitch into a masterpiece—your needles deserve an upgrade.”
🪡 Why This Book Is a Must-Have for Every Knitter
Knitting is about more than just making scarves. It’s about precision, creativity, and confidence. With this comprehensive two-part guide, you’ll discover the tools, techniques, and textured stitches that give your projects that polished, professional finish.
🧰 Part 1: Advanced Knitting Techniques
If knitting feels like second nature, these techniques will make it feel like magic. You’ll learn the secrets experienced knitters use to make their work seamless, smooth, and beautifully structured.
🧤 Master the Tools of the Trade
Discover which tools and supplies will give you the cleanest stitches and most comfortable experience. Learn to use DPNs (Double Pointed Needles) and Circular Needles like a pro.
🌀 Work in the Round with Ease
Say goodbye to awkward seams. Working in the round lets you create smooth, flawless garments and accessories. You’ll also learn how to create the Magic Loop technique—made simple through clear step-by-step instructions and a bonus video link.
🧶 Provisional Cast-On, M1, K2Tog & More
Increase, decrease, and shape your projects with confidence. You’ll
• Provisional Cast-On
• M1 & bar increases
• K2Tog, SSK & SHS decreases
🪡 Perfect Finishing Grafting & Blocking
Learn how
• Graft seams invisibly
• Use wet and steam blocking to shape and refine your creations
🧵 Part 2: Advanced Stitch Patterns
Once your technique is strong, the real fun begins—stitch exploration. This section is a playground of textures, shapes, and design possibilities.
🧭 Reading Knitting Charts Like a Pro
No more confusion with cryptic symbols. Learn how to confidently read and follow knitting charts, making complex patterns effortless.
🪙 Cables, Lace & Fancy Ribs
• 4-stitch cables
• Double braided cables
• Honeycomb patterns
• Lace and openwork techniques
• Fancy ribs that add character and sophistication to your projects.
🌸 Novelty & Colorwork for Creative Flair
• Pearl Brioche
• Transverse Herringbone
• Daisy Stitch
• Intarsia and slip-stitch knitting
🧶 Fun Finishing Eyelets, Pom Poms & More
Learn how to incorporate One-Row Buttonholes, create playful eyelets, and craft perfect pom poms and I-cords. These little touches give your knits a personal and polished finish.
“More than yarn and needles—it’s your next creative superpower.”
🌟 Why Knitters Love This Guide
📸 Over 100 high-resolution images to follow step by step
🧠 Clear, approachable language that makes complex techniques simple
✨ Real-world techniques used by experienced knitters
🎨 A mix of structured methods and playful creative options
💻 Buy the paperback and get the Kindle eBook FREE to view images in full color.
💬 Why You’ll Love It
Knitting is more than loops and needles—it’s a creative journey. This book gives you everything you need to turn your ideas into beautiful, tangible creations.
👉 Don’t wait to level up your craft. Grab your copy of Advanced Knitting Mastery today—and let your needles tell a new story.
Take Your Knitting from Basic to Brilliant with Expert Tips, Pro Techniques, and Stunning Stitches
✨ Unlock the Secret Language of Advanced Knitting
Knitting isn’t just a hobby—it’s an art form. Every loop, twist, and stitch holds the power to transform a simple strand of yarn into a stunning masterpiece. Advanced Knitting Knitting Tricks, Tips & Techniques is your personal guide to elevating your craft, helping you go beyond basic knits and purls to achieve professional-level results with ease.
“Turn every stitch into a masterpiece—your needles deserve an upgrade.”
🪡 Why This Book Is a Must-Have for Every Knitter
Knitting is about more than just making scarves. It’s about precision, creativity, and confidence. With this comprehensive two-part guide, you’ll discover the tools, techniques, and textured stitches that give your projects that polished, professional finish.
🧰 Part 1: Advanced Knitting Techniques
If knitting feels like second nature, these techniques will make it feel like magic. You’ll learn the secrets experienced knitters use to make their work seamless, smooth, and beautifully structured.
🧤 Master the Tools of the Trade
Discover which tools and supplies will give you the cleanest stitches and most comfortable experience. Learn to use DPNs (Double Pointed Needles) and Circular Needles like a pro.
🌀 Work in the Round with Ease
Say goodbye to awkward seams. Working in the round lets you create smooth, flawless garments and accessories. You’ll also learn how to create the Magic Loop technique—made simple through clear step-by-step instructions and a bonus video link.
🧶 Provisional Cast-On, M1, K2Tog & More
Increase, decrease, and shape your projects with confidence. You’ll
• Provisional Cast-On
• M1 & bar increases
• K2Tog, SSK & SHS decreases
🪡 Perfect Finishing Grafting & Blocking
Learn how
• Graft seams invisibly
• Use wet and steam blocking to shape and refine your creations
🧵 Part 2: Advanced Stitch Patterns
Once your technique is strong, the real fun begins—stitch exploration. This section is a playground of textures, shapes, and design possibilities.
🧭 Reading Knitting Charts Like a Pro
No more confusion with cryptic symbols. Learn how to confidently read and follow knitting charts, making complex patterns effortless.
🪙 Cables, Lace & Fancy Ribs
• 4-stitch cables
• Double braided cables
• Honeycomb patterns
• Lace and openwork techniques
• Fancy ribs that add character and sophistication to your projects.
🌸 Novelty & Colorwork for Creative Flair
• Pearl Brioche
• Transverse Herringbone
• Daisy Stitch
• Intarsia and slip-stitch knitting
🧶 Fun Finishing Eyelets, Pom Poms & More
Learn how to incorporate One-Row Buttonholes, create playful eyelets, and craft perfect pom poms and I-cords. These little touches give your knits a personal and polished finish.
“More than yarn and needles—it’s your next creative superpower.”
🌟 Why Knitters Love This Guide
📸 Over 100 high-resolution images to follow step by step
🧠 Clear, approachable language that makes complex techniques simple
✨ Real-world techniques used by experienced knitters
🎨 A mix of structured methods and playful creative options
💻 Buy the paperback and get the Kindle eBook FREE to view images in full color.
💬 Why You’ll Love It
Knitting is more than loops and needles—it’s a creative journey. This book gives you everything you need to turn your ideas into beautiful, tangible creations.
👉 Don’t wait to level up your craft. Grab your copy of Advanced Knitting Mastery today—and let your needles tell a new story.
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 27, 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!!
April 27, 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
April 19, 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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