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This is a very simple method to machine knit a triangle shawl. The pattern is straightforward. Start knitting from a few stitches, increase one stitch each row until the length you like, then decrease one stitch at a time until the original cast on stitches. At the same time, create eyelets on the 2 sides. It is a fun way to practice and make something useful. The same technique can be applied to any knitting

If you knit or crochet, you have probably accumulated some extra and leftover yarns from different projects. They are too short for a full-size project, colors are not exactly trendy, with different yarn weights so it is hard to just follow one pattern and use them all. Below we have some ideas to “recycle” the yarns, and make them usable again. The challenge is to find projects that are easy enough to start and adapt

It is faster to knit lace with a punch card knitting machine compared to hand knitting. I use a Brother KH881 standard gauge knitting machine to knit the reversible, double-layered hat. It looks complicated, but the construction is very straightforward. Any standard gauge Brother punch card knitting machine can use the same technique. No ribber is used in this project. If you are looking for hand-knit lace hat tutorial, click here for the post. If

Lace knitting can be challenging for beginning hand knitters, but it does not have to be. Here is a lace hat pattern you can follow along. We use worsted (medium) weight yarn, one circular 4.5 mm needle, and the magic loop method for knitting in the round. Watch our video tutorial below. Video tutorial for knitting a lace hat The yarn over (YO), YRN, and YFWD Those knitting terms can be confusing. They all accomplish one

A handmade scarf can be simple or complicated. No matter how much time you spend making the scarf, or how complicated the design is, any hand-knitted or crocheted scarf is special. There is really no rule about crafting and designing an infinity scarf. It is always fun to combine different techniques and ideas. In this project, I use the technique of a twisted headband and scale it up into an infinity scarf. Read more about