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Essential Skills

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3 Reasons to Knit a Gauge Swatch

Swatching is a critical first step for most knitting projects.
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3 Tips for Successfully Following a Knitting Pattern

Laughing about the lies knitters tell themselves and others.
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3 Ways to Weave in Loose Ends

There's no single "right" way to weave yarn tails into every knitting project.
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Binding Off Stitches at the Beginning of a Row

How to count as you bind off and how many stitches are left.
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Chain-Garter Selvedge

A decorative way to work the side edging of a knit fabric that will not be seamed.
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Hat Sizing and Shaping

Determining hat circumference and decrease round spacing at the top of a knit hat
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How to Insert a Lifeline

If you make a mistake in your knitting, it's easy to rip back to a lifeline.
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How to Knit an I-Cord

Knitting a narrow tube or rope around 3, 4 or 5 stitches.
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It's Knot OK!

Using duplicate stitch before a yarn knot creates a hole in your fabric.
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Mending Your Knits with Duplicate Stitch

Fixing a thin spot on the heel of a sock.