This section of the site is going to be for knitting reviews of new products and services that might interest knitters. If you have a new product you would like to see reviewed here just let us know and we will consider adding it to the list.
Would you like to review a product as a guest author on KWU, just let us know, it might be something our readers would like to hear. KWU
We have several sections of knitting tips and techniques that we will create on podcasts.
One of those sections is the knitting tips section. Here we will post information on what size needles you might want to use with a specific project or pattern, yarn requirements for certain designs, and many other knitting tips.
With all the videos posted on the Internet now, are you finding the videos that interest you? We are planning a full series of knitting videos on a variety of topics like the current KAL’s (knit a longs), knitting techniques, designs, patterns, and much more.
If you have a specific topic you would like to see discussed on KWU just let us know and we will be happy to consider adding it to the video list. KWU
Do you have a blog and write interesting content for knitters? Many bloggers have found that writing a guest post on another blog can be great fun and will also bring new traffic to their own blog. If you have an interest in writing for us just use our contact form at the top of the site.
We are looking for articles that are well written, professional in nature, and have a little spunk. If you think you fit that description just let us know what you idea is and you may see it posted here. KWU
We are working on a few unique podcast interviews with different designers around the knitting industry. If you have any suggestions for a podcast you would like to see here in this section just let us know.
One of the main reasons we decided to create this website was to be able to further interact with the Secret of the Stole KAL group members. We are working hard to develop different areas on this website about Secret of the Stole and don’t forget, you can always talk it up on the forum pages too.
Why are “no stitches” charted? The answer to this, basically, is that if you are reading from a chart and you are also “reading” your knitting as you go, you want things to line up properly. Ok, so why doesn’t the chart reduce in size from the outside like my knitting does? The answer is that your knitting is not really decreasing from the outside edges. But, rather, it is reducing from where there is a decrease without a corresponding increase. Let me try to demonstrate. Below are two sample charts. The first is a chart drawn without the “no stitches” charted.
The knitting chart above is drawn without the “no stitch” squares. If you were to knit this sample, (please feel free to do so) this is an accurate depiction of how your finished knitted sample would “look”. However, if you were to try to knit from this chart, when you got to row 7 you would knit 2, knit 2 together, and yarn over exactly in the same place you had been before. These four stitches and the yarn over on your knitted piece do not actually move one stitch toward the center. So why do the rows get smaller and smaller toward the point of the sample?
Beginning with row seven, do you see the decrease symbols toward the center? These decreases do not have increases that go along with them. Therefore, this is actually where your pattern is “coming together” or decreasing toward the center.
Now take a look at the chart below.
This chart is drawn with the decreasing of stitches where they actually occur. In this chart, the beginning four stitches we discussed above all line up, as they should, on every row. They should also “line up” on your knitted piece. The decreases are happening within the knitted piece itself. To accommodate for the reduced number of stitches on each row as you move up the chart the stitches are charted as “no stitches”. Each row as you go up the chart has two less stitches in it, therefore the “no stitch” space gets larger toward the top of the chart.
So the conclusion to all of this is that a “no stitch” on a knitting chart means exactly what it sounds like. Where you see a No Stitch charted, skip over it and move on down the row, knitting only the stitches that are actually there.
Try it on the sample above. Cast on 25 stitches. Knit three rows of garter stitch and then begin the chart. On the even rows knit 5, purl 15, knit 5. Follow the charts and see if you can “read” what is happening in your knitted piece as you progress.
Enjoy.
I love ladybugs (or as Mr. K refers to them, manbugs). However, this is ridiculous! There are millions of them on every window, inside and out. This was the best shot I could get, but trust me, they are everywhere. On the bright side, we had NO mosquitoes this year so this is a wonderful alternative!
When I was little, and I found a ladybug, it was customary to release it after making a wish. Somewhat like blowing all the seeds off of a dandelion. Man, if that really worked, I could have anything and everything today!!
We are going to be releasing a series of podcasts on knitting techniques, patterns, and designs based on current KAL (knit a longs). These podcasts will be short in length but cover a wide variety of topics. Is there a topic you would like to hear on a podcast? Just let us know and we will consider adding it to the list. KWU
Well, it isn’t much but we have reached an Alexa ranking. We are still putting together some great knitting content along with several knit a longs and knitting trips. Please check back with us soon.
