Tutorials and Techniques
Crochet
Techniques
- Amigurumi Tutorial 1
A tutorial outlining the basic techniques needed to create an amigurumi (how to single crochet, increase, decrease, make a magic ring)
- Amigurumi Tutorial 3
Additional techniques required to make amigurumis, such as other crochet stitches, and how to add the cute faces.
- Don't spit on your yarn
Different ways to join yarn (includes felting, joining, and more).
- Embroidering your Knitting
How to use crochet to embroider on knitting or crochet work
- Increase/Decrease Evenly in a Row
How to increase and decrease stitches evenly along rows.
- Amigurumi Tutorial 1
Tutorials
- Adjustable Magic Ring
An introduction with resources on how to make a nice first round in circular crochet projects.
- Amigurumi Hair Tutorial
Link to amigurumi hair tutorials.
- Amigurumi Tutorial 1
A tutorial outlining the basic techniques needed to create an amigurumi (how to single crochet, increase, decrease, make a magic ring)
- Amigurumi Tutorial 2
How to read amigurumi patterns.
- Amigurumi Tutorial 3
Additional techniques required to make amigurumis, such as other crochet stitches, and how to add the cute faces.
- Adjustable Magic Ring
Knitting
Techniques
- Are you Busty?
Links to resources on how to add darts to accommodate your heaving breasts.
- Cast-on... for now
Different provisional cast-on techniques are explored.
- Crochet Bind-off
How to bind-off your knitting with a crochet hook.
- Don't spit on your yarn
Different ways to join yarn (includes felting, joining, and more).
- Embroidering your Knitting
How to use crochet to embroider on knitting or crochet work
- I Messed Up!
How I fixed a big boo-boo.
- Increase/Decrease Evenly in a Row
How to increase and decrease stitches evenly along rows.
- Jogless Stripes
A video tutorial on how to knit jogless stripes when knitting in the round.
- Twisted knits
Why for some people following patterns results in twisted stitches or increases and decreases slanted the wrong way. Combined vs. Western knitting is explored.
- Are you Busty?
Tutorials
- Elizabeth's Afterthought Pocket
A video tutorial on how to add an afterthought pocket.
- Jogless Stripes
A video tutorial on how to knit jogless stripes when knitting in the round.
- Knitting Tutorial 1
Basic knitting techniques: knit, purl, cast on, bind off, increase and decrease.
- My Felted Mariah
What I learned from my Mariah cardigan: felting a cardigan, and how to put a zipper into a knitted item.
- Elizabeth's Afterthought Pocket