Straightening Circular needle cables
 

I had trouble knitting with circular needles because of the twisted cables between the needles. What I did was to heat water on the stove and dip the cable into the hot water and then hung it over the curtain rod in the kitchen. This straightened them out. They now hang over my fireplace tools. They stay straight and are so easy to use.

DebbieJ

Fee
 

So many ideas to choose from! I love the idea of using ziplocs and having something written to show where I left off-I've undone many a project after leaving it too long! Well time to get back to my latest piece of knitting, again, something I started and have had to start again!

Using Duplicate Stitch to weave in ends
 

It is a lot more secure I've found. The only trouble I've run into--I used to weave my ends in as I go, but now I'm leaving them to the end, because once I do it this way, I can't find them if I need to frog! :teehee:

Marria, finally! I've never been able to figure out why folks do it any other way. But you are right, do it after unless you really want to frustrate yourself.

Marria could you leave a marker of contrasting colored yarn at the point you weave in the ends? If you have to frog - frog to the marker. Once you are finished you remover the markers.

Another "How-to" Resource
 

This is on Vogue Knitting's website.

A to Z and Beyond the Basics

This has a lot of the same information that is in Vogue Knitting: The Ultimate Knitting Book. I think the illustrations are particularly good on this site.

This idea seemed to really work nicely-what do you think?
So..I hope I can explain this without going in circles...You know when you are doing a garment in the round, from the top down, and you separate to make armholes. At the bottom of the armhole you usually cast on a few stitches to each side and then re-join to knit the body in the round. The problem here is that there is a small hole at the first and last newly cast-on stitch. (At least for me).

This time, at each armhole, I cast on 2 more than the pattern said to, and worked my way on around. When I came to those newly cast-on stitches on the next row, I knit 2 tog with the with the last original stitch and the first cast on, and the last cast on and the first original stitch at the other end of the armhole.

Can anyone see what I'm saying here? It left me with an underarm without holes.
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Great idea!

Pattern markers
 

When I decided to knit my first sweater, I just couldn't knit something simple - no way! That would be just too easy! I had to knit an aran sweater with cables galore! Needless to say, I got lost pretty quickly and had to go to the LYS to get some major help. One of the suggestions I was given is something I still do today if I am knitting something that has a pattern block in it such as cable work. I use stitch markers to mark the beginning and end of the area that is complicated. That way I know exactly where I am in the pattern and there is less room for mistakes such as forgetting a stitch in the pattern or beginning the pattern a stitch later. I find it really helpful as it means I don't have to guess so much where I am and I don't need to frog as much and guess what the mess is supposed to be!

Pattern Markers
 

After a long hiatus from knitting, I am getting reacquainted with this craft. After knitting several scarves I was ready to progress and attempt something more challenging. When a friend recently announced that she is pregnant I decided to try my hand at making the Diamond and Lace blanket by Bernat. Thanks for the tips on keeping track of a pattern and working with lace. I’m sure they will be a big help and thank you very much for this forum.

My addition – Always use a yarn winder [New Wool Winder by Royal] and keep each skein in a knee high stocking.