The photos show the front and back cover of the case containing a 2-set DVD of useful information for knitters. This is available as a download through Vimeo.

Whenever I do a workshop I can usually predict many of the questions. They usually start with “will you show me how you ….”. Generally I can show only 2 or 3 people at a time and, in a workshop, I always have to be careful that one person does not take all my attention. Elizabeth Johnston finds the same so our answer was to make this 2-set DVD of knitting tips, giving knitters the opportunity to watch as many times as they need to understand what they are being shown.

The DVD launched at Shetland Textile Museum in 2017 and is on sale in Shetland shops - so far the stockists with on-line ordering are The Shetland Museum, The Shetland Times Bookshop, and Jamieson & Smith. The DVD price is GBP25. The download price is USD30. The next batch of DVDs will have a new cover, but the content hasn’t changed!

Click here to read the review by KnitBritish.

Timings for the download are:

00:00:00 introduction
Starting
00:03:25 tips 1-4: casting on, joining to knit in the round
Knitting
00:24:56 tips 5-7: knit, purl and rib with one colour
Edges
00:33:15 tip 8: working edge stitches
Making stitches from edges
00:43:58 tips 9-10: making stitches from single colour edge and steeks
Increases/Decreases
00:56:11 tips 11-13: working increases and decreases
Two colour knitting
01:05:09 tips 14-16: knitting with 2 colours, catching floats, rib
Joining pieces
01:25:56 tips 17-22: grafting, seaming, other joins
Joining yarn/changing colours
01:47:04 tips 23-26: joining yarn and changing colours
Charts
01:59:13 tips 27-29: charts/reading knitting/re-drawing charts
Knitting in the round
02:04:36 tip 30: knitting in the round with 3/4/5 needles
Casting off
02:18:10 tips 31-33: casting off
Extras
02:18:03 tips 34-41: knitting belt, thumbs/pockets/heels, buttonholes, fingers, beads, picots, substituting yarn
Fixing mistakes
02:53:06 tips 42-44: slipped stitches, fixing mistakes in fair isle and lace
Finishing
03:03:36 tips 45-50: weaving in ends, blocking, pressing, colours
03:31:44 a brief look at the book Elizabeth has co-authored