Cast-On’s

Long-Tail CO and Instructions for Long Tail PURL Cast-On
Channel Island Cast-on
Judy’s Magic Cast-On and Instructions for Modifications to Judy’s Magic Cast-On
Jeny’s Stretchy Slipknot Cast-On
Crochet Provisional CO
German Twisted CO
Garter Tab CO
Tubular Cast-On - there is also a matching bind-off
Long-Tail Tubular Cast-On (for ribbing)
Backwards-Loop Cast-On

Bind-Off’s

Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off
Interlock Bindoff
Stretchy Cast-Off: K2togtbl
i-cord Cast-Off
Three Needle Bind-Off
Tubular Cast-Off - matching cast-on
Italian Bind-Off in the Round - PDF also available

Specific Techniques

knit i-cord
selvedge edge

08-04-2022

SC Single Crochet Chain Edge Tutorial shows how to add a crochet edge to knitting.

12-07-2024

Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off

12-09-2024

SWATCHING FOR CIRCULAR GAUGE!!

12-16-2024

German Short Rows

Inc/Dec

Increases

M1 LK: make 1 st leaning to the left, knit-wise – pick up the horizontal bar between the 2 sts nearest the ends of the needles, by inserting your right needle tip back to front. Knit into the back of the stitch.

M1 LP: Make 1 left leaning, purl-wise - pick up the horizontal bar between the 2 sts nearest the ends of the needles, by inserting your right needle tip from back to front. Purl into the back of the stitch.

M1 RK: Make 1 right leaning, knit-wise - pick up the horizontal bar between the 2 sts nearest the ends of the needles, by inserting your right needle tip from front to back. Knit into the front of the stitch.

M1 RP: Make 1 right leaning, purl-wise. pick up the horizontal bar between the 2 sts nearest the ends of the needles, by inserting your right needle tip from front to back. Purl into the front of the stitch.

From the alaska hat.

02-21-2025

Tin Can Knits Knit Basics PDF

02-22-2025

Stretchy Tubular Cast-On for 2X2 Ribbing (k2p2) Tutorials

Andrea Mowry’s tubular CO and 2X2 tubular CO in the round
Ysolda Teague’s tubular CO (long-tail tubular CO video) and alternating cable CO
Norman Schwarze’s tubular CO and knitting 2X2 ribbing
jogless Italian tubular CO for 2X2 ribbing in the round

03-18-2025

helical knitting - to prevent color pooling when using tonal yarns like Rios

03-20-2025

Italian Bind-Off in the Round - PDF also available

Long-Tail Tubular Cast-On + Related

purl soho’s long-tail tubular cast-on and purl soho’s long-tail cast-on
pompom tubular cast-on (pictorial available)
KnitPicks long-tail tubular cast-on
ysolda’s long-tail tubular cast-on and ysolda’s long-tail cast-on

TUBULAR OR ITALIAN CAST ON - this one is a little different from the others, not sure if it is the right/long-tail CO

06-14-2025

Short Row Tutorial PDF