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Duplicate Stitch

JSSBO 3 Needle Bind Off

Tie Off 4 (TO4)

SSE or I cord edge

Crochet Increases for Shawls

Knitting Increases for Shawls

C2C (Corner to Corner)

Helical Stripes for Blending Multiple Skeins

2×3 Post Stitch Ribbing

2×2 Post Stitch Ribbing

Waffle Stitch (Broken Rib)

Slip Stitch Waffle Rib

Eyes on You Rib

Different Slipped Stitches to Start a Row

Little Parachute

Cockleshell Lace (stockinette stitch)

Cockleshell Lace (garter stitch)

Lace on 3 Different Size Needles

Flying Buttress

Charts and Proportions

Eight-Petal Rose

Selbu Floral Border

Danish Textured Rose

Double Knitting, Two-Color Cast On, and Kitchener in the Round (Fana Cowl)

Overlapping Waves

Bamboo Basketweave

Latticed Spindle

Intarsia In The Round

Old Norwegian Cast On

Aggie’s Cast On

Decrease Bind off or Lace Bind off

How to read a Knitting Chart

CDD (centered double decrease)

CDD versus SL2KP

DYO or Double Yarn Over

Backward Yarn Over (byo)

Vertical Stripes: Corrugated Ribbing

Avoiding the Jog with Helical Stripes

2-Row Garter Stitch Stripes

Eyelets to Create Lines

Beading for Making Lines

Vertical Stripes: Intarsia

Avoiding the Jog: Knit 1 Below Method

Avoiding the Jog: YO Method

Horizontal Lines (Crochet)

Horizontal Lines (Knitting)

Crochet Diagrams for Beginners

Advanced Crochet Diagrams

Charts for Colorwork

Charts for Lace

Charts for Cables

The Dreaded No Stitch symbol and What to do with It

Increases and Decreases in Charts

Garter Stitch on a Chart

Charts for Beginners

Intarsia Crochet

Stranding and Catching in the Back

Colorwork – Premium Tutorials

Cast Ons for Toe-Up Socks

Bind Offs for Toe-Up Socks

Bind Offs for Top-Down Socks

Cast Ons for Top-Down Socks

Short Row Crochet Heel

All About Crochet Socks

Common Sock Sizes

Anatomy of a Sock

Icelandic Bind Off

Long-Tail Cast On

Typical Stitch Ratios in Crochet

Typical Stitch Ratios in Knitting

Pick Up Stitches Evenly in Stockinette

RYO (Reverse Yarn Over)

Dropped-Stitch Chain Bind Off (Parting the Sea Cowl)

Avoiding the Twist when Joining

Using a Scale with Your Yarn

Using up The Entire Skein of Yarn

Basic Shawl Shapes

KFB (knit front and back)

Crochet Hooks AND Hook Materials

How to Hold the Yarn

How to Hold the Hook

How to Work a Stitch

US Versus UK Terminology

How to Count and Where To Start

RS and WS (Right Side and Wrong Side)

Gauge and Tension

Knitting Methods

Thumb Cast On (Beginning)

Standard Bind Off (the ending)

The Knit Stitch

Yarn Materials (Fiber)

Needle Materials

How to Make the Flame Tips

Knitting Backwards

Picking up a Provisional Cast On

Decrease 5 to 1

Grafting a Tube

3/1/3 Cable (or 4/1/4 Cable)

Treble crochet (tc)

Honeycomb Stitch in Knitting

Twisting Yarns when Changing Colors

Granny Square to the Max

Mosaic Crochet Chart, How to Read

Mosaic Knitting Chart, How to Read

Mosaic Knitting

Latvian Braid Alternative (easier!)

Italian Cast On

Brioche Stitch, Flat and 2-color

Combining several fibers of the same color

Two-Row Garter Stripes

One-Row Stripes

Foundation Forward Pass in Tunisian Crochet

Return Pass in Tunisian Crochet (retP)

Tunisian Crochet Honeycomb Stitch

Crocheting Along the Side of a Double Crochet Row (Engla)

Modified Crab Stitch for Engla

Two-Color Knitted Bobbles (Como Lake)

Beading with SuperFloss

Make 2 Purlwise (M2P)

Loop 1 Purlwise (L1P)

Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off (JSSBO)

Kitchener, but Knit!

2/3 RC Cable without a Cable Needle

1/1/1 LPC without a Cable Needle

1/1/1 RPC without a Cable Needle

Pick up then Knit in Garter CO or BO edge

Pick up then Knit in Garter on a side

5 Ways to Join Crochet Pieces Together

Granny Square (crochet)

Granny Stitch, Flat (crochet)

Roositud (for Knitting)

How to Sew a Snap Button onto Crocheted/Knitted Fabric

Create a Usable Swatch

How to Crochet the Lemon Peel Stitch

Craft Smarter in the New Year 2019: Color Blending 7 – Color Introduction

Craft Smarter in the New Year 2019: Color Blending 6 – Shell Stitch

Craft Smarter in the New Year 2019: Color Blending 5 – Garter Stitch

How to Crochet the Spike Stitch

Craft Smarter in the New Year 2019: Color Blending 3 – Slipped Stitches

Craft Smarter in the New Year 2019: Color Blending 2 – Linen Stitch (crochet)

Craft Smarter in the New Year 2019: Color Blending 1 – Purl

M1R (or make 1 right)

M1 or M1L (make 1 or make 1 left)

Pick Up Twisted Stitches for a Heel Flap

Pick Up Stitches for a Heel Flap

Brioche Decreases

Beaded Long Tail Cast On

Knitted Cast On

SK2PSSO Decrease

3 into 3 Gathered Stitch

Gathered Stitches

How to Make a Picot in Knitting

Pick Up and Knit (PU/K)

Slip 1 Knitwise (sl1k)

Catherine’s Wheel

Slip Stitch Crochet

Beading by Pre-Stringing (knitting)

Beading with a Crochet Hook (knitting)

Fringe and Fringe Alternatives

Beaded Picot Bind Off

Braided Cast On

Sweaters for flattering fit

Purl through Back Loop (ptbl)

Tunisian Purl Stitch (tps)

Afterthought Heel

3 to 7 Increase

KYOK (Knit, Yarn Over, Knit)

Double Smock Stitch

Making a Picot in Crochet

Beading in Crochet

Sliding Stitches to Create Another Row

Wrapping Stitches Decoratively

Short Rows in Garter Stitch

No-Stitches in a Knitting Chart

I Cord Bind Off

Three Needle Bind Off

Nupps: How to Knit Tutorial

Broomstick Lace

One Row Buttonhole

Fix a Stitch: A Tutorial and Review

Jogless Crochet

Weaving in Ends in Crochet

1/1/1RC without a Cable Needle

Backward Loop Cast On

Front Post Double Crochet (fpdc) and Back Post Double Crochet (bpdc)

Stacked Increases and Decreases

Improved SSK’s

Two-Color Cast On

Estonian Gathered Stitch

Crochet Star Stitch

How to Knit a Vikkel Braid

Tunisian Simple Stitch (tss)

Tunisian Reverse Stitch (trs)

How to make a Pom Pom

Make Ribbing More Even

Tip for Knitting or Crochet: Using Multiple Size Patterns

Never Run Out of Yarn with the Long Tail Cast On

Color Dominance

Fair Isle or Stranded Knitting

Counting when Casting On a lot of Stitches

Knit Thru Back Loop (ktbl)

Stretchy Long Tail Cast On

Shadow Wrap Short Rows

Japanese Short Rows and the Catch Method

German Short Rows

Knit the Herringbone Stitch

Kitchener: How to graft two ends

Foundation Single Crochet (fsc)

Lace Knitting 101

Stranded Knitting – Part 1

Choosing Colors for Colorwork: Ideas from the Pastilles Hat

To Slip or Not to Slip

Provisional Cast On (crochet hook method)

Yarn Overs and Eyelets

Splicing: Another join method

Slipped Stitches and the Linen Stitch

Knitting Acronyms and Other “Odd” Words

Hunter’s Bend Join

Magic Knot for Joining Yarn

Joining two yarns – the easy method

DLK Tutorial: Drop, Ladder, Knit

Cable Without a Cable Needle

One stitch marker to rule them all

Short Row Heel Gussets

Socks: A Comparison of Methods

Front Loop Only (flo)

Back Loop Only (blo)

Half Double Crochet (hdc)

Double Crochet (dc)

Single Crochet (sc)

Foundation Double Crochet (fdc)

Two Color Knitting: Carrying Yarn Up the Side

Chinese Waitress Cast On

Bind off: No-Yarn, Crochet Hook

Quick Mod: Change Length of a Sleeve

Ready, Set, Sub

Short Rows for Bust Shaping

How To Knit Lifted Increases

How to Add Short Rows to Your Sweater

How to Knit Short Rows

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