Knitting Department
Knitting isn’t just for your grandmother any more! Our Knitting department offers you stitches, patterns, techniques and free projects for apparel to home decorating. We’ll give you information about knitting basics, as well as video and written tutorials and lessons to help you learn this lovely craft or enhance your skills if you’re not a beginner.
To help, we’ve provided some handy guides and charts for conversion, yardage estimates, knitting terms and abbreviations. You also can find information about spool knitting, a unique form of this handicraft.
Visit our online shopping store to load up on yarn, spools, needles and other knitting supplies.
Looking for Crochet? Check out our Crochet Department.
Recent Videos and Tutorials
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Learn how to Finger Knit with these instructional tutorials.
This video tutorial and written photo tutorial has step-by-step instructions on how to finger knit which can also be called finger weaving.
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Learn how to make a fluffy, soft loopy bath mat using loop yarn.
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Learn how to make this Loop Yarn Textured Blanket with our free pattern by watching our video or reading our photo tutorial with step-by-step instructions.
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Make a quick and easy scarf for your doll using loopy yarn for an American Girl Doll or 18" doll.
This project is a wonderful way to use up scraps of leftover loop yarn from other projects. One skein of loop yarn could make many of these scarves!
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Learn how to make a cute, easy Easter wreath with loop yarn.
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Learn how to make a heart pillow with loop yarn by watching our video tutorial and reading our step-by-step photo tutorial. This is a fun, cute knitting project. No knitting needles required, just your fingers.
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Learn how to knit the criss cross stitch with loop yarn. Watch our video tutorial and also read our step-by-step instructions.
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Learn how to stitch the loopy stitch with loop yarn. This is the perfect stitch for a bath rug.
Book and Magazine Recommendations
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Andrews McMeel PublishingFun New Knitting Designs!
Create beautiful hand knits for friends and family: hats, mittens, wraps, blankets, socks, cowls, toys, baby garb, and more.
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1 Year, 4 issues - Creative Knitting Magazine is your knitting dream come true, with patterns for all skill levels.
New Stuff
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The size of your finished object depends on your yarn, needles and tension. This guide helps you to calculate the size of your finished object.
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Stitch Fiddle
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This graph paper generator can be used for filet crochet, knitting, cross stitch, beadwork or any other craft that requires the use of graph paper.
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JPF Crochet Club
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Calculators and charts to convert between yards and metres, or if you're substituting yarn, calculate how much yarn you'll need for a project!
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Love Crafts
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Learn how to cast on, knit and purl left-handed.
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Wikihow
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How many stitches should I cast on for a baby blanket? What is the number of rows to loom knit a man’s scarf? How much yarn will I need to knit a queen size blanket? The Interactive Knitting Calculators are here to help!
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Good Knit Kisses
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This calculator will help you calculate stitches and rows when your gauge differs from the gauge specified on the pattern.
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Brenda A Bell Blog
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Use the calculators below to determine how to increase or decrease evenly across your row or round of knitting.
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World Knits
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The Knitulator is a handy and fast way to calculate how to increase or decrease a certain number of stitches evenly throughout a row of knitting.
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Mimi Codd
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This calculator has a sock pattern generator to create a pattern to hand knit socks in your foot size, the length you like them, using the yarn of your choice.
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The Knitting Fiend/ Diet Diary
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Here’s a little way to calculate the maximum number of rows you can work on a shawl (top down shawls only).
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Colourful Designs