Category Archives: Tips & Techniques

Striving for Perfect Results – Part 1

Posted on April 1, 2012 by jackiees

Are you a product or process knitter? I bet that most (all?) of us are some of both. Our Goals A pleasing result (product) — A satisfying knitting experience (process)   To achieve these goals, here is a quick list … Continue reading →

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Bead-pinned Lace Edging Ornament

Posted on March 18, 2012 by jackiees

Have you started playing with Simple Eyelet #2? I bet some of you are hesitant to start trying it out because you are trying to decide what you might use your bit of lace for. Besides the ideas already presented … Continue reading →

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Substituting a single yarn over for a double yarn over eyelet

Posted on March 9, 2012 by jackiees

This week’s article for Tips & Techniques continues on from last week’s Double Yarn Over. Please read that article first (or again as a reminder), as my discussion and photos will not be covering some of the steps shown in … Continue reading →

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Distinctive and Decorative – the Double Yarn Over

Posted on March 3, 2012 by jackiees

In this month’s project for the Lace Bug Bookmark, I introduced the double yarn over technique. This design element is what makes the distinctive large eyelet in the lace edging. As a quick overview, the instructions call for you to … Continue reading →

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Curved edge bind off

Posted on February 18, 2012 by jackiees

The shaped edge of the pattern we did for the little baby socks edging was achieved by a combination of extra increases and bound off stitches. There were extra yarn over increases on rows 1, 3 and 5 which widened … Continue reading →

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yarn over at beginning of row

Posted on February 11, 2012 by jackiees

The little lace edging used for the Quick Lace-Edged Baby Socks has a picot straight edge that is both pretty and functional. The heading of this lace edging uses a yarn over at beginning of row to form the picot loops. … Continue reading →

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Simple Cast On :: a time and place for simplicity

Posted on February 4, 2012 by jackiees

How many of you did the simple half-hitch cast on, as I suggested, for beginning the edging pattern for the baby socks? To me, the simple half-hitch cast on is one of the simplest methods to use as part of … Continue reading →

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