Knitting Instructions

Check out these useful knitting instruction tips and techniques so you can create a beautiful knitted project to give to one of your family members or a close friend. Be sure to learn the basics before you being a knitting project.

Kidswear You Can Knit

Kids from infants to teens will appreciate these warm and colorful knitted items. Keep little ones warm and happy with a striped hat and mitten set that resembles holiday candy. Outdoor games are so much more fun when your hands are snug and cozy inside handmade knitted mittens. The wintry season is much more enjoyable when your head and ears are protected by a colorful knit cap. Warm your toes with striped tube socks knit in fun and fancy colors.

Stranding Colors

Here's the technique you need when your knitting pattern calls for a change of color.

Working Two Stitched Together

This decrease appears on the knit side of your work and is usually used on the left edge of the row. It also can be worked on the purl side of your work. It's often abbreviated as "k2tog" or "p2tog."

Slip-Stitch Decrease

This decrease appears on the knit side of your work and is usually used on the right edge of the row. It's often abbreviated as "sl1, k1, psso" and sometimes as "SKP." Both stand for the same technique, which is "slip 1 stitch, k 1 stitch, then pass the slipped stitch over."

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