Lucy Neatby: Sock Techniques #1

Introduction: Choosing Yarn for Socks, Choosing Needles for Socks, Sock Anatomy and Fitting, Common turned heel, Tubular sock with an inserted heel and Comparison of common and inserted heels.
Bind-Off Methods: Picot, Modified Conventional knitwise Modified Conventional purlwise and in rib, The last stitch, joining the gap, Expanded rib and Three Needle.
Cast-On Methods: Long-Tail / Continental (with two hands), Adjusting the width of your cast-on edge, Adjusting the tension of your cast-on stitches, Looking after your tail yarn, Long-Tail / Continental (one-hand), Long-Tail variation for an extra strong elastic edge (ideal for socks), Picot, Provisional Crochet, Setting up working in the round with a provisional edge and Working in the round down from a provisional edge.
Cuffs and Edgings for Top-Down Socks: Latvian Twist, Ruffled Turn-Over (simulating round knitting) and a purlwise double decrease, Scalloped Turn-Over and Wavy Edge (K2, O, k2, k2t).
Cuffs and Edgings for Toe-Up Socks Expanding a 2 x 2 Rib with a m1 increase and "working as set", Binding off an Expanded 2 x 2 edge, Double Layer Rib facing with double turning round and Garter stitch in the round.
Finishing Techniques: Duplicate Stitch (Swiss Darning), Circular Sutures, the Boggle and naturally occurring holes, Phoney duplicate stitching, Joining the gap in a cast-on edge, and neatening yarn tails, Joining the gap in a bound-off edge, Darning ends from toes, Grafting the Toe (Kitchener Stitch), Make the sock Toe Chimney and /Using the sock Toe Chimney.
Common Heel: Dividing for the heel flap Working the Heel Flap in Alternative Heel Stitch, Checking the length of the heel flap, Areas of Adjustment in the Heel flap, Turning the heel and using a reinforcing yarn, Areas of Adjustment in turning the heel, Knitting up the stitches around the heel and resuming working in the round, Stitch distribution and the first round and Areas of Adjustment after turning the heel.
Toes: - Common Wedge and Shapings for the Common wedge
Working in the Round with Double Pointed Needles: Casting on and dividing the stitches, Joining the round and setting up the needles, Circulating stitches, starting with a knit or a purl?, Transporting your work, Running yarn markers and Three needles when working with few stitches.

Working in the Round with One Long Circular Needle:

Lucy Neatby: Sock Techniques #2

Bind-Off Methods: Preparation for Sewn Tubular Bind -Off and simulated round knitting, Sewing the Tubular Bound-off edge, Looking at the tubular edge and Conversion of 2 x 2 to 1 x 1 rib.
Cast-On Methods: Channel Island, Channel Island and Long Tail Diagrams, Provisional Crochet Cast-On Removing the Provisional edge, Giant stitch demonstration of the tubular edge, The finished Tubular edge, Tubular 1 x 1 rib with waste yarn, Tubular 2 x 2 rib with waste yarn and Conversion of 1 x 1 to 2 x 2.
Cuffs and Edgings for Top-Down Socks: Sideways Garter St explanation, Sideways Garter St, preparing the cuff and Sideways Garter St, joining the cuff.
Inserted Heels: Description of Garter Stitch Short-Row and Turkish, Calculating the placement of inserted heels (for Garter Stitch Short-Row or Turkish), Garter Stitch Short Row Heel. Decrease section (includes weaving in the tail of the heel yarn, garter stitch short rows, use of parking needles). Increase section, The final heel row, Close-up of finished heel, Turkish Heel (aka Peasant or Afterthought Heel), Setting in the Waste Yarn, Picking up stitches and opening the heel gap and Knitting the Turkish Heel.
Miscellaneous But Useful: Circular Suture, Phoney Duplicate stitch, Neatening the Cast-On joggle, Wraps per inch (W.P.I.), Running Yarn Marker, Right-slanting increase (raised increase) and Hills and valleys.
Toe-Up Toes : Bosnian: Bosnian Toe Square - giant yarn demonstration, Creating the toe square and Working the foot.
Toe-Up Toes : Garter Stitch Short Row: Decrease section, Increase section and Setting up into the round.
Toe-Up Toes : Stocking Stitch Short Row: Decrease section, Smoothing rows and Increase section.
Turning and Facing Rounds: Planning your Facing, Picot Turning round, Fusing the facing to the sock and Rib with double turning round.
Garment Gallery: A brief look at a selection of garments incorporating many of the techniques covered

Lucy Neatby: Knitting Essentials #1

Knitting Essentials 1 DVD index Introduction:
Bind-Off Methods: Temporary, Regular, Regular method using a crochet hook, The last stitch conundrum!, Regular for rib, Three-needle, Three-needle to match vertical columns and Modified Conventional (knitwise).
Cast-On Methods: Loop, Long-Tail / Continental with two hands, Adusting the width of your cast-on edge, Adjusting the tension of your cast-on stitches, Looking after your tail yarn, Long-Tail / Continental one-handed, Long-Tail variation for an extra strong elastic edge, Long-Tail used as a provisional edge, Knitted and Cable.
Decreases: Right-slanting (k2t) - ref Reading the knitting, Left-slanting (ssk), Ssk versus s1-kw-psso, Left-slanting (ssk) variations, Fully-fashioned decreases for easy seaming, Double decreases; three stitches become one (S2t kw-k1-psso), s1kw-k2t-psso, Kindness to stitches outside the decreases, A comparison of decreases both focussed and scattered Reading Decreases.
Finishing Basics: Tidying up the junk, Mattress Stitch basics, Knitting (picking) up new stitches and Three-needle Bind off for shoulders
Gauge Matters: The three ways to change your stitch size: Needle size, Yarn size and Number of stitches.
Increases: Right slanting increase - a subtle right-leaning increase, Left slanting increase - a subtle left-leaning increase, Make 1, and make 1 with a twist and Reading your increases.
Useful Miscellanea Coil-less pins, Yarn butterflies, Running Yarn marker / Knitting in the round on dpns, Slip knot, Setting up a swift, Ball winder and centre-pull balls, Threading a needle from the extracted section of ends at edges, Comparison of right and left-hand yarn manipulation, Purling manipulating the yarn with the left hand.
Odds and Knitting in Ends: Knitting in a tail, Tail neatening whilst purling, The balancing act!, Ends in the round and darning needle skills, Ends at the edges of a Mattress stitch seam, Splicing and spit splicing, Cheering up unhappy stitches by diagonal darning and Diagram of unhappy stitches.
Rescue Remedies: Laddering back knits and purls, Ripping back wholesal and Ripping back slowly
The Secrets of Contented Stitches: The Contented stitch, Hills stitches and valley loops, Balancing stitches, The facts of life; how stitches are made, Stitch mount and the significance of the direction of throwing the yarn around the needle, Factors in controlling stitch size: tension and angle, Stitch abuse and the unhappy edge stitches, Slipping stitches and stitch mount and Twisted stitches.
Reading the knitting and Garment Gallery

Lucy Neatby: Knitting Essentials #2

Bind-Off Methods: Modified conventional-knitwise, Modified conventiona1-purlwise and in rib, and Three needle in brief.
Cast-On Methods: Provisional Crochet, Removing the provisional edge, Knitting down flat, Knitting into a crochet chain, Cast-off cast-on, The first row after a PCCO edge and Working in the round down from a provisional edge.
Circular Needles: Advantages and options, Casting on, joining the round and checking for twists, Starting the second round, Right or left hand yarn manipulation?, Two-hand training, Stranded knitting and working inverted and Simulation of circular knitting for gauge swatches.
Cutting Your Knitting: Unplanned cutting, Pre-planned cutting: Setting up a steek, Sewing the steek, Preparing to cut, blocking details, Cutting and joyously eliminating ends and Finishing the cut edge: knitting up stitches and neatening the raw edge.
More Finishing Basics: Shoulder seams and a finishing strategy including Three-needle bind-off in brief, Mattress stitch for side seams, Refinements, Adding more sewing yarn, Adjusting mis-matched edges, Preplanning for finishing, Darning in ends to seam and avoiding premature finishing, Why not slip your selvage stitches?, Mattress stitching stranded fabrics, Knitting up new stitches, Grafting stitch tops to stitch tops using waste yarn, Sleeve tops - setting stitches to rows using waste yarn at the top of the sleeve and Sleeve tops - setting stitches to rows with a bound-off sleeve edge.
Grafting: Grafting stitch tops to stitch tops using waste yarn, Grafting diagram to explain the ½ stitch joggle, Grafting stitch tops to stitch tops with a vertical stripe, Comparison of Grafting and three needle, Grafting toes (Kitchener stitch): Make the sock toe chimney, Grafting toes (Kitchener stitch): using the sock toe chimney and Neatening tails in a sock Toe Chimney.
Miscellaneous: Coil-less pins, Yarn butterflies, Wraps per inch W.P.I., Running Yarn Markers / Knitting in the round on dpns, Slip knot, Threading a darning needle, The Contented stitch and Hill stitches and valley loops.
Garment Gallery and The Small Print

I Can't Believe I'm Knitting

Learn to knit with Melisssa Leapman!

This teach-yourself knitting DVD makes it easier than ever to learn America's hottest leisure skill. It's like having your own personal instructor available 24 hours a day! Popular designer Melissa Leapman provides friendly, expert guidance through the step-by-step lessons. You can put your learning into practice immediately on an easy scarf or spa cloth, or follow the Stitch-Along instructions for a basket weave purse, ladder scarf, or toddler hat. With its convenient A-to-Z Index, Reference Library, Trouble-shooting Guide, and other features, this DVD will quickly move you into today's wonderful world of knitting. Don't be surprised when you hear yourself saying, "I can't believe I'm knitting!"

The Art of Knitting 4 Kids

Knitting helps kids to concentrate, increases their motor skills, develops hand-eye coordination, and is a great confidence builder! And this fun DVD provides three ways to learn: Dr. Elizabeth Seward entertains kids with a unique, animated story while teaching them to knit and make their own knitting needles. Kids teaching kids -- every kid will be inspired watching 7 year old Ryan Anderson as he teaches the basics of knitting. Knitting instructor and producer Marcy Levitas Hamilton teaches the kids how to make fun and easy knitted balls and toys with Stitch-Along instructions. There's also a visit to The Alpaca Ranch to learn how yarn is made.

The Absolute Best Way to LEARN HOW TO KNIT

Leslye Solomon is one of the best knitting teachers you will ever find. I've know Leslye for close to 20 years now. I continue to admire her techniques. This video/DVD is great. I love how she stands in front of her yarns in some of her narrations. It is always fun to look in other yarn stores. Leslye starts by spending a minute talking about the point and shank of a knitting needle. Leslye teaches both continental and American casting one, knitting, purling, binding off, increasing and decreasing. A bonus is how to decipher common pattern abbreviations, fixing dropped stitches and how to unravel down to repair a mistake. And what fun! She teaches you how to navigate a yarn shop, about yarn size and gauge, and how to plan your first project.

This video is bright, colorful and with clear, slow closeups. Leslye's voice is soft and easy to understand.

European Style Knitting. Beginners, Intermediate or Advanced DVDs

Sometimes called picking, Continental or German knitting, European style knitting, once mastered, will speed up your knitting.

You may notice I sell very few videos and DVDs. I watch each DVD/Video before deciding whether to sell it. Is it clear? close-ups easy to see? Does the narrator use correct terms and speak clearly? Are the techniques being taught a true representation of the technique?

I am THRILLED to say that the Craft College of Canada has done a superb job with their 3 DVD series. I just can't find anything that needs improvement on these. Well done. Clear pictures. Lots of repeating of techniques. And EXACTLY the way I knit!

Note: I personally do not feel European knitting is the best technique for new knitters. I have abandoned teaching new knitters this technique, even though I, myself, was taught this. I found less frustration on their part by learning to knit using the throw or American method. The problem I encountered was the overly tight tension of the yarn over the left index finger, while they tried to form stitches. Once they understood stitch formation and basic knit fabric, and if they wanted to, I would then teach them European. I have experienced a higher percentage of new knitters carrying on with their knitting if taught throwing first. Naturally, you will find some teachers that disagree with me. That is what makes the world so interesting. But if you are having trouble, give this some thought.

Beginners European Style Knitting

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Intermediate European Style Knitting

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Advanced European Style Knitting

: easy step-by-step how-to

This DVD's project is a beautiful felted bag with an I-cord carrying strap using 2 strands of yarn. The narrator takes you stitch-by-stitch through the project making buttons, and even correcting knitting mistakes. Seaming includes the 3-needle bind-off. Knitting I-Cord on double pointed needles.

This video also repeats the Tips and Techniques section of the Beginner DVD

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Leslye Solomon (U.S.) teaches the perfect techniques for professional finishing of your project.

In this video you will learn:

• How to block using Blockers or blocking wire sets.. 
• How to treat various fibers.
• Two methods of joining shoulder stitches for a flawless and invisible seam.
• Learn how to pick up around the neck edge.
• How to pick up the side of a drop shoulder sweater and knit down towards the cuff.
• For machine knitters see how to cast off 1 x 1 ribbing so the end looks as good as the beginning.
• Learn how to install a set in sleeve and see how to do the best invisible side seams ever.
• How to begin the edge of the seam to get the most even edge.
• Learn how to install zippers, weave in ends, make reversible seams for afghans, improve the look of cardigan bands.
• How to lengthen and shorten knits, and more. . .

How to Knit Socks DVD

Here is the best way to learn the wonderful craft of knitting socks. This close-up and personal video will guide you, beginner or advanced, through the easy techniques of making socks by hand. Learn the techniques for knitting in the round by using double pointed needles, see new ways of casting on in a rib pattern (great for other projects too), knitting and turning heels, and shaping the toe. Once you place your sensitive feet in a pair of your own homemade socks, get ready for the happiest, warmest, and best dressed feet ever.

How to Knit Socks Video

Same as DVD in video version.

The Art of Knitting

The Art Of Knitting. Explore the art of knitting:
Step-By-Step Instruction (all levels): Master knitters Jennifer Wenger, Marla Pelz
Fiber Types workshop: Laura Bryant/Prism Yarns
The Making of Yarn: Shearing (WindyHillsFarm), Spinning,Dyeing (Twisted Sisters)
Color Theory: Zhenya Gershman, artist/educator J Paul Getty Museum
Knitted Swimwear: celebrated designer Ashley Paige
Fit-to-knit Workout: prevent injuries Beverly Hills Chiropractor Dr Kent Sveningson
Wire Knitting: renowned author/designer Nancie Wiseman
Zen of Knitting: Bernadette Murphy recounts selections from her best-selling book
Get Inspired: Knitting Circles, Events and Workshops