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Video Tutorials
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Videos collected from around YouTube from many craft tutors and designers and arranged under Playlist Headings to help you find the technique you are looking for.
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A collection of videos from around YouTube demonstrating the Intarsia technique of knitting with blocks of colour
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Really useful videos made by the designer Marnie Maclean. I have saved these in my Playlist on YouTube so you can share them too.
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Demonstrations on the subscription channel Knit1.TV.
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Learn how to do simple Fair Isle colour work using both hands in the English and Continental way combined. Demonstrated very efficiently by The Philospher's Wool.
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Cheryl Brunette has beautifully presented videos for machine knitting with a Bond USM
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How to make a chain embroidery stitch on the surface of crochet
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Tutorials to Download
These are useful PDFs you can download and keep for free-
Tips on how to add eartflaps to beanies. Mainly for crochet but can be used to help get proportions for knitted hats too.
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This is a list of options but not a tutorial on how to do them. It contains links to companies that sell reinforcing thread. See below for links to more tips on other websites.
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This explains how to translate between UK and UK Crochet terms and the reasons why there is a difference between the two styles of writing a pattern.
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A translation of Euro shoe sizes to lengths in cms with wear allowance. This is useful for making gift socks for others where you don't know the length of their feet.
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This includes a diagram and a glossary, both of which demonstrate various terms or words associated with sock knitting.
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This explains how to design a small segment of the crown of a Tam.
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This explains how to make a striped twisted cord.
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A tutorial by Woolly Wormhead in using Kitchener Stitch (a form of grafting) for non stocking stitch (stockinette) pieces.
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Part of Woolly Wormhead's knitting and crochet tutorials
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Part of Woolly Wormhead's knitting and crochet tutorials
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Part of Woolly Wormhead's knitting and crochet tutorials
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Woolly Wormhead on Methods of Casting On and Casting Off
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This is a good resource for hat sizing from the hat designer of Woolly Wormhead
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Knitty article on the basic method of grafting seamlessly.
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Knitty magazine article includes how to reinforce a sock heel after ocmpleting.
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Mimi knits shop has a free Trekking Sock pattern with reinforced heel
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Osborn Fiber's Tips on Reinforcing a Sock Heel
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Knitting Help has a thread where knitters have shared their best reinforcing heel techniques
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How to pick up stitches on edges of your knitting
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Detailed instructions and photos to explain how to pick up stitches from the edges of your knitting
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LACE: The Artful Arrangement of Holes By Cheryl Brunette
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Classes
These are classes for people to attend including any sessions Erssie Knits is holding.-
Erssie has no group classes at the moment but we will add details as and when they become available. Erssie is available for one to one tuition on designing simple charts for colour work using everyday software. Email for more info.
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