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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Which row did I finish? Learn how to keep track of the row being worked on a crochet or knit pattern. This is a simple, easy quick tip.
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How to make yarn pom-poms with a DIY pom-pom maker.
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No More Messy Yarn Stash! Yarn storage with plastic bins, egg cartons, shoe boxes, scotch tape and hair clips are a few excellent yarn storage solutions.
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This video and photo tutorial shows how to make a criss-cross scarf from loopy yarn.
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Learn how to make this new loopy stitch with loop yarn. This loopy stitch is wonderful for making fluffy bath rugs.
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There is a new variety of loop yarn, Magic Yarn. This yarn has a pattern like a star, heart or smiley face built into the yarn. Just stitch and see it appear!
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Learn how to make a loopy bath rug from the new loop yarn with our loopy yarn stitch! This makes a super soft bath rug.
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Learn to make a Heart Wreath for Valentine's Day from Loop Yarn (loopy yarn). This is a fun, quick and easy DIY Heart Wreath craft project.
Book and Magazine Recommendations
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Tanis GrayIntroducing the first official Harry Potter knitting book—a deluxe guide to creating over 25 authentic Harry Potter knits based on the iconic films.
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PieceWork is for needleworkers wanting to explore a wide range of historical textiles and fine-thread handwork traditions.
New Stuff
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This chart helps you to calculate the size of your finished project using a sample swatch of your own crochet work.
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Stitch Fiddle
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Convert chart of USA, English and Metric sizes for knitting needles and crochet hooks. You'll also find a handy crochet abbreviation chart.
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Sue's Crochet & Knitting Site
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Conversion charts for knitting needles and crochet hooks along with other handy knitting and crochet conversions, including a yarn yardage calculator.
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Sweater Babe
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A video on how to make a simple finger knitted friendship bracelet. Kids can make for themselves and exchange with to friends.
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Needlepointers.com
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Calculate how much yardage is remaining on a partial skein of yarn.
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Through the Loop
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The sock calculator will help you calculate all of the stitches you need to knit a sock.
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Good Night Kisses
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A Handy Tool! Simply enter a value in any one of the boxes to quickly convert between metric, US and UK size needles.
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Making Crafters
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Several calculators to aid in double rake knitting projects.
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Rake Knitting
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With a couple measurements from your swatch this two-way calculator can tell you how many rounds* to knit to reach the size you want or you can tell it how many rounds you want to knit and it will give you the finished size. This just the tool you need so you can design just the right layout for your blanket.
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Good Knit Kisses
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This calculator will help you figure out how much yarn is needed for your project when switching yarn types.
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The Crochet Crowd