Elongated Stitches (no ribber)

Elongated Stitches (no ribber) Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Easy open work stitch pattern that produces a light and airy fabric. Beautiful on both sides, it can be used for scarves, shawls or inserts.Employ the
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Elongated Stitches (double bed)

Elongated Stitches (double bed) Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Easy open work stitch pattern that produces a light and airy fabric. Beautiful on both sides, it can be used for scarves, shawls or inserts.Using the
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Anatomy of Pattern Stitches

Anatomy of Pattern Stitches Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Machine knitters have a wide range of pattern stitches available to add texture, dimension and color to their knitting. The basics are stockinette, tuck, slip,
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Taming Variegated Yarns

Taming Variegated Yarns Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Multi-color, variegated or space dyed yarns. Whatever you call them these yarns can be challenging for those who are fussy about the colors pooling (or
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Crochet-look Lace

Crochet-look Lace Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Open, lacy crochet-look sweaters are popular right now.Use your knitting machine to create your own breezy look! This tutorial covers faggotting stitch,
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Multiple Waves

Multiple Waves Tutorial for Machine Knitting

This is a hand-manipulated, lacy, openwork technique that can be done on any knitting machine, with any yarn. No punchcards or programming. It's reversible,
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More Elongated Stitches

More Elongated Stitches Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Worked on any machine, this openwork stitch pattern has many possibilities. Work large stitches by themselves or combine with other manual or automatic stitch
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Blister Stitch Tips

Blister Stitch Tips Tutorial for Machine Knitting

This is a "basic" knitting stitch, with practically unlimited variations. It is also known as Coin Stitch, Bubbles, Bricks, Blocks.Here are tips for success
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Lacy Waves

Lacy Waves  Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Interesting, textured, openwork stitch pattern that can be worked on any knitting machine. It is worked with a bridging technique and short rows.You may
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Design your own stitch patterns

Design your own stitch patterns Tutorial for Machine Knitting

When creating your own stitch patterns, it is critical to keep your gauge in mind. No matter what method you use, DAK, Pencil and Paper, Punchcards, your
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Waffle Stitch (Ribber)

Waffle Stitch (Ribber) Tutorial for Machine Knitting

A beautiful variation of 1x1 ribbing that's easy to knit with no automatic patterning or hand manipulation.

Single Row Stripes with Free Pass

Single Row Stripes with Free Pass Tutorial for Machine Knitting

For an interesting play on color, try one-row stripes! Use as an all-over pattern, or intersperse single rows of color here and there. This could also be used
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Plaiting on the machine

Plaiting on the machine Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Knit 2 strands of yarn together and let the machine position them so you view one color on one side of the knitting and the 2nd color on the other side of the
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Stitch Pattern with Every-Other-Needle

Stitch Pattern with Every-Other-Needle Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Modify a stitch pattern to be used when knitting over every-other-needle. Create the punchcard to mimic the original design, but only pattern over the needles
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Mix 'n Match Stitch Patterns

Mix 'n Match Stitch Patterns Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Successfully combine stitch patterns in the same piece. Watch as we add a lace yoke to a sweater front and end up with the correct dimensions for the piece.
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10 Ways to Manage Floats

10 Ways to Manage Floats Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Long strands across the back of our knitting can be problematic. Here are 10 ways to manage floats when working in color.

Puffy Stitch

Puffy Stitch Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Thick, "squishy" fabric on the standard gauge machine. Use slip to build up ridges that add bulk to this stitch pattern.

Wavy Lace

Wavy Lace Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Hand manipulated lacy waves. Beautiful for scarves, shawls or garments. Use as an insert for a special, lacy touch.

Drop Stitch Lace Part 2

Drop Stitch Lace Part 2 Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Intentionally drop stitches to create "lace" on a Brother 260 bulky machine. This technique uses an accessory called a D-Slider, but it could be worked on any
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Plaiting on Brother Standard

Plaiting on Brother Standard Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Knit reversible fabric. Knit 2 strands together with one showing on the knit side and the other showing on the purl side. Use the plaiting yarn feeder on
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Multi-color slip

Multi-color slip Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Multi-color slip creates interesting graphic designs on the knit side. It also allows for more than 2 colors per row. Unlike Fairisle, the yarns must be
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Automatic Patterning 1-2-3

Automatic Patterning 1-2-3 Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Just 3 steps to understanding Automatic Patterning, no matter what machine you use. Punchcard or electronic, it's important to UNDERSTAND how patterning works
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Tuck Lace: Out of Work Needles

Tuck Lace: Out of Work Needles Tutorial for Machine Knitting

What needles need to be out of work when setting up for Tuck Lace?

Faux Ribbing

Faux Ribbing Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Mimicking 2x1 ribbing, using tuck, Faux ribbing can be worked on any machine. It is not stretchy and the "ribbing" is on the Knit side only.The purl
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Connect the Dots Stitch Pattern Part 1 of 2

Connect the Dots Stitch Pattern Part 1 of 2 Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Use Short row Shaping (partial Knitting) to create an interesting graphic stitch pattern.Create an all-over design
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Connect the Dots Part 2

Connect the Dots Part 2 Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Continuing from the single repeat in this video, add alternating dots across the
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Slip Rib

Slip Rib  Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Combine knit and purl stitches for a textured fabric that can be worked on a manual or automatic patterning machine.

Tuck Lace: KIN56

Tuck Lace: KIN56 Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Take a deep dive into knitting this beautiful, open tuck lace stitch pattern. It covers manual and automatic patterning machines, plus Brother and
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Plaiting on Singer/Silver/Studio

Plaiting on Singer/Silver/Studio Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Threading the carriage on a Silver Reed machine (SK840).

Zig Zags

Zig Zags Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Easily knit zig zag panels using increases and decreases. Seam the pieces for scarves, shawls or
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Color Block Cables

Color Block Cables Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Combining blocks of color with cables is a great way to add interest to your designs. Use for sleeves, yokes, pillows, blankets ... get creative!

Create Cables on the Machine

Create Cables on the Machine Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Cables are traditional favorites of knitters both hand and machine. 3 methods of creating a basic cable are covered. Which do you prefer? BONUS: Simple tip
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Fairisle: What Knitting Machines Do Best

Fairisle: What Knitting Machines Do Best Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Sometimes machine knitters over complicate things ... get back to basics and practice the built-in capabilities of your machine. Painless, stranded knitting, 2
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End Needle Selection on Brother Machines

End Needle Selection on Brother Machines Tutorial for Machine Knitting

When knitting in Fairisle, have you ever found long floats across the work from edge to edge? The culprit is the end needle selection. Learn what this is and
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Replay: Garter Stitch on the Machine

Replay: Garter Stitch on the Machine Tutorial for Machine Knitting

One of the first surprises for most new machine knitters is the fact that the humble garter stitch is problematic on the knitting machine. Because our
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Bobbles

Bobbles Tutorial for Machine Knitting

How to knit Bobbles on a knitting machine.Add fun texture to your knitting with bobbles. they can stand alone but are often combined with cables and
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Moss / Seed Stitch on the Machine

Moss / Seed Stitch on the Machine Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Moss Stitch and Seed Stitch are popular in the hand knitting world. They are highly textured and reversible. But they require hand manipulation to work on the
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PSSO Decorative Center Double Decrease

PSSO Decorative Center Double Decrease Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Borrowed from the hand knitting world, this textured, columnar stitch pattern with or without eyelets magically forms a scalloped edge. Use it in a single
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Zig-Zag Lace

Zig-Zag Lace Tutorial for Machine Knitting

A graphic eyelet zig zag pattern that can be varied in unlimited ways. Manually working the transfers isn't too difficult, although your lace carriage would
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Zig-Zag Lace Flags

Zig-Zag Lace Flags Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Based on a simple Zig-Zag Lace stitch pattern, this stitch pattern incorporates multiple
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Radiant Eyelet Lace

Radiant Eyelet Lace Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Beautiful hand manipulated lace - 12 row repeat with only 2 manual stitch transfer rows per repeat.
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Linen Stitch on the Knitting Machine

Linen Stitch on the Knitting Machine Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Linen stitch is a beautiful way to add texture to your knitting. For hand knitters, there are many variations on this ever-popular stitch pattern.
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Lifted Lace

Lifted Lace Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Here's a beautiful lace that can be worked on any machine. A little hand manipulation does the trick for a loose, open fabric. If you don't have a
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Garter Stitch - RTR

Garter Stitch - RTR Tutorial for Machine Knitting

RTR (Remove, Turn, Rehang) is a technique that reverses the knit and purl stitches on the machine. It can be used to create turning rows, or decorative garter
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Tuck Lace on a Manual Machine

Tuck Lace on a Manual Machine Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Tuck with needles out of work (tuck lace) is a beautiful technique that can be worked on any knitting machine. Keeping needles out of work combined with tuck
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Cheat Sheets for Hand Manipulation

Cheat Sheets for Hand Manipulation Tutorial for Machine Knitting

With non-patterning machines and any time you want to work a hand manipulated stitch pattern, there's usually a lot of counting of needles involved. Here are
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Timesaving Tips for Hand Manipulation

Timesaving Tips for Hand Manipulation Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Get inspired to work a some hand manipulated stitches on your next project. Included are mini-cables, using cheat sheets and 2 methods for re-forming columns of
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Seed Stitch Tool

Seed Stitch Tool Tutorial for Machine Knitting

In hand knitting, seed stitch is a popular way to add texture to your knitting. The combination of alternating knit and purl stitches creates a lovely
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Playing with Pintucks

Playing with Pintucks Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Pintucks are a simple way to add dimension to your knitting. Multi-color pintucks, graduated pintucks, garter pintucks, eyelet pintucks. The possibilities are
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Honeycomb Smocking Stitch

Honeycomb Smocking Stitch Tutorial for Machine Knitting

This honeycomb smocking stitch looks complicated, but it's really not difficult to do. Combine needles out of work, slip stitches and a little hand
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Traveling Eyelets

Traveling Eyelets Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Using traveling stitches to frame eyelets can create a beautiful, decorative stitch pattern for your knitting.

Make Hand Manipulation Easier

Make Hand Manipulation Easier Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Make it easier to select needles for hand manipulation with Knit it Now Cheat Sheets.
https://knititnow.com/CHEAT

Hybrid Intarsia - Method 1

Hybrid Intarsia - Method 1 Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Knit multiple colors in a row without an intarsia carriage. Combine hand manipulated stitches and the speed of the knitting machine to create beautiful
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Hybrid Intarsia - Method 2

Hybrid Intarsia - Method 2 Tutorial for Machine Knitting

For machines without an intarsia carriage, use the hold setting to knit more than 1 color across a row with minimal or no floats.
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Yarn Bobbins for Intarsia

Yarn Bobbins for Intarsia Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Control those strands when knitting in intarsia. 2 quick (and inexpensive) ways to make your own yarn bobbins.

Brother Lace Carriage

Brother Lace Carriage Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Brother Standard Gauge machines offered a separate lace carriage to automatically transfer stitches to create eyelets and lace patterns.Combined
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Lace: Multiple Stitch Transfers

Lace: Multiple Stitch Transfers Tutorial for Machine Knitting

k2tog (knit 2 together) is commonly used to create sections of lace. Explore transferring multiple stitches in different directions to create k2tog. Both manual
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Lace: Multiple Stitch Transfers Part 2

Lace: Multiple Stitch Transfers Part 2 Tutorial for Machine Knitting

A beautiful lace technique is to transfer stitches so the transfers are worked a few stitches away from the eyelet they create. This technique combined with
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SSK | YO | k2tog | PSSO

SSK | YO | k2tog | PSSO Tutorial for Machine Knitting

k2tog, ssk, psso, yo. How do these hand knitting terms translate to machine knitting? Whether you are hand manipulating lace on your machine or you are
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Lace Bias

Lace Bias Tutorial for Machine Knitting

with a few stitch transfers create 2 beautiful, simple lace patterns.

Hand manipulated lace using Cheat Sheets

Hand manipulated lace using Cheat Sheets Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Explore hand manipulating lace with the help of cheat
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Brother: LACE Dropped Edge Stitches

Brother: LACE Dropped Edge Stitches Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Do you have trouble with dropped stitches when knitting lace? Here's an un-documented tip that may help.Also remember, lace needs weight for the
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Fine Lace on Brother Machines

Fine Lace on Brother Machines Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Fine Lace is a technique that is available with the Brother standard gauge machines with a lace carriage. Fine Lace provides fabulous texture. It can
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Double Eyelet Lace

Double Eyelet Lace Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Unusual stitch transfer sequences create this simple, but beautiful lace pattern. The secret is breaking the rules by having 2 eyelets side by side,
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Windowpane Lace Hem

Windowpane Lace Hem Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Knit a lace hem and add a 2nd color "facing". Let the facing color peek through for an interesting designer touch

Openwork Slashes

Openwork Slashes Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Inspired by a designer hand knitting garment by Anne Thompson, this technique creates one row, open slashes in the middle of a knitted piece. They resemble
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PS150 Pattern Selector

PS150 Pattern Selector Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Manual punchcard stitch selector for Singer/Studio SK150 / 151 machines. This rare device uses 12 stitch punchcards to position a needle selector to incorporate
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Punchcard Basics

Punchcard Basics Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Automatic patterning with punchcards can seem almost magical. Let's dispel some of the mystery, learn the basics and take steps to punchcard machine
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Identify Punchcards

Identify Punchcards Tutorial for Machine Knitting

"I have a stack of cards and don't know what they are for". Learn how punchcards create stitch patterns and identify different cards and their uses

Interchangeable Punchcard?

Interchangeable Punchcard? Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Can this punchcard be used with all stitch patterns? Examine a punchard and explore if it can be used for tuck, slip, fairisle, etc.

End Needle Selection: Slip

End Needle Selection: Slip Tutorial for Machine Knitting

When knitting in slip stitch, make sure the end needles are not slipping.

i-Cord on the Taixtexma TH160

i-Cord on the Taixtexma TH160 Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Since this machine has only 1 cam setting for slip (part) to work I-cord or circular knitting means flipping the cam lever from Part to Plain with every pass of
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Slip Stitch on Non-Patterning Machines

Slip Stitch on Non-Patterning Machines Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Add beautiful texture to your knitting with pattern stitches created by skipping (or slipping) over pattern needles. Punchcard and electronic machines
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Slip Stitch on Brother Machines

Slip Stitch on Brother Machines Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Slip stitch is one of the basic techniques that can be worked on any machine. Hand manipulated or worked with automatic patterning, there are many, many uses
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Slip Stitch on Silver/Singer/Studio Machines

Slip Stitch on Silver/Singer/Studio Machines Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Slip stitch is one of the basic techniques that can be worked on any machine. Hand manipulated or worked with automatic patterning, there are many, many uses
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Tuck Lace

Tuck Lace Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Want open texture without stitch transfers or a lace carriage? Think Tuck Lace! Want a beautiful all-over texture on any machine? Think Tuck Lace!
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Tuck Lace Needle Positions

Tuck Lace Needle Positions Tutorial for Machine Knitting

One challenge in knitting tuck lace is determining which needles should be out of work. Explore 5 ways to establish the needle setup for tuck lace.

Knitweave Fun (929)

Knitweave Fun (929) Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Here's a Knit Weave pattern with a little something extra.

Follow along and try it on your machine.

Knitweave Without Brushes

Knitweave Without Brushes Tutorial for Machine Knitting

If your knitting machine doesn't have weaving brushes, you can still work knitweave. You can achieve the same results by manually weaving the
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Knitweave

Knitweave Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Weaving on the knitting machine can produce beautifully textured fabric. Here's a fun way to use small amounts of novelty or luxury yarns on your machine knit
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10 Ways to Manage Floats

Anatomy of Pattern Stitches
Automatic Patterning 1-2-3

Blister Stitch Tips
Bobbles
Brother Lace Carriage
Brother: LACE Dropped Edge Stitches

Cheat Sheets for Hand Manipulation
Color Block Cables
Connect the Dots Part 2
Connect the Dots Stitch Pattern Part 1 of 2
Create Cables on the Machine
Crochet-look Lace

Design your own stitch patterns
Double Eyelet Lace
Drop Stitch Lace Part 2

Elongated Stitches (double bed)
Elongated Stitches (no ribber)
End Needle Selection on Brother Machines
End Needle Selection: Slip

Fairisle: What Knitting Machines Do Best
Faux Ribbing
Fine Lace on Brother Machines

Garter Stitch - RTR

Hand manipulated lace using Cheat Sheets
Honeycomb Smocking Stitch
Hybrid Intarsia - Method 1
Hybrid Intarsia - Method 2

Identify Punchcards
Interchangeable Punchcard?

Knitweave
Knitweave Fun (929)
Knitweave Without Brushes

Lace Bias
Lace: Multiple Stitch Transfers
Lace: Multiple Stitch Transfers Part 2
Lacy Waves
Lifted Lace
Linen Stitch on the Knitting Machine

Make Hand Manipulation Easier
Mix 'n Match Stitch Patterns
More Elongated Stitches
Moss / Seed Stitch on the Machine
Multi-color slip
Multiple Waves

Openwork Slashes

PS150 Pattern Selector
PSSO Decorative Center Double Decrease
Plaiting on Brother Standard
Plaiting on Singer/Silver/Studio
Plaiting on the machine
Playing with Pintucks
Puffy Stitch
Punchcard Basics

Radiant Eyelet Lace
Replay: Garter Stitch on the Machine

SSK | YO | k2tog | PSSO
Seed Stitch Tool
Single Row Stripes with Free Pass
Slip Rib
Slip Stitch on Brother Machines
Slip Stitch on Non-Patterning Machines
Slip Stitch on Silver/Singer/Studio Machines
Stitch Pattern with Every-Other-Needle

Taming Variegated Yarns
Timesaving Tips for Hand Manipulation
Traveling Eyelets
Tuck Lace
Tuck Lace Needle Positions
Tuck Lace on a Manual Machine
Tuck Lace: KIN56
Tuck Lace: Out of Work Needles

Waffle Stitch (Ribber)
Wavy Lace
Windowpane Lace Hem

Yarn Bobbins for Intarsia

Zig Zags
Zig-Zag Lace
Zig-Zag Lace Flags

i-Cord on the Taixtexma TH160