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Brioche Tutorial 3 – Increases and Decreases

April 1, 2022 skeinreaction

a tutorial covering the basic increases and decreases used in brioche knitting

Tagged br4st dec, brioche, brioche decreases, brioche increases, brioche knitting, brioche tutorial, brk3tog, brkyobrk, brLsl dec, brRsl dec, brsk2p, brsssk, double brioche stitch
techniques

Brioche Tutorial 2 – Double Brioche and Syncopated Brioche

April 1, 2022 skeinreaction

a tutorial covering the basics of double brioche stitch, syncopated brioche stitch and syncopated double brioche stitch

Tagged brioche, brioche knitting, brioche tutorial, double brioche stitch, syncopated brioche stitch
techniques

Brioche Tutorial 1 – Single-colour and Two-colour Brioche Stitch

March 29, 2022 skeinreaction

a tutorial on the basic techniques of single-colour and two-colour brioche worked flat or in the round

Tagged brioche, brioche knitting, brioche tutorial
techniques

Grafting or Kitchener Stitch

January 18, 2022 skeinreaction

A photo tutorial on Kitchener Stitch showing how to graft stockinette and garter stitch.

Tagged grafting, kitchener stitch
techniques

Crochet provisional cast-on

January 18, 2022 skeinreaction

A tutorial on how to do, and undo, a crochet provisional cast-on.

Tagged cast-on, crochet cast-on, crochet provisional cast-on, provisional cast-on
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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness…

December 28, 2021 skeinreaction

....including a 25% discount on my Ravelry store for patrons of Fruity Knitting (see below). I've had a very exciting Autumn / Winter with a number of firsts for me. I applied for my first ever yarn event (Fibre Block Party), which was an online event taking place over the first weekend of December. As… Continue reading Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness…

Tagged designs, fibre block party, fruity knitting
techniques

Techniques – update!

December 27, 2021December 27, 2021 skeinreaction

An update on fixing broken links in previous technique posts.

Tagged broken links, techniques
designs, news

Stashbusting!

December 20, 2021December 28, 2021 skeinreaction

Stashbusting during the Covid pandemic

Tagged knitting, stashbusting, yarn stash
designs, news

2020 news – the year we all want to forget!

November 25, 2020December 28, 2021 skeinreaction

2020 updates

techniques

Vikkel Braid

May 1, 2020December 27, 2021 skeinreaction

A look at techniques for knitting a lateral (or Vikkel) braid flat or in the round.

Tagged Estonian braid, Lateral braid, Vikkel braid

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