Triangle Block Cheat Sheet

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Hello Melly Designs takes all the quess work out of making Half-Square and Quarter-Square Triangles for quilt designs.

A free, printable Triangle Block Cheat Sheet can be found here

Standing Stitches

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Cherry Heart shares,  "A neat trick that eliminates the need to start your round with a group of chains.

Working in the round is great for many things but sometimes those chains at the beginning of each new round can make it stick out like a sore thumb, so this is a trick you can try to get rid of those ugly chains once and for all.

Normally we use those chains at the beginning of a round to get up to the right height to begin the stitches. These starts are called standing stitches because you start it from a 'standing up in the air' position."

A photo tutorial can be found on Cherry Heart: Standing Stitches

Oiling a Spinning Wheel

Pre-washing Fabric Tip

Tired of dealing with a tangled and twisted rope of yardage when pre-washing fabric?

Try the tip by Mary Jane Holcomb in Denison, Texas which is shown in the beginning of the following Kaye Wood video.

The tip works for up to 12 yards of fabric. Carole (From My Carolina Home) wrote about her experience with the technique in a post titled, A Brilliant Tip.

Mattress Stitch

Joining Granny Squares

Avoiding the Gap

There's a Knot in My Yarn!

Very Pink Knits demonstrates how to work with an unexpected knot in a skein/ball of yarn.

Keeping Track of Needle/Hook Size

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Not So Granny shares a simple trick she uses to remember the needle or hook size she is using for a project. 

She simply ties knots in the tail end of the yarn to note what the needle or hook size she's using  

Read more here

Crocheting a Hat that Fits

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Not So Granny shares a formula to make a top down crochet hat that fits.

Her formula can be found here.

Distributing Stitches Evenly

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Tina McElmoyl shared this knitting tip on WEBS. It's sure to help the next time you need to pick up stitches for a collar or armhole.

"When I need to pick up a specific number of stitches evenly, around an armhole or along a hem, I like to mark the pick-up edge at regular points with locking stitch markers. This helps me to distribute the picked-up stitches so that there is a similar amount between each marker. If I’m picking up along a hem, I’ll fold the fabric in half to give me an estimate of the halfway point. If I’m picking up along a circular edge, an armhole for example, I’ll mark the edge at 12 o’clock and 6 o’clock (and maybe also at 9 o’clock and 3 o’clock)."

Weaving Seamless Stripes

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The Woolery Guy shares a printable on how to achieve seamless stripes when weaving.

Seamless Stripes - free printable

Weaving with Linen

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Adding Twist to Splitty Yarns

If you're finding it difficult to work without splitting stitches, it might be worth changing the direction that you wrap the yarn around the needle. It's not quite that straightforward: if you switch to wrapping the yarn anti-clockwise (as in the Eastern style) then you also have to knit into the back of those stitches when you come to work them to avoid making twisted stitches.

Learn more about this technique on YarnSub

Weaving Tiip

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Exercises for Crafters

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Repetitive tasks such as sewing, stitching and knitting can create stress on the muscles and joints in our wrists and hands, neck and shoulders. Stretching frequently certainly helps.

Loopy Ewe shares videos of exercises that can help relieve tension and stress for repetitive movements. The videos are for neck, shoulder, hands and wrists. 

Knitting Tip - Freeze Yarn Overnight

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Freezing Yarn Overnight will dispel most unwanted odors. Works on cigarette smoke, cooking odors and other assorted smellies.

Before ripping out mohair and other fuzzy yarns, freeze them overnight. The cold will help the fuzzy fingers untangle and make it much easier to frog and rip.

No fancy tools needed either. Just pop your fiber in a plastic bag to protect it and pop in the freezer!

- Donna, Your Friendly Knitting Doctor 
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Join Without Twisting Stitches

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Undoubtedly, every knitter has experienced the frustration of casting on hundreds of stitches and discovering the stitches are twisted when joined in the round. 

Heart Strings Fiber Arts shares a clever tip on preventing the stitches from twisting.

A PDF of the process can be found here

Bobbin Winder

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Knitty Blog shares Sweet Georgia's favorite bobbin winder is a drill and a chopstick. "I am the laziest spinner in all the land and using a cordless drill to wind storage bobbins hits my sweet spot. I usually use plastic weaving bobbins or cardboard storage bobbins (I love these because I can write on them). I use an inexpensive chopstick in my drill in place of a bit or a dowel. Since chopsticks increase in diameter the storage bobbins pressure fit on them, quick and easy."

Stop Silk from Snagging

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Jackie E-S shares a tip to deal with rough, dry hands that can plague those who love to spin and knit with silk. She relates that even the barest little roughness can snag the silk fiber, making an otherwise pleasant experience into a irritatingly bad situation.

Her tip to remedy the snagging can be found here.