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Isla Dixon
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I'm all about stuff that involves fiber.
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Have you ever dropped the first or the last stitch of a row? If you have, then you probably know that when the edge stitches unravel, they turn side edges of the fabric into an ugly mess of tangled strands
For more details about this method, go to
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October 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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This video tutorial is about a simple way to fix dropped edge stitches without a crochet hook
Watch full tutorial
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Fix a Dropped Edge Stitch Without a Crochet Hook
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October 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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If you have selvedge stitches at the sides of your project, attach the new yarn after you work the selvedges. This way, the pattern at the side edges will not get interrupted.

For more details
www.10rowsaday.com/join-yarn

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October 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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This is a step-by-step tutorial that explains five ways to join a new ball of yarn in a knitting project. These ways work for attaching a new ball of yarn of the same colour when you ran out of yarn, and for attaching yarn in a different colour.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxo9...

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How to Add a New Ball of Yarn - Five Ways
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October 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Learn to make twisted knit and purl stitches when you work using the Eastern (Russian) knitting style. Step-by-step tutorial for beginners
For more details about method
www.10rowsaday.com/russian-twis...

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October 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Learn to make twisted knit and purl stitches when you work using the Eastern (previously known as Russian) knitting style.

Watch full tutorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvbl...

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Twisted Knit and Purl Stitches in Eastern (Russian) Knitting
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October 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Easy Cast On for Toe-Up Socks
The method explained in this tutorial is a blend of several adjustments and it works well for different setups that allow us to knit in the round
For more details about this method
www.10rowsaday.com/magic-caston

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October 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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This tutorial explains the easiest and most efficient way to do Judy's Magic Cast-on to cast on stitches for toe-up socks, bags, toys and other seamless projects that should begin from a closed edge.

Watch tutorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUkl...

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Easy Cast On for Toe-Up Socks
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October 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Perfect Way to Shape Armholes
Step-by-step tutorial for beginners and more advanced knitters about a simple way to make sloped bind off at two sides of the fabric.
www.10rowsaday.com/sloped-bindo...

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October 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Perfect Way to Join Chunky Yarn
Step-by-step tutorial for beginners and more advanced knitters about a way to join a new ball of yarn without leaving any tails to weave in.

www.10rowsaday.com/split-join

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October 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Eastern (Russian) Ribbing - Simple Way to Make Any Rib Pattern Neater.

For more details about this method
www.10rowsaday.com/russian-ribb...

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September 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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It is a quick tutorial about Eastern ribbing - a common way to work ribbing in Eastern (previously known as Russian) knitting and a great way to make any ribbing stitch neater.

Watch full tutorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkA9...

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Eastern (Russian) Ribbing - Simple Way to Make Any Rib Pattern Neater
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September 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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The best way to make sure your finished sweater fits is to knit it to the measurements of your favourite sweater

Free Download
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October 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Step-by-step tutorial about a simple way to make a beautiful cast on edging with a twist. This edging will turn cuff-down socks, mittens and bottom-up hat into a one-of-a-kind creation. It look great at the bottom of a sweater the sleeves.

Watch tutorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aekw...

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Latvian Twist Edging - Great for Socks, Mittens, Hats and Shawls
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September 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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I share with you a few tips that help me keep the stranded colourwork in my projects even and nice-looking without much effort.

For more details about this method
www.10rowsaday.com/stranded-kni...

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September 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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f the pattern you follow instructs you to knit this stitch in the next row or purl it in the next round (to work in the garter stitch), do what our grandmothers did and simply knit three stitches together
For more details about this method
www.10rowsaday.com/russian-doub...

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September 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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This tutorial explains how to make a centred double decrease when we knit using the Eastern (previously known as Russian) knitting style
Watch full tutorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKWa...

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Eastern (Russian) Knitting - Centred Double Decrease
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September 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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When we pick up a dropped stitch, we should alternate knitting and purling the unravelled strands through that runaway stitch

For more details about this method
www.10rowsaday.com/fix-garter-s...

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When we make a stockinette fabric, the process of picking up a dropped stitch is quite straightforward - we knit unravelled strands one by one through the dropped stitch to rebuild the column of knitted stitches.
September 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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This is a step-by-step tutorial for beginners that shows how to pick up dropped stitches in garter stitch without a crochet hook.

Watch full tutorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF3G...

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Fixing Dropped Stitches in Garter Stitch Without a Crochet Hook
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September 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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This library is a cosy home to various e-books and charts that explain in great detail knitting techniques, tips and tricks. There is also a bunch of patterns and you are very welcome to use them in your future projects.

Free Knitting Resources
www.10rowsaday.com/library

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September 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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This video is a quick overview of the Library of Free Knitting Resources.
All that information is packed in PDF files - you could easily download and save them to your device. This way you will have those tips ready to use whenever you need them
Watch video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdQI...

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Free Knitting E-Books, Charts, Patterns and More
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September 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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I learned this method from an old knitting book. Apparently, this way used to be more popular than the SSK we use now.
For more details about this method
www.10rowsaday.com/neater-ssk

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September 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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This is a detailed tutorial for beginners about a neater and quicker way to make a slip-slip-knit (SSK) decrease.

Watch full tutorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDtj...

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Neater SSK
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September 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Hat Size Chart - Free Download

Each size is given for a hat with a loose fit, tighter fit, and snug fit to make it easier for you to make a hat in just the right size and fit for anyone.

Free Download
www.10rowsaday.com/hat-size-chart

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September 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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To make a bar increase in Eastern knitting, we should reverse the steps and knit a stitch through the back loop before we knit it through the front loop
For more details about this method
www.10rowsaday.com/russian-bar-...

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When we knit using the Eastern (previously known as Russian) knitting style, the stitches have a different orientation on the needles. Unlike the stitches worked using any of the classic knitting styles, in Eastern knitting, the right leg of a stitch is at the back of the knitting needle. That’s why if we want to make an increase by knitting a stitch “front and back” we get a result that does not look like a bar increase in the classic knitting. To make a bar increase in Eastern knitting, we should reverse the steps and knit a stitch through the back loop before we knit it through the front loop.
September 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM