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TECH-niques to turn HOME MADE knitting into HANDMADE knitting
(+ sporadic forays into politics)

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Profiles in puffiness

Double knit cables and other textures:
3-D vertical baffles via four-needle double-knitting

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A green striped, double knit, cabled fabric is doubled over so the stuffed baffles show in profile. Below that is another green striped double knit fabric, this one in alternating stripes of seed and stockinette, also in profile along the horizontal edge
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Knitters are asking me: Is 4-needle double-knitting related to 4 double-pointed needles?

The answer is no.

An illustrated post shows the difference + what 4-needle double-knitting actually is.

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graphic in two parts. The top shows the four-needle double-knitting set-up to be two circular needles with a total of four tips, each tip is numbered. The bottom shows four double-pointed needles (dpn's). Each needle is numbered. The title is "similar names, different set-ups."
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Four needle double knitting in the third dimension, part 1: horizontal baffles

Use the new 4-needle double knitting method to create horizontal tubes like on a puffer jacket; tubes which can be stuffed.
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A photo showing alternating blue and green horizontal stripes, four rows high, separated by single rows of rose colored yarn. The work is in stockinette and is understood to be reversible from the subject title.
October 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Four needle double knitting: improved tension & a better display of the design as you go. Easier to see, easier to work.

Many years in the making, I hope you will find it useful.

Post contains two videos.
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The illustration shows two hands holding four knitting needles, with each needle tip numbered. The needles are working a double-sided "double knit" fabric, green on the front, maroon on the back.
August 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Double knitting + Independent layers, a trick useful for projects with lots of one-color backgrounds

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Four panel photo showing a red and white potholder made via double knitting the top, bottom and sides, while working the large one-color area in the middle via simple stockinette fabric. Two panels show the work in progress (front and back). The other two panels show the finished work (front and back).
July 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Double knitting: the What and the How
(History[ish], Theory, How-to Demos)

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A sock being double knit, which is a black outside layer and a white inside layer, with the stitches arranged alternately on three double-pointed needles. The sock has diamond designs on it in white on the visible black layer, and (because the sock is double knit) the implication is that there are corresponding black designs on the inside white layer.
June 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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No Kings Wanted here

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Blue crown on a gold background with graffiti-like writing on left side saying "no kings."
June 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Double knitting intro: getting stitches ONTO and OFF your needles + working SIDE EDGES

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Close up of top and bottom edges of a red and white double knitting project
May 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Grafting in Purl, Using Knitting Stitches & a Knitting Needle (Easier Kitchener Stitching, part 2) techknitting.blogspot.com/2025/04/graf...

Makes a line of purl on stockinette. A good way graft w/ a fold line (top of a double knitting project, e.g.)
A purl graft at the top of a blue and white double knitting project. The graft makes a fold line, applying a contrasting color line of purls to one side, and a line of attractive bumps in same color, to the other.
April 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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#Aprilfools #KnittersHaveToEat #cake

April fools! Today, this knitting blog has a recipe for you.

Apple ginger microwave dumpling cake.

Half cake, half steamed dumpling, all delicious
An individual serving apple dumpling cake sitting on a plate, plate is on a counter
April 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Honeycomb (and other) cables in heavy yarn: a little trick to loosen the crosses and protect your wrist.

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A maroon honeycomb cabled cowl photographed on a white background
March 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Various items, not originally meant for knitters, but very handy for organization

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A roll-up pencil case, repurposed as a holder for circular knitting needles
March 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Double fold-back steeks, good for wall hangings & cushion tops. Could use on blankets too, and maybe cardigan front bands

The finishing work is done ahead. When you cut, the ends fold under, forever hidden.

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view of a knitted sample, steeked, offering inside and outside views of a new technique. The sample is worked in bright blue stockinette and has dark blue garter stitch borders. Notable is that the cut ends from steeking are completely hidden.
February 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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They have already accessed the Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS), a system used by IRS employees to retrieve account information. Musk software engineer Gavin Kliger is among those accessing the data. Additionally, 15,000 IRS employees are expected to be fired this coming week.
February 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Musk’s staffers are accessing the heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service (IRS) system, which contains detailed financial information on every taxpayer, business, and nonprofit in the country.
February 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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New Post: Love, Hearts, Infinity Loop videos...and your birth certificate

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SAVE me from Donald Trump's minions
A red knitted heart on a white background
February 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Working in LOTS of ends in Banner knitting.

Many techniques to fasten down all those pesky ends. techknitting.blogspot.com/2025/02/work...
The word "knitting," knitted, showing lots of ends "parked" on the fabric surface.
February 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde

Hero.
January 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Everyone lost, some just don't know it yet
January 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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#knitting #knittinghowto #knittingtechnique #politicalknitting Banner knitting: techniques to efficiently knit words & letters. Christmas stockings is one use. Expressing your views in a world of fire and turmoil is a better. Get it off (or on?) your chest.
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Knitting in a world on Fire
January 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Fact check: True.

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January 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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New post up!

Needle felting Tricks for Knitters: Cutting Steeks, Fastening Floats &Touching up Color Knitting
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<b>Needle felting tricks for knitters</b><br><small><i>Cutting Steeks, Fastening Floats<br> & Touching up Color Knitting</small></i>
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December 29, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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This wrecks me—every single time.
Sentimental Moment or Why Did the Baguette Cross the Road? Don't fill up on bread I say absent-mindedly The servings here are huge My son, whose hair may be receding a bit, says Did you really just say that to me? What he doesn't know is that when we're walking together, when we get to the curb I sometimes start to reach for his hand —Robert Hershon
November 29, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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Splitting (unspinning) yarn: thinner strands for utility or color work
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4-ply yarn being unspun (split) into two 2-ply strands, making a thicker yarn into two thinner strands
November 29, 2024 at 11:42 AM
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Someone asked: How can I tell if I'm winding my balls of yarn too tight?

-- Drop a commercially wound ball of yarn. It will bounce a little.
-- Drop your hand-wound ball.

If your ball bounces higher, you might want to consider re-winding
November 21, 2024 at 10:30 AM