Basic Knitting Tutorials

These videos demonstrate some of the tips and tricks I've learned along the way.

The Trick Play Technique - and special trick for easy long tail cast on.

This video demonstrates the "Trick Play" technique, which is a neat way of creating ridges of stockinette and reverse stockinette without ever purling.  A little bonus is provided to show an adaptation for the long tail cast on that not only eliminates the guess work behind how long a tail to use, but also eliminates any yarn ends to weave in, and finishes with two strands in position to begin working the trick play technique - this trick leaves me with a smug sense of satisfaction every time I use it.