As my
bookshelves at home will attest to, I have a weakness for knitting books (well,
all books really). Good or bad, new or old, I don't really care. I love reading
new patterns and finding new techniques or just seeing what other people
design. But, there is a major drawback to knitting books - they're all two
dimensional. I almost always find it nearly impossible to learn how to do a new
stitch or a difficult bind-off through a flat drawing/picture on a page.
Despair!
But fear
not! This is where the magic of the Internet comes to the rescue. Little known
fact: YouTube is good for something other than watching cats and stupid guys.
Its also good for learning new knitting techniques! Need to learn how to do a
perfect mattress stitch? Stumped by a picot bind off? Just do a quick YouTube
search and all of your problems will disappear - well the knitting ones anyway.
Mattress Stitch:
Picot Bind-Off:
What was your best tool for learning a new stitch or technique?
Casting Off -
Megan