Real Time Kniting @simplyscandiknitting - Tumblr Blog

This blog will post videos that's just knitting. No comments. No action. Just knitting. Both because it can be relaxing to watch and to show how long it takes. Sometimes there will be instructions, mainly written or shown with pictures.

Tumblr's limit is 10min and 500 mb per reel, but the same project will be tagged and linked together.

Links to finished projects and knitting instructions under cut

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chameleonsd1sh

hi knitting tumblr. um i don't knit but my aunt recently passed and left behind a bunch of extremely high quality yarn. i know very little about yarn and even less about knitting, so i'd like to sell it, and i'm planning on trying ravelry and local facebook groups, but i wanted to see if there's anybody local who is interested.

i live in southern ontario, but the yarn is currently in central ontario. if there's enough interest i could do a yard sale instead of transporting the yarn home? let me know and we'll see

i'm attaching some pics to give an idea of what i've got. this is only a fraction of it. please let me know if you have any interest or know anyone who would be willing to purchase some! i'd also appreciate any more advice on sites, communities, etc. where i could offload some of it.

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annaplexis

How I join skeins

muppetk

Cleeeeeveeer!

jeanjauthor

It's good to learn, remember, and share stuff like this.

heroineimages

When my mom or her sisters did crochet growing up, their dickhead older brothers thought it was hilarious to snip the yarn somewhere in the middle of the bundle. I suspect mom would've found a trick like this really handy.

prismatic-bell

Oh, this is a modified Russian join!

Here’s a full one:

1) find the end of both pieces. I’m using an off-white and a variegated green so you can easily see what I’m doing, but this can be used to join any two pieces of yarn that are the same weight as each other whether they’re the same color or not.

2) wrap the ends around each other like this. You don’t actually have to lay them down, I did it for clarity in the photos.

3) you’ll need a needle like this. They’re sold under the names “tapestry needle” or “yarn needle.” If you ever manage to find them made out of bamboo or wood, PLEASE TELL ME.

4) thread the yarn through itself as shown in the video above. HOWEVER, where that video shows strand #1 being threaded into strand #2, with the Russian join you’ll thread strand #1 back into itself, using the wrap around strand #2 as an anchor point. I use my toes as a “third hand” when doing stuff like this, but I’ve also seen people use the heel of their hand or a convenient paperweight or even nothing at all. Whatever will let you create a tight join is what you want to use.

Make sure you get this loop as small as you can.

5) repeat on strand #2. Trim the remaining ends.

6) you’re done! This is one of the strongest joins in crochet and knitting. It’s virtually undetectable in a finished project, and because of the wraparound shown in step #2 it can’t pull apart like a knot will.

Actually, wait…

7) don’t forget to put away your needle! “I’ll just stick it in the ball for later” is a comforting lie. The needle will disappear into the ball and you will never see it again, unless your foot finds it later. Don’t do it to yourself. PUT IT AWAY.

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annaplexis

Two-handed stranded knitting - Catching floats

This is how to catch the dominant yarn (i.e. the one you are holding to the right) in two-handed knitting.

Remember that the catch is complete only after you have knitted the next stitch.

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dumbquestionsihave

People who do fiber arts as a hobby, if you were paid fairly, would you want to do it as a living?

Yes

No

I don't do fiber arts/results

Voting ended onFeb 28, 2025

blackirishweab

At this point it’s almost every time I open the app that I see someone revolutionizing a hobby I didn’t know needed it.

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annaplexis

Icelandic Cast Off

The Icelandic Cast Off is not particularly stretchy, but it is not quite as tight as the regular cast off.

So, for garter stitch, e.g. or neck lines, I usually prefer the Icelandic cast off.

Here I am using it to cast off the fingers on my StripesNFlowers Mitts

Fingerless mittens in fingering weight yarn worked in stranded knitting. The pattern includes an option to make the mitts with or without i

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annaplexis

Regular cast off This is the most basic way to cast off. It normally turns out rather tight though. I like to go up half a needle size to ge

Icelandic cast off

The Icelandic cast off is slightly looser than the regular cast off, so it’s better suited for e.g. garter stitch. It is, however, not particularly stretchy.

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annaplexis

In intricate patterns, such as cables, brioche and lace, it’s a good idea to make ex ante lifelines every now and then, e.g. every pattern repeat, just in case you need to redo a section.

I like to use unwaxed dental floss, but you can use any thin and slippery yarn. As always, use a thinner needle to rescue the stitches.

Hopefully, you won’t need to use the lifelines, in which case, you merely need to pull them out when your work is done.

And remember: undoing, frustrating as it may be, is an essential part of the creative process

Happy knitting 🧶

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roboticchibitan

Sometimes I see a photo of knitting and I start squinting at it like "are those stitches twisted? Those stitches are twisted. Do they know? Should I tell them? If they're a new self taught knitter maybe I should say something..." I don't want them to feel like strangers are knitpicking their hard work! But twisted stitches can affect a lot of stuff and some techniques or types of knitting like lace don't work properly with twisted stitches.

yarnaddiction

I literally know someone who didn't realize they'd been knitting twisted stitches for years until they saw a closeup photo of someone else's knitting. And they weren't even self taught!

So it's possible they don't know!

iplaywithstring

I used to twist my stitches knitting flat vut not in the round - confused a lot of people! Turns out I'm a combination knitter and I was throwing my knits clockwise and purls counterclockwise (I think?)

When someone pointed it out, they also showed me how I could fix it by just going in the stitch different (making sure i opened it instead of twisting) and it was super helpful.

So I'd say worth pointing out.

the-fibre-stuff

I use two main tools to try and avoid being an asshole or the knitting police about it.

There's the obvious one of context - if someone's asking for feedback, or complaining that their fabric looks/stretches funny that's obviously a much more appropriate time to mention it than the huge pieces of colourwork with the obviously twisted stitches that float around.

But I also like to approach it as "are you aware your twisting your stitches?" or "hey, just so you know...", and otherwise try to make it clear that this is a "letting you know in case you care" comment, because there are definitely wannabe knitting police here, who cannot wrap their heads around the idea that some people would dislike changing how they knit more than they'd like having non-twisted stitches. (This is a MUST if you're going for the risky "I'm so excited to have started knitting!" cases.)

annaplexis

3-needle join

You are more likely to encounter the 3-needle cast off, which I particularly like using for shoulders. But it’s also possible to do a 3-needle join without casting off, if you want to join two layers of fabric and then knit on, e.g. if you are making a folded hem and have used a provisional cast on.

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annaplexis

Knitted buttonhole

There are many different ways of making buttonholes. This is my preferred method of making buttonholes in a garter stitch button band: Make 3 backward loops, slip next 2 stitches knitwise one by one, pass first slipped stitch over the second, slip stitch back to left hand needle, k2tog. You have now bound off 2 stitches but cast on 3 stitches. In next row, when you come to buttonhole, knit 2 backward loops, then k2tog, i.e. knit the last backward loop together with the following stitch.

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