Learn to Knit – The Knit Crowd

Knit Ombre Ridge Blanket + Tutorial

January 17, 2017January 9, 2017 Michael Sellick

Knit Ombre Ridge Blanket The Knit Ombre Ridge Blanket is a fun little stitch that uses 3 strands of Caron One Pound Yarn at the same time. If you look carefully at the pattern, you will notice the yarn has a gradation of colour transfer. This is done through the 3 strands used in the project. So for the solid colours, there are 3 identical colour strands in play. As the project knits up, you will eliminate one strand with a different colour… this changes the colour slightly. The entire…

Knit Mighty Miter Pillow + Tutorial

January 13, 2017January 13, 2017 Michael Sellick

Knit Mighty Miter Pillow The Knit Mighty Miter Pillow is a simplistic design consisting of knit miter squares. The pattern is using a miter to make each one of the squares involve. From the pillow face, you can see 4 squares sewn together at the cast-on seam. The back side of the pillow is the same. To make this pillow, you need to make 8 miter squares and attach them together through whip stitching. Be sure to put in your pillow form into the pillow before closing. Seems like that…

Knit Essential Stripes Blanket + Tutorial

January 11, 2017January 9, 2017 Michael Sellick

Knit Essential Stripes Blanket The Knit Essential Stripes Blanket is a simplistic blanket of just the garter stitch back and forth. If you are new to knitting, this is a great starter project if you want to go beyond dishcloths. There are 5 panels that make up this blanket. Together, they are sewn together to form the entire blanket. The pattern looks complicated but it’s really not. The pattern is long due to the colouring that is applied to it. Of course, you see striping, so this means there is…

Knit In A Wink Baby Blanket + Tutorial

December 28, 2016 Michael Sellick

Knit Baby Blanket Learn to knit the In A Wink Baby Blanket by Yarnspirations.com. This is just a simple garter stitch. It’s a great starter project for knitters to test their skills in knitting. The garter stitch is simply the knit stitch back and forth. There is nothing truly fancy about this pattern. The pattern suggests changing colours but you can make that choice that best suits your lifestyle. Tutorial

Garter Stitch Dishcloth + Tutorial

December 28, 2016January 4, 2017 Michael Sellick

Garter Stitch Dishcloth Start putting your basic skills of knitting together with your first project as the Garter Stitch Dishcloth. Remember, the garter stitch is just a term for the knit stitch back and forth without doing anything special. When every row is a knit stitch, it’s referred to as a garter stitch. The tutorial below will demonstrate getting you started. I have included the tutorial on how to cast off when you are done. Tutorial

Welcome to The Knit Crowd

December 27, 2016December 27, 2016 theknitc

I’m Mikey, founder of The Crochet Crowd and tutorial host for learning to knit. I don’t spend much time in front of the camera as I usually start with just my hands and a quick introduction to the what we are going to be learning. I learned to do the garter stitch when I was a kid with my mother. I never did any projects with the skills. When I was 14, I asked how to crochet from my mom. I gravitated towards crochet and my adult years have been…