It is always exciting to start and finish a project! There are so many ways to begin and end our knitting so needing a place to reference the "how to's" is a must. I need a refresher from time to time myself! I have compiled some of the cast-ons and bind-offs you will see in Hanks And Needles patterns. Don't see what you are looking for? Know more are coming and, as the pattern collection grows, I will be updating here along the way to give you an accurate, handy place to ref

Have you ever found yourself confronted with a bunch of seemingly random letters in your pattern that left you scrambling to do a search? What do all those acronyms and abbreviations mean?!? Sometimes they look like a completely different language! Well, fret no more! Below you will find a list of all the terms used in Hanks And Needles patterns, broken down into different categories so you can easily find what you are looking for: basic knitting, brioche, and cables. As the

If you are like me, you love doing cable work but hate keeping track of that extra needle. Let me show you how I work cables without that...

If you have looked at a lot of the knits I create they are full of twisting cables, flowing lace, and now squishy brioche. As much as I love all these techniques sometimes, just sometimes, I want to dive into a mindless knit that is perfect for zoning out to a good movie. Let the yarn flow over my needles, reading with stitches with my finger tips, and simply turn my busy mind off. However, just because the knit is simple doesn't mean it has to look like basic stitches. Thus,

I’m so excited to part of the Traveling Afghans project, this new year-long project sponsored by Lion Brand Yarn. In conjunction with...