The ‘How-to Library’ from Morehouse Farm
Hello and welcome!
To me, knitting is a lifelong journey where I’m constantly adding tools to my knitter’s toolbox. This section is chock-full of the video tutorials we’ve made for our knitalongs or in response to your questions.
Click on a description to watch the video!
Knitting in General
Basic Continental Knitting Knitting the Continental Way
Placing a Lifeline
Repairing a Dropped Stitch
Where Extra Stitches Come From
Where Holes Come From
Joining Yarns without a Knot: Friction Splicing
Casting On
E-Loop Cast On
Long-Tail Cast On
Cable Cast On
Garter-Tab Cast On
German Twisted Cast On
Judy’s Magic Cast-On
How Much Yarn for a Long-Tail Cast-On
Increases
Make 1: KFB (Knit Front and Back)
Knit 1 Again; Knit 1 Again/KFB
Knitting in the Round
Transferring Stitches to DPNs
Joining the DPNs
Magic Loop: knit in the round with a looooong circular needle, no matter how big the circumference
Two Socks at a Time
Dividing for Turning the Heel with Two Socks at a Time
Binding Off
Binding Off/Jeny’s Super Stretchy Bind-Off
A Little Stretchier-But Not Too Stretchy Bind-Off
Three-Needle Bind Off
3-Needle Bind off with Circular Needles
Another great technique for a little extra stretch in a bind-off
Cables
The Basics of Cables
Knitting Cables without a Cable Needle
Lace Knitting
Steeked Projects
Unraveling the Steek
Cutting the Steek
Brioche
All About Brioche
Beginning Brioche: The Set-Up Row
Troubleshooting Brioche
Fixing a row of dropped brioche stitches
Other Techniques
Adding an I-Cord Edge
Fair Isle/Colorwork
Wrap & Turn Short Rows
Two-Row Buttonhole
Double-Knitting
Pom-Poms
Diagonal Scallop Stitch
Beading with Dental Floss and a Floss Threader
Catching Floats
Crochet a Border
Eastern or Combination Purling
Quill Stitch – for the Morehouse Hedgehog Mitts
Bonus Farm Content!
The Cutest Lamb in the World because I couldn’t resist, and if you’ve watched this far you deserve to meet Hugo!
Bouncing Lambs
Pattern Guides