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Twisted Yarn Overs and the BYO

In the Minamo pullover, I used Twisted Yarn Over increases, and not just the good old regular Yarn Over (YO) but the Backwards Yarn Over (BYO) too – but knit into the back leg and the front leg respectively to twist the holes shut. Increasing like this might seem needlessly different when the ...

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Colour dominance in stranded knitting

If you're familiar with stranded knitting, you've probably heard of the concept of colour dominance. I won't be writing about how holding the yarns determines dominance because there are so many different knitting styles, and so many smart knitters have already written about it more eloquently than ...

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Knitting left-handed

Being a left-handed “mirror” knitter is a little more challenging than knitting the conventional, right-handed way, but I think most of us lefties don’t mind trading in a little confusion for the comfort of doing something that feels more natural. After all, we’re accustomed to dealing with lots of ...

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