Knitting tension tips

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Hello and as promised, welcome to a post all about tension. Tension has many meanings in modern life and while this one may not cause muscle spasm (although that depends on how tight you have knitt…

Tips to prevent problems with tension in knitting. Too loose, too tight or inconsistent tension affect the final look of your knitted project.

Tension, tension, tension. If only yarn tension came more easily to us, maybe there would...

We all know knitting can be an amazing soothing and relaxing activity. Knitting with the purpose of helping others can be incredibly fulfilling to the soul. It can also be a great way to contribute to or help those in need. There is no greater feeling than knowing a newborn baby, hospital patient or friend is wearing and loving every stitch that you knitted. Sometimes though, it can be hard to know where to start when you want to knit hats and scarves for the homeless, for charities, friends…

Purling continental style can be more of a struggle than knitting. It was very awkward for me at first, but now I’m sharing my tips for working faster and with better tension.

Do your swatches always look bumpy? You might be suffering from rowing out! Rowing out is inconsistent tension in which every other row is looser than the one above or below it. It's often caused by looser purl stitches compared to knit stitches. In this blog post I'll discuss about a common knitting problem called rowing out, what causes it, and suggest three possible solutions to fixing it: changing needle size, the way you tension yarn, or the way you purl.

Have you ever had problems with tension in Continental Knitting? Try these 5 tips to fix your tension now! Full Video Tutorial!

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