General references, tip collections

Abbreviations, definitions, international knitting terms

Basic skills

Beads

Binding off

Blocking

Bobbles

Brioche stitch

Buttonbands

Buttonholes

Cables

Calculators

Casting off see Binding off

Casting on

Charts

Circular knitting

Color knitting

Combined knitting

Decreases

Design and alterations

Double knitting

Edges see also Buttonbands; Hems and facings; Selvedges

Entrelac

Facings see Hems and facings

Felting

Fit see Sizing, fit and ease

Fixing mistakes

Foreign knitting terms

Gauge

Grafting

Hems and facings

I-cord

Increases

Intarsia

International knitting terms

Jogless stripes

Joining new yarn

Kitchener stitch see Grafting

Knit stitch

Knitting backward

Lace knitting

Learn to knit see Basic skills

Magic loop

Miscellaneous

Mosaic knitting see Slip-stitch knitting

Nupps

Picking up stitches

Purl stitch

Recycling yarn

Seams

Selvedges

Shaping see Design and alterations; Short rows

Short rows

Sizing, fit and ease

Slip knot

Slip-stitch knitting

Sock knitting

Steeks

Stitch patterns

Stranding techniques

Stripes

Swatching

Translations of knitting terms

Twined knitting

Twisted or traveling stitches

Weaving in ends

Winding yarn into balls

Yarn overs

Zippers

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General references, tip & tutorial collections

TECHknitting subject index
Invaluable collection of in-depth, clear, illustrated explanations of knitting techniques

KnittingHelp.com
Amy and Sheldon Finlay’s site is an excellent resource for how-to videos

How-tos at Knitter's Review

Tips and how-tos at Classic Elite Yarns

Knit Picks tutorial collection

Sarah Bradberry’s tips and techniques at knitting-and.com

Tutorial directory at Knitting Pattern Central

Technique features at Knotions

How-tos at Knitting Daily

How to Knit for Beginners - printable 8-page ebook from Knitting Daily; good intro to the basics

Video tutorials at Knitting at Knoon

Tutorials at Stitch Diva Studios

Knitting lessons at dummies.com

Granny's Garret link list of knitting tutorials and information
 

Abbreviations, definitions, international knitting terms

Standard abbreviations

International knitting terms: 1 (at Wiseneedle)  2 (at Drops Design-10 languages)  3 (list of foreign-language knitting resources at Yarn Over)  4 and 5 (knitting term dictionaries at Knittingfool)  6 (at Heirloom Knitting; 7 European languages)  7 (German knitting terms)  8

Techniques with Theresa at Knitty magazine
 

Basic skills see also  Slip knot; Casting on; Binding off; Increases; Decreases

Knitting basics at knitting.about.com:  1  2 

Basics at KnittingHelp.com

Knit 101 at Knit 1 magazine
 
Knit 101 at Knitsimple magazine

Knit stitch
Continental method  (video) English method  (video) Combined knitting method  (video)

Purl stitch
Continental method  (video) English method  (video) Combined knitting method  (video) Norwegian method  (video)

Picking vs. throwing: explanation and how-tos at Knitting Daily

How to follow a pattern at dummies.com
 

Beads

Sivia Harding article in Knitty

Knitter's Review article

Threading beads onto yarn (PDF file at siviaharding.com)

Adding beads - photo tutorials:  crochet hook method  (at FluffyKnitter Deb)  using beading wire (at Rosemary-go-round)  using SuperFloss (at Rosemary-go-round)

Safely removing beads that are wrongly placed (Rosemary-go-round)

Choosing the right bead size (Laura Nelkin Designs)
 

Binding off

Techniques with Theresa at Knitty  1   2

Bindoffs at KnittingHelp.com

Basic method: 1  2 (Continental style, video)  3 (English style, video)

Binding off in pattern  Continental style (video)  English style  (video)

Decrease bindoff

Double crochet bindoff  (video)

Elizabeth Zimmermann's casting on-casting off (aka better bindoff) from Whit's Knits

Flexible bind-offs 1 (Knitty article)  2 (at Weebleknits)  3 (JSSBO)

I-cord bindoff  1  2

Icelandic bindoff (aka Russian bindoff) (video)

Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bindoff (JSSBO)

One over two bindoff for gathered edges Continental style  (video) English style  (video)

Picot bindoff  1  2

Sewn bindoffs:
Jeny Staiman's Interlock bindoff
Elizabeth Zimmermann’s sewn bindoff  1  2  3  4
Sewn K1 P1 bindoffs for ribbing: video Part 1  Part 2
photo tutorials  1  2

Single crochet bindoff  1  2  (video)

Sloped bindoff for shaped edges Continental style  (video) English style  (video) and smoothing a stair-step bindoff (Classic Elite tutorial)

Stretchy rolled edge for ribbing (TECHknitting)

Suspended bindoff  1  2  (Continental style, video) 3 (English style, video)

3-needle bindoff  1  2  (video)  3 (photo tutorial)

Tubular bindoff  1 (at TECHknitting)  2 (at Savannahchik Knits)  3 (video)
 

Blocking

Overviews:  1 (Knitty article)  2 (at TECHknitting)  3  ( at the Knitting Curmudgeon; PDF file)  4  (at knitting.about.com)  5 (KnitPicks video tutorial) 

Blocking lace:  1 (Knitting Daily TV)  2 and 3 (KnitPicks videos)  4 (Knitting Curmudgeon; PDF file)
 

Bobbles

1 (article at knitting.about.com)  2 (photo tutorial at Classic Elite)  3 (KnittingHelp.com video)  4 (Lucy Neatby video)  5 (Drops Design video)
 

Brioche stitch

All about brioche stitch at Nancy Marchant's site:
Brioche in one color: basics  stitch variations
Brioche in two or more colors: basics  variations
 

Buttonbands

Sewn-on buttonbands in 1x1 rib (Berroco video tutorial)

Separate vertical button band at Chic Knits

Double-knit vertical button band at pieKnits

Ribbon-faced buttonbands at the Knitting Harpy

Buttonhole spacing: calculator (at the Knitting Fiend)  tips and video (at Knitting Daily)

Picking up stitches for buttonband: calculator at the Knitting Fiend (see also Picking up stitches)
 

Buttonholes

TECHKnitter's Tulips buttonhole: (video demo from Knitting Daily; print article in Interweave Knits, Summer 2010)

Techniques with Theresa at Knitty

Buttonholes 1 (at Knitsimple)  2 (at Knitting on the Net)

One-row buttonhole  video

Spacing buttonholes 

Button loops: 1 (at My Fashionable Life)  2 (Berroco video tutorial)
 

Cables

Techniques with Theresa at Knitty  1  2

Cable knitting at dummies.com

Cable knitting video at Knitting Daily TV

Cabling with a cable needle  (video)

Cabling without a cable needle  1 (Knitty article)  2 (video at Knittinghelp.com)  3 (Wendy Johnson tutorial)  4 (Knitting Daily tutorial)  5 (Knitting Daily video)

Tips for avoiding ladders (loose purl stitches) 1 (Knitty article)  2 (at Classic Elite)

Reading cable charts (Knitty article)

Fixing cable mistakes  1 (Knitty article)  2 (at the Yarn Harlot)

Increasing or decreasing in pattern (Sandi Rosner at Twist Collective)

Swatching cable patterns - tutorial at Brooklyntweed

Planning a custom Aran sweater - tutorial from Flory Loughhead (PDF; free Ravelry download)
 

Calculators

List of knitting calculators at the Knitting Fiend

Waist shaping calculator at Knitting Daily

Sleeve shaping calculators at the Knitting Fiend: top down  bottom up

Armscye calculator for set-in sleeves at French Roast Design

Shawl progress calculator at Rose-Kim knits (Excel spreadsheet)
 

Casting on

Videos at KnittingHelp.com

Backward loop or e-wrap  1  2  (video)

Cable cast on  1  2 (Continental style; video)  3 (English style; video)  4 (tutorial at Knitting Daily)

Alternating K1 P1 cable cast on for ribbing  1 (at Knittinghelp.com)  2 (at Berroco) (videos)

Channel Island cast on  1 (video & drawings at Knitting Daily)   2 (video)  3  (photo tutorial)  4 (photo tutorial from JoLene Treace; PDF file)

Cast-ons for circular shawls or doilies:
Emily Ocker's circular beginning:  1  (photo tutorial)  2 (video)  3 (video)
Disappearing loop cast on at TECHknitting

Estonian double start cast on (Nancy Bush at Knitting Daily TV) for top-down socks

Figure 8 cast on (on two circulars; video)

Garter tab cast on for top-down shawls: 1 (Loop Yarn video)  2  (Westknits photo tutorial)

I-cord cast on

Jeny's Stretchy Slipknot Cast-on

Judy’s magic cast on for toe-up socks:  1 (Knitty article)  2 (Cat Bordhi video)  3 (extras and foreign language tutorials at Persistent Illusion)

Knitted cast on or knitting on  1 (Knitty article)  2 (Continental style; video)  3 (English style, video)   4 (English style - Nancy Bush video with audio & tip for speed)

Lace cast ons (Eunny Jang article)

Long tail cast on  1 (Knitty article)  2  (video)

Estimating yarn length for long-tail cast on

Long tail variations: thumb method  (video)  long tail for ribbing (Eunny Jang video - same on both sides)

Moebius cast on: Cat Bordhi video   Jeny Staiman's method

Old Norwegian cast on  1  (Knitting Help video)  2 (tutorial + video at Knitting Daily)

Provisional cast ons:
3 methods: over waste yarn or circular needle cable; crochet chain; crochet over needle. Includes how to remove cast on and put stitches on needle. (Knitting Daily TV video)
Over waste yarn  1 (Knitty article)  2  (video)
Long-tail provisional cast on with waste yarn  1 (at Knit and Tonic)   2 (at TECHknitting)
Crochet-over-the-needle method photo tutorials  1 (at Rainy Day Knits) 2 (at Rosemary-go-round)
video at Knitting at Knoon
to begin a triangular shawl, at Wendy Knits
Removing a provisional cast on (Lucy Neatby video)

Slipknot cast on by Janel Laidman (video)

Stretchy rolled edge for ribbing (TECHknitting)

Turkish or Eastern cast on: 1 (at FluffyKnitterDeb)  2 (video)

Twisted German cast on (video tutorials)  1  2 (Lucy Neatby)

Tubular cast on  1 (Knitty article)  2 (video at Knitting Daily TV)  3 (Ysolda Teague video)  4 (Sivia Harding article)  5 (Italian method, at Fluffbuff)  6 (in the round, for socks or mitts, at Rosemary-go-round)
 

Charts

Craft Yarn Council standard chart symbols

Reading charts: overviews 1 (Knitty article)  2  3 (tutorial at the Knit Foundry; PDF file)
Making Sense of Symbols: a Guide to Reading Charts (Ann Budd article from Interweave Knits)
Cable charts: video at Berroco yarns
Lace charts: 1 (Eunny Jang article)  2 (video at Knitpicks lace class)
Beginning/ending points for different sizes (at Classic Elite)

Making your own charts: 1 (Knitty article)  2 (at the Domestik Goddess)  3 (using Excel; at Fleegle's blog)  3 (charting colorwork with Excel, from Marnie MacLean)  4 (color chart maker at Tricksy Knitter)

Knitting symbol fonts for download (free):
Aire River font   XRX - Knitter's Magazine font

Free tools to create grid charts from images:  KnitPro   Knitting Pattern Generator

Charting software reviews from the Knitting Curmudgeon (PDF file)
 

Circular knitting see also Jogless stripes; Socks; Steeks

TECHknitting series: Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  Part 4

Large diameter: video tutorial

Using double-pointed needles  1 (TECHknitting article)  2 (video)   3 (Knitter's Review tutorial)

Joining for first round: 1 (TECHknitting jogless join)  2 (at KnitPicks)

Using two circular needles: 1  (video)  2 (Flickr photo tutorial)  3 (Cat Bordhi video)
 
Magic loop technique: 1 (video)  2 (at Purlwise)  3 (photo tutorial at Knitting Daily)

No-purl garter stitch in the round (at Fleegle's blog) and video tutorial from Kate Davies

Tubular cast-on in the round (at Rosemary-go-round)

Cast-ons for circular shawls or doilies:
Emily Ocker's circular beginning: 1  (photo tutorial)  2 (video)   3 (video)
Disappearing loop cast on at TECHknitting

Swatching for circular knitting: video  article
 

Color knitting (see also Stripes)

Stranding (see also Steeks):  Techniques with Theresa at Knitty on stranding
TECHknitting series:  Part 1  Part 2  Part 3
Video tutorials 1 (at Knitting Help)  2 (KnitPicks)  3 (both yarns in the left hand)  4 (Berroco; dropping yarn not in use - also shows wrong side purling)
All about floats (at Knitting in Color): Part 1  Part 2
Stranding with 3 colors per row - four methods (Anne Featonby videos)
Weaving, trapping or catching floats 1 (video) 2 (video)  3 (instructions w/drawings)
 
Intarsia: 1 (Knitting Help video)  2 (tutorial at the Purl Bee)  3 (Berroco video)
Intarsia in the round 1 (at String or Nothing)  2 (at Moth Heaven)

Slip-stitch colorwork: Kristi Porter article in Knitty   Video tutorial at Berroco

Double knitting: video at KnittingHelp.com
Photo tutorial at Winter Foliage: Part 1  Part 2
Double knitting technique to knit two socks at the same time: Knitty article

Brioche stitch in two or more colors: basics  variations

Roositud color inlay technique: tutorial at Spillyjane Knits (PDF file) and Knitting Daily TV video

Methods for joining in new yarn: TECHknitting series  1  2  3  4

Charting colorwork using Excel (Marnie MacLean tutorial)

Design your own Icelandic colorwork yoke sweater with this online tool
 

Combined or combination knitting

Annie Modesitt's website
Grumperina's overview
Knit stitch 1 (video) 2 (Annie Modesitt)
Purl stitch
 

Decreases

Techniques with Theresa on decreases in Knitty: 1  2

Decreases at KnittingHelp.com

TECHknitting articles (scroll down to "Decreases" for list)

Single decreases:
K2tog (knit two together)  1  2 (video)

K2togtbl (knit two together through back loop) 1  2 (video)

Ssk (slip, slip, knit)  1  2 (video)

Skp or sl1, k1, psso (slip one, knit one, pass slipped stitch over)  1  2 (video)

Mary English Morrison's decrease workshop at Knitting Beyond the Hebrides (scroll down)

Purl decreases at TECHknitting

Double decreases: Techniques with Theresa in Knitty: 1  2
Centered double decrease (sl2, k1, p2sso) 1 (Knitty article)  2 (at the Knitting Fiend)

Decreases in lace knitting: K2tog, Ssk, centered double decrease (KnitPicks video)

Decreasing (or increasing) in pattern for lace and cables (Sandi Rosner at Twist Collective)

Calculators for evenly spacing decreases: within a row 1 (at the Knitting Fiend);  2 (at KnitAble.net)  3 (#2 on the "How Many? Knitting Tool page)
Over multiple rows  1 (at KnitAble.net) 2 (#1 on the "How Many?" tool page)
 

Design & alterations see also Short rows; Sizing, fit and ease

Design & knit a custom-fit seamless raglan sweater: free 8-week online class at KnitPicks blog  Lesson 1: planning   Lesson 2: hems and casting on   Lesson 3: torso shaping   Lesson 4: sleeves   Lesson 5: necklines         (remaining lessons to come)  Lesson 6: the yoke   Lesson 7: finishing details

Designing a custom-fit bottom-up sweater knitted in pieces  (at Stash Knit Repeat):   step by step   worksheet (PDF)

TECHKnitter on designing & fitting knitwear: Part 1   Part 2

Planning a custom Aran sweater - tutorial from Flory Loughhead (PDF; free Ravelry download)

Jenna Wilson’s “Thinking Beyond the Pattern” column in Knitty

Altering width: Jenna Wilson in Knitty  Part 1   Part 2

Altering length: Jenna Wilson in Knitty  Part 1   Part 2

Bust dart calculator at the Knitting Fiend

Waist shaping calculator at Knitting Daily

Sleeve shaping at the Knitting Fiend

Jenna Wilson on sleeve design and construction  Part 1  Part 2  Part 3

Armscye calculator for set-in sleeves at French Roast Design

Set-in sleeve caps from the top down in the round at Purlwise

Hat crown shaping calculator at the Knitting Fiend

Grading patterns for multiple sizes (Jenna Wilson in Knitty)  Part 1  Part 2

Design your own Icelandic yoke sweater with this online tool
 

Double knitting

KnittingHelp.com double knitting video

Photo tutorial at Winter Foliage:  Part 1  Part 2

Double knitting technique to knit two socks at the same time: Knitty article
 

Edges see also Buttonbands; Picking up stitches; Selvedges

Faced hems and edges: 1  (Knitting Daily)  2  (at Nonaknits)  3  (Marnie Maclean)  picot-faced edges at Purlwise

Applied i-cord: 1 (knitting-and.com) 2 and 3 (Kelley Petkun, videos)
How to start (Keyboard Biologist)

Twisted garter-stitch edging for sock or sleeve cuffs or any cast-on edge
 

Entrelac

Interweave Knits article by Eunny Jang (at Knitting Daily; PDF file, registration required)

Overview at Wool Works Craft

Photo tutorial at the Yarnpath
 

Facings see Hems and facings

Felting

Felting primer at TECHknitting
 

Fixing mistakes and dropped stitches

Overviews: 1 (Knitty article)  2 (at dummies.com)
TECHknitting series:  1  2  3  4

Ripping back or tinking: 1 (Knitty article)  2 and  3 (videos)

Cable mistakes 1 (Knitty article)

Dropped stitches: 1  (video)  2 (video)

Lifelines: 1 (video)  2 (at Heartstrings Fiber Arts)

Lace repair tutorial at Heartstrings Fiber Arts
 

Gauge see also Swatching

Sandi Rosner in Twist Collective: Got Gauge?

Techniques with Theresa in Knitty on gauge

Jenna Wilson in Knitty

Measuring your gauge swatch (video)

About drape
 

Grafting

Grafting stockinette stitch  1 (video)  2 (Knitty article)  3 (sock toes at Purlwise)  4 (video - memorizing how to graft)

Grafting garter stitch  1 (Knitty article)  2 (at Purlwise - scroll down) 3 (Woolly Wormhead - PDF file)  4 (knitting-and.com; scroll down)

Grafting 1x1 ribbing: 1 (at So Much Yarn, So Little Time)  2 (at NonaKnits)

Grafting reverse stockinette stitch (Woolly Wormhead - PDF file)

Grafting in pattern at Purlwise

Grafting lace: photo tutorial at Ruthless Knitting
Edgings - grafting beginning to end  1  and  2 (at Fleegle's blog)  3  (at Knitterguy)
 

Hems and facings see also Edges

TECHknitting series 1   2   3

More: 1  (Knitting Daily)  2  (at Nonaknits)  3  (Marnie Maclean)  picot-faced edges at Purlwise  twined-knitting non-roll hem (video)
 

I-cord

Basic technique  (video)

I-cord bindoff

I-cord cast on

Applied I-cord for edges:  1 (knitting-and.com)  2 and  3 (Kelley Petkun, videos)
How to start (Keyboard Biologist)
 

Increases

Increasing your Options (Sandi Rosner in Twist Collective)

Techniques with Theresa in Knitty
 
Increases at KnittingHelp.com (video)

TECHknitting articles (scroll down to "Increases" for list)

Make 1 1 (Knitty article)  2 (video)

Kfb (knit into front and back)  1 (Knitty article)  2 (video)
Shirley Grade & Meg Swansen's  No bar or bar none increase (Fiber Beat video)

Lifted increases (knit into stitch in row below) (at Knit Picks)

Calculators for evenly spacing increases: within a row 1 (at the Knitting Fiend);  2 (at KnitAble.net)  3 (#2 on the "How Many? Knitting Tool page)
Over multiple rows  1 (at KnitAble.net) 2 (#1 on the "How Many?" tool page)

Increasing (or decreasing) in pattern for lace and cables (Sandi Rosner at Twist Collective)
 

Intarsia

Basics: 1 (Knitting Help video)  2 (tutorial at the Purl Bee)  3 (Berroco video tutorial with Norah Gaughan)  4 (Knitting Daily TV - begins at 2:32, first part covers stranded knitting)  5 (video from Rare Rowan Yarns)  6 (Knit Picks video tutorial)
 
Intarsia in the round and "festive knitting":
photo tutorial at Moth Heaven
overviews: 1 (at Let Me Explaiknit)  2 (at Honeybee33)
Knitty pattern for practice: Intarsia Fun hat
 

Jogless stripes in the round

Meg Swansen's Jogless Jog

Slip-stitch method: 1 and 2 - stationary or traveling stripes (at TECHknitting)

Helical or barber-pole stripes:  at TECHknitting   at Grumperina's blog (these work for one-row stripes)

video demo of slip-stitch stationary stripes and helical stripes (Eunny Jang/Knitting Daily TV)

tip for picking up new color (at Knitting in Color)
 

 Joining new yarn see also Weaving in ends

Photo tutorials at Heartstrings Fiber Arts

In-depth TECHknitting series on joining yarn in color knitting:  1  2  3  4

Knitted in (videos): same color  double knit-in join for new color

Back join at TECHknitting

Felted join, wet splice, or spit splice (videos)  1   2

Duplicate-stitch join for new color (video)

Russian join  1 (at Heartstring Fiber Arts)  2 (video)  3 (at TECHknitting)

Invisible double knot method (video)
 

Kitchener stitch see Grafting
 

Knitting backward

Knitting back backward: knitting purl rows from the knit side
Continental style (video)  English style (video)  Knitty article
 

Lace

Lace tips and techniques links at Yarn Over

Eunny Jang’s four-part series “Majoring in Lace” 
Essential reading. Covers everything you need to think about.

"Demystifying lace" (video class at Knit Picks blog):   Lesson 1 (What is lace, anyway?)   Lesson 2 (Handling the yarn)   Lesson 3 (Gauge, casting on, yarnovers)   Lesson 4 (Reading charts)   Lesson 5 (Stitches used in lacework)   Lesson 6 (Blocking)

Lace knitting basics and tips and hints from Sivia Harding (PDF files)

Increasing or decreasing in pattern (Sandi Rosner at Twist Collective)

Nupps: 1 (Nancy Bush video from Knitting Daily TV)   2 (KnitPicks video)  3  (photo tutorial at Fleegle's blog)  4  (Myra Wood's simple crochet hook technique)

Grafting lace: photo tutorial at Ruthless Knitting
Edgings - grafting beginning to end 1 and  2 (at Fleegle's blog)  3  (at Knitterguy)

Lace tips from the Knitting Curmudgeon (PDF file)

Lace symposium articles at Knitting Beyond the Hebrides

Lifelines: 1 (video)  2 (at Heartstrings Fiber Arts)

Blocking lace:  1 (Knitting Daily TV)  2 and 3 (KnitPicks videos)  4 (Knitting Curmudgeon; PDF file)

Lace repair tutorial at Heartstrings Fiber Arts

Garter tab cast on for top-down shawls: 1 (Loop Yarn video)  2  (Westknits photo tutorial)

Shawl cheat sheet, free from Laylock: generic knitting instructions for 5 different shawl shapes, all knitted flat from the neck outward and down. Fits neatly on one page.
 

Magic loop

1 (video)  2 (at Purlwise)   3 (photo tutorial at Knitting Daily)
 

Nupps

Nancy Bush video (Knitting Daily TV)
Knit Picks video
Photo tutorial at Fleegle's blog
Myra Wood's simple crochet hook technique (video)
 

Picking up stitches

Curved edges 1 (Knitty article)  2 (Berroco video tutorial, two methods)

Straight edges 1 (Knitty article)  2 (video)

Franklin Habit on picking up stitches for a lace edging
 

Recycling yarn

Knitter's Review article
Techniques with Theresa at Knitty
 

Seams

Techniques with Theresa at Knitty 1  2

Mattress stitch  1 (Knitty article)  2 (video)  3 (Berroco video tutorial)

Three-needle bindoff  1  2  (video)  3 (photo tutorial)

Annie Modesitt on seaming: stitch to stitch  row to row  stitch to row

Cast-on and bound-off edges (at Classic Elite)

Seaming garter stitch 1 (Knitty article)  2 (at Trampled by Geese)

Shoulder seams (Berroco video tutorial)

Sewing sleeves into garments  1  (Knitty article)  2 (Berroco video)
 

Selvedges

Overviews:  1 (at Knit1)  2  3

Chain or slipped-stitch selvedge: 1 (at TECHknitting)  2 (at the Yarnpath)

Slip-stitch selvedge in two colors for striped shawls or scarves (video)

 

Shaping see also Design and alterations; Short rows

Increasing or decreasing in pattern (Sandi Rosner at Twist Collective)
 

Short rows

Short row theory and practice at TECHknitting

Bonne Marie Burns in Knitty

Video from lunaknits  Part 1  Part 2 (different methods compared)

Wrap-and-turn method:  video tutorials video at KnittingHelp.com
Cat Bordhi’s videos Part 1  Part 2  photo tutorials: 1 (at Purl Bee)  2 (at nonaKnits)

Japanese method  photo tutorial at nonaKnits
In the round: 1 (at Adorabubble knits)  2 (video)

Yarn-over method  1 (at cocoknits)  2 (at nonaKnits)

German short rows by Rox

Shadow wrap method at Socktopus

Short-row shoulder shaping: 1 (Knitting at Knoon) article & video) 2 (at Purlwise)  3 (very detailed tutorial at TECHKnitting)

Shaped shoulders in the round at Feral Knitter (PDF file)

Set-in sleeve caps from the top down in the round 1 (at Purlwise)

Short-row neck shaping

Bust darts:  Knitty article   calculator at the Knitting Fiend   from the top down (at Pursuit of Fiber; PDF file)

Short-row sock heels 1 (at Purlwise)  2 (at Cosmicpluto Knits)  3 (at Knotions)

Pie wedge shawl calculator at the Knitting Fiend
 

Sizing, fit and ease see also Design & alterations

Fit to Flatter: 10-part tutorial at Stash, Knit, Repeat: free on the blog, or available in PDF format for a small fee
Part 1: introduction    Part 2: body shapes    Part 3: mindful project choice   Part 4: your measurements and shape    Part 5: necklines    Part 6: sleeve length   Part 7: sweater length   Part 8: Shaping   Part 9: Implementation (steps for designing a bottom-up sweater knit flat) (remaining installments yet to come)  Part 10: conclusions (summary)

Stefanie Japel in Knitty: Five Easy Steps to Great-Fitting Knits

Sandi Rosner in Twist Collective: Unraveling Ease

Bonne Marie Burns in Knitty

Jenna Wilson on fit in Knitty

Annie Modesitt's size and fit chart comparing body measurements and garment measurements

TECHknitting article

Knitting Daily photo galleries showing same garment modeled with different amounts of ease
 

Slip knot

Written instructions with drawings   with photos

Videos 1  2

Alternative to the slip knot at TECHknitting
 

Slip-stitch knitting

How to slip stitches (video)

Slip-stitch knitting overviews: 1 (Knitty article)  2 (at TECHknitting)  3 (mosaic knitting article)

Slip-stitch color knitting tutorial at Berroco

Mosaic knitting swatches at the Walker Treasury Project
 

Socks see also Circular knitting

Socks 101 at Knitty

Socks Step-by-Step: how to knit a basic cuff-down sock without a pattern (at Knitter's Review)

Wendy Johnson's Generic Toe-Up Sock pattern (60 or 64 stitches, short-row toe and heel)

Using double-pointed needles  1 (TECHknitting article)  2 (video)   3 (Knitter's Review tutorial)

Estonian double start cast on (Nancy Bush at Knitting Daily TV) for top-down socks

Janel Laidman's slipknot cast on (video)

Tubular cast on in the round (Rosemary Hill)

Toe-up cast ons: Figure 8 cast on (on two circulars; video)
Judy’s magic cast on:  1 (Knitty article)  2 (Cat Bordhi video)  3 (extras and foreign language tutorials at Persistent Illusion)
Turkish or Eastern cast on: 1 (at FluffyKnitterDeb)  2 (video)

Joining for first round: 1 (TECHknitting jogless join)  2 (at KnitPicks)

Using two circular needles: 1  (video)  2 (Flickr photo tutorial)  3 (Cat Bordhi video)

Magic loop technique: 1 (video)  2 (at Purlwise)

Heel techniques: Standard heel techniques at KnittingHelp.com  (video)

Short-row heels 1 (at Purlwise)  2 (at Cosmicpluto Knits)  3 (at Knotions)

Short-row heel how-to for toe-up socks (from Knitcircus; PDF)

Short-row heel for toe-up socks - variation for high arches (at Knitsarina)

Toe-up flap and gusset heels:  1 (at Maia Spins)  2 (at Mimknits)

Afterthought heels (at Dawn Brocco)

Darning holes 1 (Knitty article) 2 (at Persistent Illusion)  3 (at Wool and Chocolate)

Grafting toes at Purlwise

Knitting two socks at the same time (Knitty article)

Reinforcing 1 (Knitty article)



 

Steeks

Overviews: 1 (Eunny Jang's 5-part "Steeking Chronicles")  2 (Lucy Neatby)  3 (Knit Picks video)

Hand-sewn:  1  (Eunny Jang)  2 (photo tutorial at Dawn Brocco's site)

Machine-sewn or Norwegian-style  1 and  2 (Wendy Johnson);  3 (7-part series at KidsKnits);  4 (Eunny Jang)

Crocheted steeks: Kate Davies tutorial, includes a nice edge finish: Part 1    Part 2    Part 3
Eunny Jang tutorial

Unreinforced steeks (Eunny Jang)

A steeked Aran cardigan: Kelley Petkun videos  Part 1  Part 2  Part 3
 

Stitch patterns

Knitting stitch catalog at Knittingfool
View a thumbnail photo gallery here.
More than 2000 stitch patterns with written instructions. 1400+ have swatch photos, 300 are charted. Categorized by stitch type, stitch and row repeat count. Printable PDFs available to paid subscribers.

Knitting on the Net stitch pattern library
Swatch photos, written instructions, no charts

Stitch patterns at knitting-and.com
Most have swatch photos and charts in addition to written instructions

Stitch library at Vogue Knitting
Small collection of knit-purl and cable texture stitches and colorwork patterns. Swatch photos, written instructions, some charts. No lace patterns.

StitchFinder at Lion Brand
Texture, eyelet, and lace patterns. Swatch photos, written instructions, some charts, but no photos on index page.

Walker Treasury Project
Cooperative project to swatch and photograph all the stitch patterns from Barbara Walker's Treasuries of knitting patterns. No instructions, but wonderful resource if you have access to the books.

Walker Treasury stitch patterns (Google Docs spreadsheet)
Caroline Laudig's spreadsheet lists every stitch pattern from Barbara Walker's first three Treasuries with location, stitch type, and stitch and row repeat counts. No instructions, but excellent design resource if you have the books.
 

Stranded colorwork see also Circular knitting; Steeks

Techniques with Theresa at Knitty on stranding

TECHknitting series:  Part 1  Part 2  Part 3
 
Video tutorials 1 (at Knitting Help)  2 (KnitPicks) 3 (both yarns in the left hand)   4 (Berroco; dropping yarn not in use - also shows wrong side purling)

All about floats (at Knitting in Color): Part 1  Part 2

Stranding with 3 colors per row - four methods (Anne Featonby videos)

Weaving, trapping or catching floats 1 (video) 2 (video)  3 (instructions w/drawings)

 

Stripes

Tips for stripes knitted flat 1 (at Purlwise)  2 (Annie Modesitt)  3 (at Classic Elite)

Jogless stripes in the round: Meg Swansen's Jogless Jog
Slip-stitch method: 1 and 2 - stationary or traveling stripes (at TECHknitting)
Helical or barber-pole stripes:  at TECHknitting   at Grumperina's blog (these work for one-row stripes)
video demo of slip-stitch stationary stripes and helical stripes (Eunny Jang/Knitting Daily TV)
tip for picking up new color (at Knitting in Color)

Slip-stitch selvedge in two colors for striped shawls or scarves (video)

Random stripe generator at Biscuits and Jam

Brenda Bell on Fibonacci stripes
 

Swatching see also Gauge

The Knitting Curmudgeon on swatching (PDF file)

Swatching basics:  1  (at Purl Bee)  2 (at dummies.com)

video on measuring gauge

Swatching cable patterns - tutorial at Brooklyntweed

Swatching for circular knitting: video  article
 

Twined or two-end knitting

Techniques with Theresa at Knitty

Article at Pipe Dreams & Purling Plans

Videos:  1 (holding the yarn)  2  (crook or chain stitches)  3 (a twined-knitted non-roll hem)

Spinnity's Twined mitts pattern in Knitty - with detailed instructions
 

Twisted or traveling stitches

Methods for working twists: 1 (at Knitsimple; scroll down)  2  (instructions accompanying Eunny Jang's Bayerische sock pattern)  3  and  4 (Nicole Hindes videos)  5 (at Craft Attack)  6  (Knitting Daily video)  7 (Barbara Walker method; Berroco video)
 

Weaving in ends see also Joining new yarn

Purl Bee: eight methods

Techniques with Theresa at Knitty

TECHknitting article and if your ends are too short
 

Winding yarn into balls

Photo guide at dummies.com 

Center-pull ball (video); center-pull ball over your thumb (video)

Using a nostepinne: 1 (PDF tutorial)  2 (video)

Using a ball winder (video at KnitPicks)

Yarn overs

Basics at Classic Elite
Mary English Morrison's yarnover workshop at Knitting Beyond the Hebrides
Working double yarn overs

Zippers

Zipper insertion tutorials: 1  (at ChicKnits)  2  (at Purl Bee)  3  (at Claudia's blog)  4  (Berroco video)  5  (at Splityarn - handsewn installation with blocking wires for basting)

TECHKnitter's no-sew latchhook method (info & video demo; full explanation in feature article in Interweave Knits, Winter 2010)