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Community Knitting Knit In Now Series
Community Knitting is a great way to help those in need and to polish your knitting skills, try new techniques and use up your yarn stash!

This class covers techniques that speed up your knitting and can be used for all of your knitting projects.

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Creating a Cast on Rag

Creating a Cast on Rag Tutorial for Machine Knitting

A cast on rag is very useful when you need to cast on stitches. It can be used in place of scrap yarn in any situation, but it is especially useful when casting on stitches in the middle of a piece. This tutorial covers 3 types of cast on rags, including crochet as well as suggestions for
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Taming the Curl

Taming the Curl Tutorial for Machine Knitting

When knitting in stockinette, both hand and machine, a knitter needs to deal with the rolling edges. It’s the nature of the knitted stitches to curl. When knitting a garment, these edges are worked into seams or a finished technique is applied, like a band. Here are 6 techniques
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Mile-a-Minute Hats

Mile-a-Minute Hats Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Using the Mile-a-Minute technique you can quickly chain together a number of hats, quickly finish them, have fun with embellishment.

Any gauge machine can be used. The technique makes knitting quick and the Knit it Now pattern eliminates doing the math.

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I-Cord Trims

I-Cord Trims Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Attaching I-cord to the edge of a knitted piece adds a nice finishing touch. There are unlimited variations to this technique here are 3 for you to try. The first is plain knitted I-cord. The second adds a few extra rows and is a variation of the 'worm trim' that you may know.
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Shaped Crown Hat on the Machine

Shaped Crown Hat on the Machine Tutorial for Machine Knitting

Ready for a challenge? Knitting a shaped crown requires you transfer a lot of stitches. But you only do the transfers for 2” and a garter bar makes the process go quickly. This technique can be used for a beanie style hat or a slouchy beret. Check the
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E-Wrap Cast On

E-Wrap Cast On Tutorial for Machine Knitting

A quick and easy basic cast on. A need-to-know for every machine knitter.

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I-Cord on the Machine

I-Cord on the Machine Tutorial for Machine Knitting

I-cord (or slip cord) can be used in many ways to embellish your knitting. It can be used as shoulder straps for girls dresses, belts and decorative ties … the list is endless! Machine knitters can quickly make I-cord and it is an essential technique for beginners to learn.

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Sew As You Go

Sew As You Go Tutorial for Machine Knitting

There are times when sewing knitted pieces by hand just isn’t practical.

Here’s a quick and easy method that can be used for blankets, kids wear or any time that you want to quickly join 2 pieces of knitting.

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Hairpin Lace Seam

Hairpin Lace Seam Tutorial for Machine Knitting

This decorative seam is very useful in joining 2 pieces of knitting. You must plan ahead and set up your knitting to be able to use this technique. It’s a quick and easy method that can be used for blankets, kids wear or any time that you want to quickly join 2 pieces of knitting.
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Weaving Cast on

Weaving Cast on Tutorial for Machine Knitting

A quick and easy method to start knitting. Useful for swatches and scrap and ravel cast on. Your machine must have weaving brushes.