Settle in, knitters. Today is the day when we embark on a new year of cool techniques, all with the cool and collected Jen Arnall-Culliford leading the way.
Confident Knitting features a new project paired with a new technique every month. Let’s get started with an elegant, tidy technique: the folded hem. (Bonus: it features some of our very favorite yarn, Zauberball and Zauberball Crazy, just arrived.)
This elegant technique opens up a world of hem, cuff, and edge treatments beyond ribbing. Jen’s video at the top of the page shows you how to work it step by step, starting with a favorite provisional cast-on.
The Design of the Month?
Flux Handwarmers! Martina Behm’s charming design showcases the folded hem at the cuffs.
Folded hems can also add a bit of elegance to socks, hats, and sleeves, and to the hem of a sweater. As Jen notes, “You will find yourself looking at projects and wanting to experiment!”
With Jen’s tutorials, you can experiment with complete confidence.
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How to Get in on Confident Knitting
Jen and Jim Arnall-Culliford have assembled everything you need to join the fun right here.
And the conversation in the Arnall-Culliford Knitwear Knitalong Hub is never ending and full of help.
(We will have the print book available in September, but honestly, we really hope you’ll jump in now and support Jen and Jim. They are a tremendous part of the knitting world, and we admire what they’re up to so much.)
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Brilliant, thank you.
I love the way a folded hem looks with a picot edging on cuff-down socks. I don’t do that nearly often enough.
Great tutorial. The video and the description was well done. Thank you. Love the fold down edge.
Do I see SEVEN double points? Thats enough to scare me back to bed.
Hehehe! I used double-pointed needles in the photo tutorial, but in the video you’ll see I’m working on circulars so there are fewer needles to juggle. I hope it helps to see the different options. 🙂 And yes, it is a little like wrestling a hedgehog with double-points, but I can’t help but love them nonetheless… 😀
I love a folded hem! Excellent instructions.
Love it – saved too!
Love it — can’t wait for the downloads and book!! Very excited for the hand dyed options — I pick out my wines based on their clever names 🙂 — therefore I think these hand dyed options will be great! ….Our four hand-dyers are Dusty Dimples, Fab Funky Fibres, Old Maiden Aunt and Third Vault Yarns 🙂
Oooh, I want to try these mitts! One of my favorite hats is Leni by Isabell Kraemer, mostly because of its folded him. I pulled her pattern out just last month to add the folded hem instructions on to another hat!
Great fun – turned out beautifully. Thanks to Jen Arnall-Culliford for the wonderful video tutorials and great support!
Fantastic, I worked baby sweaters from Dale Garn for years and continue to bring out my old copies, but I love this technique. Thx
Suz