There’s always something new to learn! A Year of Techniques brings you 12 patterns and tutorials to upgrade your knitting skills. Patterns by world-class designers are accompanied by clear, step-by-step tutori...

I am going to guess socks. Haven’t been a member even a year but I don’t remember anyone talking about socks. I don’t think it’s a toy or a tea cosy. There’s too much yarn so maybe even socks are too small… Just ordering my zauberball along with this next project. Have The Rain Outside on my need...

A Year of Techniques now takes a sharp turn from adorable, lanky mice and graceful swaths of intarsia toward a quick project that is going to up our style game considerab...

Oh, Jen, if you look at my Yellow Wagtail Scarf, it is a study in imperfection–cables going the wrong way, one cable just Not There! A Year of Techniques has been invaluable to me for learning new things this year. Thank you for everything! x0xx0x0x0x

Doing intarsia even though I have studiously avoided it for decades is part of the fun. This year of techniques let’s me branch out in ways I might not independently consider, do things I might not use, discover things I may love and didn’t even know about, and...

Mouseactivist! May I use this for a Year of Techniques post on MDK? Love it.

A few years ago, I taught myself to knit socks, and at the same time learned the magic loop method. The 1st circular needle cord was stiff and required constant wrestling, but I’ve treated myself to new needles and found a couple brands that I like. My favorite, at the moment, is Knitter’s Pride ...

See Jen Arnall-Culliford’s brilliant video tutorial https://www.masondixonknitting.com/year-techniques-steeks/ here . Share your experiences with this amazing technique, and ask any questions you may have. The pattern for this technique in A Year of Techiques is the adorable https://www.ravelry.c...

...needles with each color, dropping one and picking up the other. This is explained in the Helical Stripes, Using Double-Pointed Needles section of the Year of Techniques instructions; it’s on page 3. It seems counter-intuitive. But imagine your four needles as a square, with needle 1 at the bottom. You’ve knit your ro...

The designer of the Hedera Helix Socks, James Arnall-Culliford, writes: “Afterthought heels struck me as brilliantly clever the first time I came across them. There are so many options at a knitter’s disposal in terms of how you do the decreases, the yarn you use and so on. Furthermore, as someon...

Gosh, sorry I missed this conversation - things have been super-busy here with shipping books and all the rest of it. :anguished: I see that @nellknits has got you up and running again… When I unzip my crochet cast on, the tail at the end of the waste yarn is caught where the main yarn moves up t...

Well. I have something to say!! This tutorial has just saved my life! Not literally, of course…, but then again, have you ever been on the wrong side of a rampaging, furious college age daughter? It’s not a pretty sight, let me tell you, ugly crying and everything, lol! My eldest FaceTimed a few ...

Had to knit an Emergency Hat while I was at EYF as I hadn’t brought one. This is my effort in Scrumptious Teal colourway. Very cosy! It may be a hat Christmas in my house as I could knit several more of these just for the sheer fun of it. image

Mine is in there - 7:54 this morning.

https://www.masondixonknitting.com/category/how-to/?fwp_subcategories=a-year-of-techniques Here’s where you will find the posts about each project. Information about the yarns and links to the yarns can be found in each post.

...nologically minded either! ; ) I hope the following is helpful. Download codes: The codes you see on the inside back cover of the MDK Field Guides, A Year of Techniques , and Something New to Learn About Cables are all download codes, so that you can download your own digital, electronic editions of these books via h...

This video was the game changer for Kay Versus the Crochet Provisional Cast-on: A Year of Techniques: Crochet Provisional Cast On Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch A Year of Techniques: Crochet Provisional Cast On Tutorial

I’m in! This is my first MDK KAL, and I’d like to do some scrappy helical socks, taking inspiration from Kay’s beautiful red and aqua pair last year. I’ve just received the Field Guide and looked up Jen Arnall-Culliford’s Helical Stripes Tutorial: https://www.masondixonknitting.com/go-year-techni...

...ficient original yarn sparked this solution) but I’m not sure how one works the technique over 2 or 3 rows of each color. I posted this question on A Year of Techniques page but thought someone here might have an idea. Thanks

Hi, I’m Robin. I taught myself to knit about ten years ago (after a lifetime of wanting to knit I decided I was intelligent enough to figure this out! :wink: The first thing I ever knitted was a mistake rib scarf, then I attempted a scarf our of eyelash yarn! What a mistake, but…that is how we gr...