Lion Heart Yarn » Yarn Videos

Rachelle John of Extreme Knitting and 1000 Strands of Yarn

admin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:30:37 +0000

This is a video of Rachelle John, of Extreme Textiles, knitting with 1000 strands of yarn simultaneously. The following video shows the event and the setup of the event that took place at the Unravel Textiles exhibition.

What is a Stockinette Stitch?

admin — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:04:01 +0000

A stockinette stitch is probably one of the first stitch patterns that you learned when you first started to knit and was the basis for most things that you learned after that. A stockinette stitch is one you knit the first row and purl the second row and repeat this pattern until the piece is completed. Its also know as 'knit one row, purl one row' and sometimes also called a 'stocking stitch'. The following video explains this quite clearly:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Continental Knitting Demo

admin — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:42:50 +0000

Most Americans employ a knitting style that is referred to as throwing the yarn. European knitters are more familiar with a technique called 'Continental Knitting'. If you're wondering what the difference is, the following video is your primer into the world of Continental knitting:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Now that you've seen this knitting technique and chosen one over the other, your only other real choice is whether to use Lion Brand Yarn or Red Heart Yarn. Happy knitting!

Basic Knitting Demonstration

admin — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:40:25 +0000

Here's a nice video that demonstrates some common, elementary procedures for knitting. It is slow and repeats the steps several times so it should be a help to most newbies.

Click here to view the embedded video.