Purple Rose Crafts is here to teach beginner and easy level knitters how to create beautiful items. To do that, we need to talk about some easy level knitting stitch patterns that are perfect for beginners and can get a little more challenging, but still considered easy level. For the most part, we’ll stick to […]
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Today, we’re going to knit a cabled headband. This is a simple pattern, where we’re going to discuss how to knit cables for beginners! I also want to share with you a new cast on method that is similar to the knitted cast on, but looks so pretty! It’s called the Twisted Knit Cast On.
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Today’s tutorial was supposed to be a pretty baby hat made on single pointed needles. It was going to be so super simple, for beginners. BUT, when I started the top decrease section, I made a huge mistake and ended up having to pick up and undo like a row and a half. I was
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Hey! I have had so much fun lately doing the posts about cabling! First we did our Beginner Cabling, then the Celtic Cables, and now we have my absolute favourite, Braided Cables! I’ve been using braided cables whenever possible, like the Ava Hat pattern in our store, and, now, the brand new Elena Headband. It
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After her cabled headband video gained popularity, a knitting enthusiast shared a more complex Celtic cable headband pattern. The new pattern uses Cable 4 Front (C4F) and Cable 4 Back (C4B) stitches, creating a pronounced texture. A detailed guide, materials needed, and step-by-step instructions are provided along with a video tutorial, inviting interaction and community sharing on social media.
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Today, we’re discussing this simple and beginner-friendly knitted cast on. In previous posts we discussed the stretchy long tail cast on, and a simple, but unstretchy simple cast-on. Both are easy and beginner-friendly. I have completely fallen in love with the long tail cast on. Previously, I couldn’t wrap my head around how to move
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In a previous post, we discussed the simple cast off method, and we’ll include it here as well, but I wanted to compare it to other methods, like we did with our increases and decreases in our last few posts! So, to begin, I’ve made 3 swatches with the same yarn, and I’m using 4.5
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A few weeks ago we talked about 4 ways to make increases while knitting, from yarn overs, to lifted increases. Today, We’re going to discuss 3 ways to make knitted decreases, so you can shape your work with increases or decreases to get the look you want. This can help both with shaping, if you
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Hey! I’ve been working on several patterns over the last while, and I have been meaning to compare knit increases to help determine what look I want for them in the patterns. We’ve already used several of them for different patterns, like the farmhouse dishcloth, and the double seed farmhouse dishcloth, and we’ll do lots
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When I first started knitting, this was the easiest way I found to get started. I didn’t know any other methods, and YouTube didn’t exist so all I had was books and things from my gramma, and mom. My first ever project was a scarf. and I dropped a couple of stitches and ended up
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