Knitting short rows

This Short Row Scarf Free Knitting Pattern is a great opportunity to play with color and texture. It produces intriguing designs

I've decided that this week I'm going to be focusing on short rows. Every day I'm going to post about this wonderful technique. I'll start today by explaining what short rows are and how they work....

A description of the knitting technique: 'Double short rows'. The article includes photos.

I have been wanting to learn to do ‘short rows’ in my knitting for awhile now. I don’t know why I thought it would be too complicated! The most difficult thing about short rows i…

Short Rows tend to strike fear into the hearts of the uninitiated, but, like all knitting, there's really nothing so mysterious about it. Short Rows are used to create triangles or wedges within your knitting. They shape everything from bust darts to ear flaps. Basically, a Short Row is just that: a row that you don't knit to the end of the needle. Instead, you work part of the way across the row, do something called a "wrap and turn", and then work back the other way, sometimes to the end…

This was a very addictive knit--always waiting to see the next color appear! I found the pattern well-written, and is not difficult at all if you have a grasp of short-rows (I used German short-ro...

I love textiles. For over 50 years I’m a professional hand weaver and knitter now. After all that time I still love to explore new things as a textile designer and I am constantly thinking ab…

Short row shaping is used often in sweaters – especially those knit in the round – most commonly to raise

Grow your knitting skills with this tutorial on how to knit short rows.

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