Click Here to Order BEAD KNITTING with Alice Korach  Video 043

In bead knitting, the entire piece is constructed with beads as opposed to beaded knitting where beads embellish the surface of the knitted item. You’ll be able to make a beautiful beaded bag, even if you’ve never knitted before. After a brief history and discussion on materials and supplies, Alice will teach you basic knitting techniques and then bead knitting stitches. After you practice stringing beads and knitting, you will learn how to read a chart (enclosed) and string your beads following the chart. Then the fun begins as you knit the purse project. You’ll learn many wonderful tips from a master bead knitter that will make the process easy and successful. Tips on lining, fringe techniques and finishing your bag are also included.  75 minutes

Click Here to Order Beyond Purl  DVD 743

The first video in a series of instructional knitting DVDs from LoriKnits will show you the very best in tips, tricks and techniques. Included are:  5  Different Cast-Ons, 5 Decreases and when/how to use them, - Knitting in your ends as you go,  Knitting backward,  Cable without a cable needle, Advanced cable without a cable needle and more...   102 minutes

Click Here to Order CONTINENTAL KNITTING with Nancy Wiseman  

Used in Europe for years, this technique of knitting with the right hand while holding the yarn in the left hand is known for its speed and smoothness. Knit, purl, ribbing, increases, and decreases are shown; plus a brief description of two-handed Fair Isle knitting. If you are trying to learn this style of knitting, the close-ups of what your hands should be doing is invaluable. 60 minutes 

Click Here to Order Entrelac Knitting Hats and Bags  DVD 745  With Nenah Galati.  Make an entrelac bag in the round, felt or not, Using Nenah's method of knitting base triangles and then, with second color knitting backwards again and so on.  The hat uses the same technique but make decreases in the crown.  Unique way to do entrelac.

Click Here to Order FINISHING TOUCH DVD with Jean James and Sandy Kreiss

A basic video covering the most commonly used finishing techniques:  weaving shoulder seams, double needle bind-off, slip stitching shoulders, setting in sleeves, weaving side seams, weaving garter stitch, weaving stripes, weaving reverse stockinette, picking up stitches, one row buttonhole, faced band buttonhole, rolled edge cast-on, rolled edge bind off.  Good close-up photography for easy learning.    43 minutes

Click Here to Order HAND KNITTED LACE VHS Video with Nancie Wiseman

Nancie shows you the basics of knitting lace.  She starts off by showing you how to bind-on cast-off for borders, shows how to start a doilie from the center, how to block and finish lace projects, and how to properly store lace.  You will knit a lace sampler from a a pattern included with they video.  She also shows you how and when you can rip out stitches, how to pick-up dropped yarn-overs, which directions you should wrap your yarn for specific yarn-over placement, and how to knit lace using the American or continental method of knitting.    100 minutes

Click Here to Order Handknitter's Guide to Sweater Finishing, Leslye Solomon.

Take the frustration out of sweater finishing.  Video explains how fibers will change from gravity, wear and laundering.  How to block.  Learn a variety of shoulder seams.  3 needle bind-off, kitchner stitch from needles with waste yarn and invisible grafting for ribbing.  Learn how to make side seams invisible, how to use short rows for shoulders and necks, how to sew in the sleeve or hot to pick up and knit the sleeves, sew in a zipper, pick up stitches for necks and hot to bind off a 1x1 rib.  Calculate buttonhole placement for cardigans.  A new way to sew afghan pieces together.  A Thorough Video!

Click Here to Order How to Knit a Sweater from the Neck Down  DVD 746 

With Nenah Galati.  Knit from the neck down and you will have a finished sweater when you bind off at the bottom.  For this sweater project you choose a sport to bulky weight yarn and select a finished chest measurement from 38"-50"   

Click Here to Order KNITTED TRIMS:  For Woven, Pieced, Felted, Crocheted, and Knitted Projects with Ginger Luters

Knit trims can be used to finish all types of textile projects in a professional manner.  Many of these trims can be worked right along the edge of the garment while others are first constructed and then sewn on.  You will learn about choosing yarns and needles and how to determine the length of trim needed and the quantity of yarn.  Ginger teaches you many variations of I-cord including multiple I-cord, twisted, braided and flat I-cord trims, mock cable, pie crust, picot, vertical garter stitch, two-color garter slipstich, pointed saw-tooth, scalloped shell, pitcot point, and looped and afghan garter stitch edgings.   This video will serve as a valuable reference library of knitted terms. 84 minutes 

Click Here to Order KNITTING GLOSSARY with Elizabeth Zimmermann & Meg Swanson

Two Video Set. 100 techniques demonstrated by Elizabeth & Meg, in alphabetical order, with a video guide so that you may index them for future reference. Each stitch is described & demonstrated. Many knitted garments show how, when & where you might want to use various stitches and how they look as part of a completed piece. 240 minutes.   

Click Here to Order KNITTING, Multi-Color Techniques for Handknitters with Susie Hodges 

This intermediate knitting course assumes that you already know knitting basics, how to cast on, knit & purl. You will learn how to do color gradation with single and multiple rows of stripes, then Intarsia, Jacquard, stranded & weaving techniques with multiple colors; how to knit seams together, incorporate beads, plus one-handed and two-handed knitting techniques, which means you will be learning both the American/British & Continental methods of knitting!! You'll even learn how to carry multiple strands of yarn in both hands at the same time, as you combine the British & Continental methods.  117 minutes 

Click Here to Order Knitting Around Video 898 

This set of three videos presents the down home aspects and stories of Elizabeth and Meg plus tons of knitting how-to information. The following projects are given in this Woolgathering series format: Moccasin Socks and Other Stockings; Fair Isle Yoke Sweater; Knitted Dickeys and a Very Warm Hat; Knitted Moebius; Bog Jacket; Pie are Square Shawl; Norwegian Pullover; Mittful of Mittens; An Aran Coat. Learn from the masters of knitting while enjoying a charming life story. 6 hours.

Click Here to Order KNITTING WORKSHOP with Elizabeth Zimmermann  

This 3 video set. In this workshop, you will start with the basics by knitting a hat. Then you move on to two sweaters: a seamless yoke sweater and a drop-shoulder sweater. The final tape covers more advanced techniques including shaping, lace patterns, Arans, Guernseys, and Fair Isle designs. Elizabeth Zimmermann always knits in the round using the knit-to-fit method of pattern design called EPS (Elizabeth's Percentage System). A classic video. 3-video 6 hours  

Click Here to Order SWEATER FINISHING FOR HAND & MACHINE KNITTERS

with Leslye Solomon This comprehensive video includes all you need to know to finish those hand and machine knits: block (before assembling) a new way using wires; make invisible side/shoulder seams; improve ribbed neck bands; make reversible seams for Afghan; install set-in or drop shoulder sleeves; kitchner stitch, easily install a zipper; shorten or lengthen knits, plus a whole lot more.  118 minutes  

Click Here to Order THREE TECHNIQUES FOR MORE COLORFUL KNITTING VHS Video with Nancie Wiseman 

Slipped stitches, intarsia, and Fair Isle--learn the basics of each of these techniques.  These methods of knitting are shown in both Continental and American style knitting--even two-handed knitting.   Learn how to work with bobbins, the proper way to read charts, and the correct way to slip stitches.  Lots of close-ups offer good instructions.  80 minutes

BABY SURPRISE JACKET

One of the most unique & ingenious of all of Elizabeth Zimmerman’s designs, the Baby Surprise Jacket was introduced in 1968, and has grown in popularity ever since. Meg takes you step by step through the jacket construction, including: long tail cast on, double decreasing / increasing, adding colors, baby buttonholes, casting off in purl, sewing a seam / darning in ends. Bonus material includes: addition of collar, “continuous line” throughout the jacket, matching bonnet, knitting small circumferences on 2 circular needles, invisible cast on, and I-cord techniques. Approximately 1 hr 20 minutes

GUERNSEY PULLOVER with Meg Swansen DVD 844 

Filmed along the spectacular Oregon coast, this Knitting Vacation takes you step by step through the Guernsey construction. Knitted in the round to the underarms, then worked flat to the shoulders-eliminating the need to cut-this is a great project for both beginning and experienced knitters. Insert instructions include numbers for a child's and an adult's size. You will see Channel Island cast on, split lower garter-sttich welt, Indian Corn stitch, gussets, texture patterns, horizontal, shaped shoulder straps, garter-stitch weaving, knitting-up around armholes, decreasting to cuffs, and EZ's sewn cast off. Approximately 60 min.

Lucy Neatby A Knitter's Companion FINESSE YOUR KNITTING 1 DVD 459

Tubular Bind-Off Methods, The Afterthough Pocket, Grafting Stitches: Top to Top the Magic Buttonhole, Perfect Grafting: Top to Bottom

Sublime finishing details for the connoisseur. Expert shoulder shapings and various joins, setting-in fitted sleeve heads with ease. Experience the exquisite joys of double bands: knitting up the stitches (right first time every time), equalizing the two sides, adding shaping to the corners of the bands, reversing for the inner layer and how these principles may be applied to neck and armband situations. Professional filming and production achieve a knitters-eye-view of unrivaled clarity, coupled with Lucy's unique teaching style. Each technique is accompanied by her informal commentary, in which she describes how to perform each step in detail and why you might wish to use it.

Lucy Neatby A Knitter's Companion INTARSIA UNTANGLED 1 DVD 462

Tame the monster -- let Lucy be your guide! Intarsia knitting, despite its undeserved poor reputation, can in fact be enjoyable and yield wonderful results. This DVD looks at preparation for serene knitting, tackling the first few rows, reading charts, tangle reduction and resolution. Learn how to maximize the number of ends that may be knitted in and to make the best use of those tails which do require darning. Also included are a number of cool rescue techniques. Professional filming and production achieve a knitters-eye-view of unrivaled clarity, coupled with Lucy's unique teaching style. Each technique is accompanied by her informal commentary, in which she describes how to perform each step in detail and why you might wish to use it.

Lucy Neatby A Knitter's Companion KNITTING GEMS 1 DVD 455
Applied Edges, Buttonhole Essentials, I-Cord Basics, Cords, Braids and Bobbles, Presenting the Picot Family, Twists, Kinks and Bias

Lucy Neatby A Knitter's Companion KNITTING GEMS 2 DVD 456
Becoming Ameidextrous, Steeks, Shaping and Scissors, Little Mysteries, and Short Row Techniques

Lucy Neatby A Knitter's Companion KNITTING GEMS 3 DVD 457
Beading Techniques, Cable Talk, Lace Basics, Yarn Handling Tricks

Lucy Neatby A Knitter's Companion KNITTING GEMS 4 DVD 458
Cool Cast-Ons, Even More Increases, Darling Rescues, Odds & Ends, and Fancy Bind-Offs