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Grandma Tina & Grandpa Al’s Stitch Library
Every stitch and technique our patterns use, explained the way we’d show you at the kitchen table — what it is, when it’s used, and clear steps you can follow with yarn in hand. Whether you’re picking up a hook or needles for the first time, or a pattern has thrown a stitch at you that you never met, this is where to look it up.
Our guides
- How to Appliqué
- How to Read a Chart
- How to Decrease
- How to Increase
- How to Work in the Round
- How to Work Single Crochet
- How to Block Your Work
- How to Work Ribbing
- How to Work Intarsia
- How to Knit Cables
- How to Change Colours Cleanly
- How to Cast On
- How to Tie a Square Knot (Macramé)
- How to Tie a Lark’s Head Knot (Macramé)
- How to Knit Stocking Stitch (Stockinette)
- How to Knit Fair Isle & Stranded Colourwork
- How to Knit with the Magic Loop Method
- How to Crochet a Magic Ring (Magic Circle)
- How to Work Half Double Crochet (US) / Half Treble Crochet (UK)
- How to Cast Off (Bind Off) in Knitting
- How to Work a Slip Stitch in Crochet
- How to Knit the Knit Stitch
- How to Join Rounds in Crochet & Knitting
- How to Knit Garter Stitch
- How to Weave In Ends
- How to Work the Purl Stitch
- How to Work Moss Stitch (Knitting & Crochet — US and UK Terms)
- How to Sew Mattress Stitch
- How to Pick Up Stitches (Knitting)
- How to Knit Seed Stitch (UK Moss Stitch)
- How to Crochet Shell Stitch
- How to Whipstitch Crochet Squares Together
- How to Work Backstitch
- How to Do the Long-Tail Cast On
- How to Work Bobble Stitch
- How to Work Blanket Stitch
- How to Work Chain Stitch (Crochet)
- How to Work a Yarn Over (YO)
- How to Tie a Gathering Knot (Wrap Knot)
- How to Work Satin Stitch
- How to Do Foundation Paper Piecing (FPP)
More guides are being added — the full library is on its way.
New to making? Start with the videos on our Tips & Tricks page, then come back here whenever a pattern asks for a stitch you haven’t met yet.
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