The days go by as we leave summer behind and look face to face with autumn. That precious season that gives us the chance to wear not quite winter clothes,…
How to crochet rope stitch
How to embroider motifs on the fabric
It is becoming very trendy lately to embroider motifs on knitted garments. Once you have your finished garment it is a way to give it a unique and special touch.…
10 YEARS
Like every September, we look back to take stock of the road traveled… but this year is different, it’s our TENTH ANNIVERSARY! Who would have told us than ten years…
How to crochet lemon peel stitch
Every summer needs a crochet bag. Large, to hold a beach towel and your latest project to spend afternoons on the shore working stitch after stitch, or small, just big…
How to wind a hank of yarn into a ball
Fibers that come in hanks have a special charm. This is the perfect format for yarns since it allows the fiber to be kept without distorting its shape, preserving its…
How to join granny squares with a crochet hook
There’s been this myth around forever: joining granny squares is a complete bummer. Making the squares? No problem. But then the idea of putting them together makes us lazy because…
How to crochet the crossed triple crochet
As you have seen in our blog posts, we love quick and easy stitches that, in turn, are the most beautiful. Today we will teach you how to knit two…
How to Cable Cast on
Today we are teaching you a new technique to cast on stitches: the Cable Cast on. It works specially good for pieces that start with ribbing, because the cast on…
How to knit plumeti garter stitch
plum For today’s blog we bring you one of our traditional step-by-step tutorials to explain how to knit the plumeti garter stitch, a quick and easy stitch that pairs perfectly…
How to join two canvases
If you are passionate about latch hook projects but can’t find canvases big enough for the projects you have in mind, we’ve got a solution. We will teach you an…
Meet the Maker Benedicte Lux
Where are you from? I am Norwegian but currently based in Ibiza, Spain. Favourite city? Very hard to choose, but my current favorite city is Merida, Mexico although it’s tied…
How to keep edges straight on a loom
Do you love the weaving technique but your fabrics always tend to curve inward? Don’t worry, today we bring you a tutorial that will show you a few simple steps…
How to knit the backstitch stitch
We love stitches that combine two colors and create new effects. So, today we are going to show you one of those stitches that’s not only beautiful, but easy too:…
How to make a cushion from your petit point kit
Creating things for ourselves is very satisfying, isn’t it? And if we reuse things, we have laying around the house that were headed for the garbage, even more so. In…
How to knit chevron stitch
Chevron stitch is one of the most versatile stitches that you can find in the knitting world. You can use it to make everything from a scarf to a baby…
How to wrap a fiber with single crochet.
Today we bring you an almost express tutorial: we will learn very easily and quickly how we can wrap a thicker fiber with a finer one in a different color…
How to knit the daisy stitch
We can’t wait for Spring to get here and we’ve already started thinking about the next garments we’ll be knitting. One of this season’s star stitches will be the Daisy…
How to knit thermal stitch
There are stitches that are as simple as they are beautiful. The stitch that we will show you in today’s tutorial is one such stitch: the thermal stitch. A slight…
How to transfer drawings using point transfer
The first step before you start to embroider is transferring the drawing to the fabric. There are many ways to carry out this process, and we are always looking for…
How to knit a V neckline
If you have a hard time following some of the steps to beginning the neckline when you reach that area, and you don’t quite understand what the pattern is asking…
How to sew side seams in garter stitch
It’s always a headache for knitters to seam their knitted projects, but that was before learning tricks we share with you in our tutorials. Today we are going to show…
How to close a round in crochet with a slip stitch
There are two way to work a circle in crochet: in a spiral or round by round. If you are making a garment that uses this second technique, this tutorial…
THE BEST OF 2020
We at We Are Knitters have a deeply rooted tradition that at the end of each year, we like to look back and remember what we’ve experienced through the year.…
How to count stitches and rows in crochet
If you recently started crocheting you have probably gotten mixed up at some point when trying to count how many stitches and rows you have worked. If I didn’t write…