A lifeline is a piece of waste yarn that allows you to rip back your stitches when you make a mistake. Since it can be difficult to rip out stitches when making mistakes in lace knitting, a lifeline will allow you to start at the beginning of a repeat, rather …

The wave stitch is a reversible lace pattern consisting of rows of garter stitch that rise and fall like waves. This effect is achieved by using extended drop stitches at varying lengths. By offsetting these stitches on alternating rows, the wave like pattern is created. It's a beautiful design that's …

The woven circles stitch is an all-over cable pattern. By placing winding cable columns next to each other strategically, the appearance of small circles is created. This gives the fabric a nice geometric design with lots of texture.

The knotted boxes is a heavily textured knitting fabric. It creates the illusion of smooth vertical stripes woven with bumpy horizontal rows. To some it may look like small offset knots, making a pattern of checkered boxes. Either way, this all-over pattern works great on large pieces of fabric, where …

Knitting from a center pull ball keeps your yarn from rolling everywhere as you work. This tutorial will show you how to wind one yourself.

The Picot Dot Edge stitch is a beautiful lace border that can easily be added to the beginning of a project. It's consists of small shell like clusters of stitches with tiny eyelet holes between them. This simple yet delicate border is used from the bottom up, that is starting …

The eyelet lattice insertion is a lace panel with a lattice weave. It uses simple eyelets in a diamond pattern to create the criss cross design. This is meant to be a lace motif that is inserted into another project as an accent.

The staghorn cable is a classic crossed stitch pattern. This panel consists of wide, stacked V shaped cables that give the look of deer horns.

The Cocoon Stitch creates a fascinating texture! Small textured cocoons are nested among waving ribs to make a beautiful bumpy fabric. It would be fabulous used as a table runner, bag or even an interesting sweater.

The three needle bind off is a technique for seaming together two pieces of fabric, while binding off at the same time. It is often used for sweater shoulders, as the bind off provides support.