Travel and Knit with Shaina

A snagged stitch? A mysterious loop of yarn where it shouldn’t be? In this tutorial, I’ll show you exactly how to fix a pulled piece of yarn in knitting — no ripping back required! Learn how to redistribute tension across your stitches to smooth out a pulled strand and rescue your project with confidence. This quick knitting fix is perfect for sweaters, socks, shawls, and more.

Learn the magic of ladderback jacquard! This clever colorwork technique helps manage long floats while keeping your knitting stretchy, smooth, and comfortable to wear. I’ll show you exactly how it works step-by-step. Looking for the information you need FAST?! 2:27 - Steps for establishing the Ladderback Jacquard Line 5:16 - Steps for working Ladderback Jacquard Line 8:08 - Ending/closing the Ladderback Jacquard Line Don’t forget to subscribe for more fantastic knitting tutorials, tips, and techniques!

In this top tips video, knitting instructor and knitwear designer Shaina Bilow shares her favorite tips for knitting sweaters that are easy to seam. Looking for the "Good Seams Start Early" free sweater planning guide? Visit this link: https://www.shainabilow.com/goodseams

Have you ever done an ENTIRE row of knitting incorrectly in the middle of a project and didn't notice until you'd bound off? In this video, Shaina Bilow fixes an error her friend made on a sweater while traveling. Using needle lifelines and grafting, Shaina removes the Garter Stitch row and then grafts the two pieces back together. You'd never know there had been a mistake there! For a full tutorial on grafting (the Kitchener Stitch), check out Shaina's video here: https://youtu.be/A-PwmxPO7YQ

Learn how to work the KYOK - (knit 1, yarn over, knit 1) into one stitch increase. This increase adds two stitches to your stitch count and creates a small centered eyelet. Tutorial video by knitting instructor and knitwear designer Shaina Bilow

In this tutorial video, knitting instructor and knitwear designer Shaina Bilow demonstrates how to work Slipped Stitch Bead Knitting, a technique in which beads are pre-strung onto the working yarn and placed in front of slipped stitches in the knit fabric. Step-by-step: Bring a bead up the yarn to the right-hand knitting needle. Bring the yarn to the front of the work. Slip the stitch from the left-hand needle to the right-hand needle purlwise. Keeping the bead in front of the slipped stitch, bring the working yarn to the back of the work. Bead has been placed. Proceed with your next pattern instructions. To learn how to pre-string your beads onto your yarn, watch this tutorial: https://youtu.be/6jx6VDox3cY

In this video, knitting instructor and knitwear designer Shaina Bilow demonstrates how to work an invisible circular cast on and begin a top-down hat. This cast on looks fantastic at the top of the crown of a top-down hat or any project that requires a small circumference cast on that is then increased in the round. The demonstration is done on DPN (double pointed needles) but this technique can be worked with magic loop or two circulars method of knitting if preferred.