Knitting guides

How to count rows and rounds, read your knitting, and never lose your place in a pattern. Every guide works with whatever you count with, from pencil marks to a row counter.

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  How to Count Rows in Knitting

  How to count rows in knitting: read the Vs and ridges in your fabric, count rounds, track shaping, and keep a running count you can trust.

• How to Count Rounds When Knitting in the Round

  How to count rounds when you knit in the round: mark where the round begins, count at the marker, and read the rounds back from your fabric.

• How to Count Rows in Crochet

  How to count rows in crochet: read single and double crochet line by line, count rounds in amigurumi and granny squares, and keep a tally you can trust.

• How to Keep Track of Increases and Decreases

  How to keep track of increases and decreases in knitting: list the shaping rows first, mark each one in the fabric, and let your stitch count check you.

• Knitting with a Smartwatch: Counting from Your Wrist

  Knitting with a smartwatch: count rows from your wrist with a tap, a crown or a pinch, set the watch up for knitting, and keep the yarn off its strap.

• How to Never Lose Your Place in a Knitting Pattern

  How to never lose your place in a knitting pattern: mark up your copy, track rows and repeats, follow charts row by row, and leave a note when you stop.

• Reading Your Knitting: Counting Rows in Garter and Stockinette

  Reading your knitting: counting rows in garter stitch by its ridges and in stockinette by its Vs, and whether the cast-on and the needle count.

• Clicker, Paper or App? Row Counters Compared

  Row counters compared: pencil and paper, clickers, barrel counters, counting chains and apps. What each does well, where it fails, and which suits you.

• Stitch Markers and Lifelines: Never Lose Count Again

  How to use stitch markers and lifelines for counting rows: a checkpoint every 20 rows, a marker on every shaping row, and a lifeline to rip back to.

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