Knit Techniques
Improve your knitting skills and learn new techniques such as finger knitting, attaching I cords, adding fringe or working intarsia stitches.
![Attached I Cord](https://www.anniesattic.com/media/wysiwyg/Knit-Guide_Techniques_Attached-I-Cord.jpg)
![Attached I Cord](https://www.anniesattic.com/media/wysiwyg/Knit-Guide_Techniques_Attached-I-Cord.jpg)
Attached, or applied, I-cords are a way to put a nice finished edge on your knitting. They can flatten an edge that wants to curl.
![Cables](https://www.anniesattic.com/media/wysiwyg/Knit-Guide_Techniques_Cables.jpg)
![Cables](https://www.anniesattic.com/media/wysiwyg/Knit-Guide_Techniques_Cables.jpg)
Cables are a knitting technique where you change the order of your stitches by bringing stitches in front of or behind your work to cross them.
![Duplicate Stitch](https://www.anniesattic.com/media/wysiwyg/Knit-Guide_Techniques_Duplicate-Stitch.jpg)
![Duplicate Stitch](https://www.anniesattic.com/media/wysiwyg/Knit-Guide_Techniques_Duplicate-Stitch.jpg)
Duplicate stitches mimic knit stitches but are created with yarn and a tapestry needle. They can be used to weave in ends.
![Fringe](https://www.anniesattic.com/media/wysiwyg/Knit-Guide_Techniques_Fringe.jpg)
![Fringe](https://www.anniesattic.com/media/wysiwyg/Knit-Guide_Techniques_Fringe.jpg)
Fringe is a decorative border consisting of short bits of yarn or twisted threads. There are several ways to make and apply fringe.
![I Cord](https://www.anniesattic.com/media/wysiwyg/Knit-Guide_Techniques_I-Cord.jpg)
![I Cord](https://www.anniesattic.com/media/wysiwyg/Knit-Guide_Techniques_I-Cord.jpg)
I-cords are thick, knitted tubes. They are created by casting on a small number of stitches and working across them with the right ...
![Intarsia](https://www.anniesattic.com/media/wysiwyg/Knit-Guide_Techniques_Intarsia_1.jpg)
![Intarsia](https://www.anniesattic.com/media/wysiwyg/Knit-Guide_Techniques_Intarsia_1.jpg)
Intarsia is a type of colorwork knitting. It is used when you have large chunks of color that have too many stitches to carry ...
![Pick Up and Knit](https://www.anniesattic.com/media/wysiwyg/Knit-Guide_Techniques_Pick-Up-And-Knit.jpg)
![Pick Up and Knit](https://www.anniesattic.com/media/wysiwyg/Knit-Guide_Techniques_Pick-Up-And-Knit.jpg)
There are times you may want to avoid seaming and work new stitches directly from the existing knit fabric.
![Short Rows or Wrap and Turn](https://www.anniesattic.com/media/wysiwyg/Knit-Guide_Techniques_Short-Rows_V1.jpg)
![Short Rows or Wrap and Turn](https://www.anniesattic.com/media/wysiwyg/Knit-Guide_Techniques_Short-Rows_V1.jpg)
Short rows are, as they sound like, short rows of knitting. You create them by working over only some of the stitches in a row ...