The Learn with Lucy DVDs are a perfect tool for the visual learner! Every DVD was professionally filmed to give you a clear view of each technique demonstrated. Each DVD contains a handy navigation menu to let you find your topic faster.
Knitting Essentials 1 contains vital information for knitters: control your cast-ons, innovative bind-off methods, make increases and decreases in more than one way, apply finishing basics, pick up tips on reading your knitting, and discover the secrets of contented stitches.
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Skill Level: Beginner Intermediate Advanced
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Techniques Used: 8 different bind-offs, 5 different cast-ons, decreases and their variations, mattress stitch, gauge matters
Sock Techniques 1 contains the two sock technique DVDs grew out of the book Cool Socks Warm Feet, since so many knitters appreciate watching the techniques "in real time". The illustrated techniques work for ALL sock knitting, not just the patterns in the book.
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Skill Level: Beginner Intermediate Advanced
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Techniques Used: Strong elastic cast-on edges, knitting in the round with one or two circulars or double pointed needles, failsafe toe grafting without loose stitches, relaxed bind-offs, great cuffs, sock anatomy, and more.
Sock Techniques 2 provides a continuation of great sock knitting skills. You can make top-down or toe-up socks, make inserted heels, and just about anything else that can be done with socks.
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Skill Level: Beginner Intermediate Advanced
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Techniques Used: Step-by-step coverage of Channel Island and tubular cast-ons, the sideways garter stitch cuff (no gauge swatch required!),and, for toe-up socks: Bosnian square toe, garter and stocking stitch short-row toes. Also shown: inserted heels and how to improve their fit, including the Turkish heel and Lucy's super-strong garter stitch short-row heel. And there's more.
Finesse Your Knitting 1: If you've ever wondered how to put in an afterthought pocket, a perfect buttonhole in two layers of knitting at once, or how to graft anything to anything else invisibly, here is the DVD for you!
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Skill Level: Intermediate
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Techniques Used: Tubular bind-off methods, the afterthought pocket, grafting stitches top to top, the magic buttonhole, grafting stitches top to bottom.
Finesse Your Knitting 2 contains expert shoulder shapings and various joins, setting-in fitted sleeve heads with ease, perfect bands, and much more.
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Skill Level: Intermediate Advanced
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Techniques Used: Expert shoulder shapings and various joins, setting-in fitted sleeve heads with ease. Experience the exquisite joys of double bands: knitting-up the stitches (right first time, every time), equalizing the two sides, adding shaping to the corners of the bands, and reversing for the inner layer, and how these principles may be applied to neck and armband situations.
Intarsia Untangled 2 contains are some sophisticated skills to help you tackle special situations.
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Skill Level: Advanced
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Techniques Used: Long horizontal colour jumps, single stitch lines, outlining using two ends of one piece of yarn, two-row stripes, exploiting variegated yarns, chequerboards and the double-tail weave, mixing your stitches, pattern analysis, and more.
