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Annaplexis

@annaplexis.bsky.social
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Author of Learn to Knit in 50 Squares Tutorials and Patterns 🧶🧶🧶 Free knitting course on www.annaplexis.eu

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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Stash tip: Yarns all tangled up?🧶 You know how all the yarn ends get tangled up, and you spend more time untangling than knitting??? 🙄🫤 👉 Here’s a tip to keep your stash neat and tidy: fasten the loose ends with hair snap clips. No more tangles ✨ 😎 ✨ #knitting
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Just finished this summer shawl, in time for autumn 🍂 😅 but I’m hoping I’ll get to wear it for a couple of weeks of wear out of it! #knitting
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🧶 There’s a reason why the Italian bind off is so popular, even though it takes so much more time to work than the regular bind off It’s stretchy and it looks so neat as if the stitches just flow into each other. 🙌🧶✨ #knitting annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2022/10/03/e...
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Have you noticed that garter stitch is stretchier than stocking stitch? And that the normal bind off turns out tight, especially if you’re binding off a shawl? Try the Icelandic bind off! ✨ 🧶✨ #knitting annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2022/10/03/e...
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🧶 How do you get a seamless cast off edge when #knitting in the round? 
Here's how to connect the last stitch to the first, so there's no visible gap or jog at the join ✨ 🧶✨ annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2022/10/03/e...
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Is your shawl cast off too tight? 🧶
Try the K2tog tbl stretchy cast off! I'm #knitting shawls at the moment (still stash-busting 😅), and a too-tight edge is a common problem. This is one of my go-to cast offs: stretchy, neat, and easy to do ✨ 🙌🧶✨ annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2022/10/03/e...
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Bonus square: The Bubbly One 🫧🫧🫧 is now live! Find the other squares in my book Learn to Knit in 50 Squares 🟦
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Bonus square: The Bubbly One
Here's a bonus square for the Learn-to-Knit blanket. You will find the other squares in my book Learn to Knit in 50 Squares. You will also find some of the squares for free on this website. This square features the Bubble Stitch. This square is among the shorter ones, so you should treat it like Square 24: The Mosaic One or 42: The Short One, when deciding where to place it in the blanket.
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🧶 Big holes next to your bobbles? Here’s how to close them (if you are #knitting in the round) 🙌🧶✨ Practice with square 31. The Knobbly One of the Learn-to-knit Blanket. Find the pattern on my website or in my book, Learn to Knit in 50 Squares 📖 🔗 annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/l...
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
After the I-cord cast on, here comes the I-cord cast off 🧶 #knitting Find more cast offs here: annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2022/10/03/e... 🧶🎥
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I-cord cast on Cast on 3 sts. Slip the stitches to the left needle. Next row: Yarn over, knit 3. Slip 3 stitches back to left needle. Repeat until you have the desired number of stitches (excluding the 3 stitches of the i-cord) 🧶 🧶 🧶 #knitting annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2022/04/27/c... 🧶🎥
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🫧🫧🫧 Bubble stitch 🫧🫧🫧 This is a fun stitch created by knitting 5 rows of stocking stitch and then, on the next right side row, #knitting 5 below, i.e. counting 5 rows down from the live stitch on your left hand needle and knitting into that stitch, while unravelling the stitches in between 🧶 🧶 🧶
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#Knitting tip 💡 🤔 You know how the very last stitch of your cast off looks loose and stretched? 👉 Here’s a simple remedy: 🧶 Lift the stitch below the last stitch onto your left-hand needle and knit the 2 stitches together 🙌 😉
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Recent question: What does the Learn-to-knit blanket look like on the other side? 🧶 On my website www.annaplexis.eu you’ll find free patterns for some of the squares. You’ll find the full blanket in my book Learn to knit in 50 squares. 🔗 annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/l...
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I was asked recently how I handle stranded knitting with 3 colours on the purl side. That’s one thing I’ve NEVER done! 😱 😱 😱 But this is how I handle 3 colours on the knit side 🧶 🧶 🧶 Have you ever worked with more than 2 colours at the same time? How did you do it? #knitting
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Aw, thank you ❤️🧶🌺
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Yes! 🙌🧶🌺
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🧶 Linen stitch is a very particular stitch in knitting. It’s very dense (and takes longer to knit), it’s stable, non-stretchy, lies flat and looks neat on both sides. That’s why I like to use it for button bands 🙌✨ #knitting annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2022/02/25/t...
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
How can you tell this Learn-to-Knit Blanket was made for my leftie friend? 🟦 Because Square 40. The Pocketed One is placed on her left hand side, so she can easily reach in for candy, tissues, or whatever she decides to stash there 🍬🍬🍬 🔗 annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/l... 🔗 #knitting
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My other big stash-buster this summer (other than the Annaplexis Drawstring Bag) are these cushions. Lots of TV knitting and I love the i-cord trim and linen stitch buttonband! 🌈🌈🌈🧶🧶🧶🌼🌼🌼 #knitting
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Upon popular request, here's the pattern for the cotton drawstring bags I've been knitting all summer ☀️🧶 ⚠️ Beware: this pattern is highly addictive, proceed with caution 😅 I'd love to see your own Annaplexis Drawstring Bags — don't hesitate to tag me in your posts!
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The Annaplexis Drawstring Bag
This past summer I decided I really needed to do something about my cotton stash. So I started thinking up different projects using cotton and now I'm so addicted to this little drawstring bag. I've been making them all summer! All my friends are getting one for Christmas 😄 It's a relatively easy project and you can make it any size.
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This might be the most addictive knit I've ever made! 🧶🧶🧶 I started making these drawstring bags to use up my cotton stash… and now I can't stop 😅 The Annaplexis Drawstring Bag pattern goes live tomorrow on my website — www.annaplexis.eu So hold tight and stay tuned! ✨ #knitting
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Grafting makes a completely seamless join, ideal for toes on cuff-down socks. You may find it confusing at first, but it’s only 4 steps you need to memorize. Practice grafting with square 41 from my book Learn to Knit in 50 Squares. 🔗 annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/l...
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I normally make seamless garments, but I’ve used this to join shoulder seams and it works perfectly!
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Most tutorials show how to graft in stocking stitch. But how do you graft in garter stitch?? 🤔 🧶 In fact it’s simpler because you repeat the same steps on the front and back needle! Make sure there’s a purl ridge facing you at the top of both the front and the back piece 😉 #knitting
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
My favourite way to join knitted squares 🟪🟨🟥🟦 I like to crochet them together: It’s fast, stretchy and easy to undo if you want to redo a seam! 🧶 Find the patterns for these knitted squares in my book Learn to Knit in 50 Squares. 🔗 annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/l... #knitting
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🧶 The Turkish cast-on is an alternative to Judy's Magic Cast On and is arguably easier! It creates a perfectly seamless start, leaving you with live stitches on both sides of the work. This makes it ideal for toe-up sock toes 🙌🧶✨ annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2022/04/27/c...
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Knitting sideways is fun! You can make vertical stripes with no extra effort or complicated techniques 😉🙌😎 The Grammatica Cardigan is now available on Ravelry and Payhip in English 🇬🇧, German 🇩🇪 and Danish 🇩🇰 🧶🧶🧶
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Grammatica Cardigan
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Knitting sideways is fun! You can make vertical stripes with no extra effort or complicated techniques 😉🙌😎 The Grammatica Cardigan is now available on Ravelry and Payhip in English 🇬🇧, German 🇩🇪 and Danish 🇩🇰 🧶🧶🧶 www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🧶 🧶 🧶 It’s a good idea to add a lifeline every now and then, e.g. every pattern repeat, when knitting intricate patterns, such as cables, lace or brioche. If you make a mistake you can safely frog down to the lifeline and continue knitting. annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/m...
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
How to pick up a dropped knit stitch Dropped stitches are a common source of knitter anxiety, but there’s no need to panic 😊 You can do it with or without a crochet hook. Here’s how to do it with one ✨ 🧶🙌 annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/m... #knitting
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Brioche increases and decreases are slightly more complicated than the standard ones. To keep an unbroken sequence of knit and purl stitches, you need to increase or decrease two stitches at a time. 🧶🧶 annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/l...
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Make one increases The “make one right” is a bit tricky, because it’s difficult to get the #knitting needle into the loop, so I pull the stitch and press the loop with my thumb to create some slack 🧶🧶🧶 annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/l...
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Yes! Any kind of folded hem 🙌
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Drawstring bags 😉
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Yes! Good ideas!!
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Yes 🙌
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I’m making drawstring bags. All my friends are getting one for Christmas 😅
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Pinhole cast on I love this cast on, which allows you to knit in the round starting from the centre without leaving a hole. Practice it with square 43. The Lifted One of the Learn-to-Knit Blanket. #knitting annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/l...
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Mattress stitch Practice mattress stitch with Square 40: The Pocketed One from my book Learn to Knit in 50 Squares annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/l... #knitting
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Very pleased to have worked out how to work syncopated single-pass brioche 😊😇😎 I’m knitting a lovely brioche shawl which features syncopated brioche - where you reverse which colour the knit stitches have 🧶🧶🧶 #knitting
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
JOGLESS WEEK
👉 Part 5: Jogless stranded colourwork When #knitting in the round, you're essentially knitting in a spiral, so with every round you're going up a step. This creates a jog on the cast on/off edge and is also visible if you're knitting stripes or colourwork.
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Following my Jogless Purl Ridge video, some of you asked about the way I purl. I use the Norwegian purl, which is what I learned from my Danish mother. Do you use the Norwegian purl? Let me know! 🧶🧶🧶 #knitting annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/purl/
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
JOGLESS WEEK
👉 Part 4: Jogless purl ridge #knitting 👉 For jogless purl ridges:
Knit to end of round. Slip last stitch to left needle, make reverse yarn over, slip stitch back to right needle. Purl the next round to last stitch, purl last stitch together with yarn over 🧶🙌
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
JOGLESS WEEK
👉 Part 3: Jogless stripes #knitting
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
JOGLESS WEEK 👉 Part 2: Jogless cast off edge #knitting 👉 For a jogless cast off: Before weaving in the end, complete the chain that is formed on the ridge, essentially closing the "missing link" in that last stitch 😉🙌💡 🧶🧶🧶
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Join me for JOGLESS WEEK! 🧶🧶🧶 👉 Part 1: Jogless cast on edge Cast on an extra stitch, then pass the first cast-on stitch over it to join in the round. You’ll get a jogless edge without breaking the chain of right-leaning strands along the edge 😉🙌💡
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Knitting up my cotton stash 🧶🧶🧶 My aim is to knit at least 50g a day during the month of August. The more I knit, the sooner I get to buy new yarn 😇😉😎🙌🙌⛱️🧶🧶🧶
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
👉 #Knitting tip: If you’re using interchangeable needles, you can add a lifeline by threading dental floss through the hole in the connector. Work a row and the lifeline gets placed automatically as you go! 😉🙌💡 🧶🧶🧶
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Judy’s magic cast on 🧶🧶🧶 Magic, indeed, since it creates a perfectly seamless cast on, perfect for toe-up socks 🧦🧦 👉 #Knitting tip: Cast on the last stitch using the long-tail cast on to anchor the stitches 😉🙌💡 annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2022/04/27/c...
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