I'm an author, knitter, and animator. Follow me on Twitter and visit my website at ryancollett.com
On this channel I make videos you can wear — tutorials and how-tos for all your knitting needs, from purling to cable knit sweaters, one stitch at a time, only when I'm bored.
Come with me on a journey through time. Want to know how long it takes to knit a scarf? This is the video that shows you. No, it won't show you how to knit a scarf, just how long it takes. This is the content the people are demanding!
Enjoy the animations. Enjoy the clock ticking by. Enjoy pizza.
Get in touch: [email protected]
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Website: https://ryancollett.com/
Aspiring fashionistas rejoice! Now you can turn your chunky old Fair Isle knit scarf into a chic, fancy, dubiously named houndstooth scarf! Houndstooth is everywhere, you just don't know where to look. In this video I break down what exactly it is, how to draw it, and how to replicate it in knitting. Woof!
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Get in touch: [email protected]
Website: https://ryancollett.com/
These are the most satisfying things about knitting. Nothing else. It's official. It's been notarized. Maybe pom poms don't belong in this video but that's just the footage I wound up with (pun intended!).
RIP to that chunky white scarf...
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Get in touch: [email protected]
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Arm knit, hand knit, finger knit, potato, potato. Whatever you want to call it, it's NOT knitting with needles, so throw those away. This is basically how to knit anything with huge yarn. A huge scarf. A huge blanket. Gloves? Socks? Go for it!
Keep in mind you can use any type of yarn for this, as long as it's thick.
Follow me on Twitter: (
/ rjcollett )
Get in touch: [email protected]
Website: https://ryancollett.com/
I'm still on a knitting needle fast. It's 2019, who needs 'em? In this video I make good use of my leftover chunky yarn and make an infinity scarf with just arm knitting (or hand knitting, whatever you want to call it; knitting has never been a good place for the semantics-obsessed).
Anyway, to infinity and beyond with your infinity scarf! Also, do you have a better method of joining the two ends together than the shoddy method I use? Comment below!
Follow me on Twitter: (
/ rjcollett )
Website: https://ryancollett.com/
Get in touch: [email protected]
Yes there's more to be learned! This is probably the second most important thing you're going to need to learn when it comes to knitting. We're learning how to purl in this video, so sit back and relax and forget everything you thought you knew about knitting.
All the ways to combine knitting and purling:
• Combined Knit and Purl: How to Combin...
(Inexplicably features Beyoncé in the intro, and my glorious hair... youth is fleeting)
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Website: https://ryancollett.com/
Get in touch: [email protected]
(Update: Here's an even EASIER method -
• The EASIEST Way to Knit a Sweater )
Oh boy oh boy, here we go. Get comfortable. Get cozy. Not cozy enough? Well you're in luck because here's the video that's going to teach you how to knit the coziest of cozy, the queen of comfort, the reason sheep exist: THE SWEATER.
How to knit a sweater is actually easy it's almost sickening how not-intimidating it is once you learn the basics, so those are what I cover in this video.
Shortcuts!
Putting stitches on hold: 4:10
Combining them all together: 11:56
Shaping the shoulders: 22:30
Other helpful videos!
How to knit on DPNs in the round:
• How to Knit in the Round: Knitting in...
How to knit on circular needles:
• Knitting In the Round: How to Knit wi...
How to knit socks? (It's helpful, trust me!):
• How to Knit Socks: Part 2
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Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
(Also, yes it's been 6 months since my last video. Plz forgive me.)
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All this time and I never bothered to do a How to Knit a Beanie video, where are my priorities? Anyway, here's all the basics you need to know in order to knit the hat of your dreams.
Shortcuts!
Casting on: 02:04
Knitting the ribbing: 07:30
Adding a stripe: 18:35
Decreasing: 23:30
Kitchener stitch: 27:35
Knit, purl, knit, purl, knit, knit... knit... wait... oh no... It's the feeling we all know and love to hate -- you've dropped a stitch. Oh, no, you've dropped three! Seven! Lord help us.
It's not fun to drop a stitch! In this video I'm going over the basics (the BASICS, people!) of what to do when said stitch gets the aforementioned and always dreaded drop. It's much easier to fix than you'd think!
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/ rjcollett )
Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
Hehehe. Yes, yes I know, not what anyone expected, but here it is – I wrote a book. As much as I would love for it to be a cutesy-kitschy book of knitting projects… it’s not! One-thousand apologies from me to you, but also – preorder now!
You'll love it.
Animated book trailer –
• The Disassembly of Doreen Durand - Bo...
Preorder links for the UK:
Amazon – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Disassembly-...
Waterstones – https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-...
Sandstone Press – https://sandstonepress.square.site/pr...
Foyles – https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/fictio...
Preorder link for the US:
BookDepository – https://www.bookdepository.com/Disass...
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/ rjcollett )
Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
But like... what is it? Crazy it took me ten years to get to this point but I figured it was a question worth answering.
Buy my book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-...
or here: https://amzn.eu/d/138BdPD
Instagram: -
/ rjcollett
Twitter: -
/ rjcollett
Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
After witnessing a horrific accident from her apartment window, Doreen Durand lies low, alone and friendless, refusing to answer the door or her phone to the investigating police.
When she runs away she is picked up and protected by the mysterious Violet Cascade, wealthy and powerful. As a rogue police officer continues to pursue Doreen, a surreal game of cat and mouse begins.
Preorder links for the UK:
Amazon – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Disassembly-...
Waterstones – https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-...
Sandstone Press – https://sandstonepress.square.site/pr...
Foyles – https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/fictio...
Preorder link for the US:
BookDepository – https://www.bookdepository.com/Disass...
Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: (
/ rjcollett ) (
/ rjcollett )
Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
Didn't plan on this video being 20 minutes long but here we are. Fingerless mittens are a thing and I'm wearing them right now as I type!
You want gloves, you want mittens? You gotta learn how to knit a gusset. That's what a big chunk of this video is devoted to.
Shortcuts:
How to knit the gusset - 02:20
How to knit the M1L - 08:51
How to knit the M1R - 10:12
Separating the thumb - 14:14
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Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
Take a break. Play some Tetris. Knit some Tetris. What's your favorite shape? What's your high score? Do you have the theme song stuck in your head now too?
Shortcuts:
Knitting the squares - 02:34
Sewing the squares together - 09:22
Stuffing! 20:00
Connecting the cubes - 24:10
Also did you know I wrote a book? It comes out soon. Preorder it and I'll love you forever. More info here: https://ryancollett.com/
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In a dramatic turn of events, I've taken the camera outside into the wild world to answer all your burning questions. One-thousand thank yous for one-thousand subscribers!
Buy my book: https://ryancollett.com/
Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: (
/ rjcollett ) (
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Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
How to knit a cactus
Hoping the grammar and plant police find this video. You know him, you love him - the hearty cactus. Here's a wildly messy processes video on how to knit your very own cactus that you can do anything with except water or plant outside. It'll live forever!
Here's that balaclava video:
• How to knit a balaclava
Buy my book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-...
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Twitter: (https://twitter.com/RJCollett)
Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
I say "umm" about a thousand times, sorry. This is a long one! Thirty minutes of hopefully decent instructions on how to tackle the final frontier. The sweater. Seriously, it's easy, you'll be shocked.
Shortcuts:
How to do your increases - 05:56
Shoulders done! - 11:24
Sectioning off the arms - 12:23
Body done! - 20:12
How to knit the arms - 21:06
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Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
(Let me know if this is the ugliest thumbnail I've ever made.) SO here's how to "put a bird on it," as they say. The duplicate stitch is incredibly simple and once you know how to do it you'll instantly want to add little designs to all your projects. What a relief to have a video under 30 minutes for once.
Follow me on Instagram and Twitter: (https://instagram.com/rjcollett) and (https://twitter.com/RJCollett)
Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
Buy my book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-...
First rule of knitting with the magic loop is not to talk about the magic loop. Seriously it took forever for me to figure out what people meant when they referenced it. What loop? Why magic? Here I explain all.
Follow me on Instagram and Twitter: (https://instagram.com/rjcollett) and (https://twitter.com/RJCollett)
Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
Buy my book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-...
Love to you all.
🐦 Buy my book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-...
Speed knitting! It's already October and you haven't finished any of those sweaters you promised everyone for Christmas so HOP TO IT.
Speed knitting isn't a thing, but people (myself included) will try their hardest to insist it exists. In this video I go over good old continental for knitting and the mysterious, chilly Norwegian purl. Learn these two things and you'll be set for life. FOR LIFE!
Instagram: (https://instagram.com/rjcollett)
Twitter: (https://twitter.com/RJCollett)
Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
My friends at Wool and the Gang have a new yarn out and it's BIG. Big Love Cotton - it's out now, it's everything you want from a chunky-chunk, it's breathable! Truly a great yarn: https://www.woolandthegang.com/en/pro...
I'm doing a scarf this time. Knitting just kind of takes too long I think. I want cables, I want different colors. I want those cables to twist over each other and I want each one to be a different color. So in an effort to tame my undisciplined mind I've put up purl guardrails between the cables.
🐦 Buy my book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-...
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No matter how quickly I try to jump right into the tutorial, these videos never seem to come in under 10 minutes. Here's how to herringbone. Why herring? Why bones? No idea, that's for someone else's video to explore. Here's how to knit it.
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Come with me on a journey through time. Want to know how long it takes to knit a scarf? This is the video that shows you. No, it won't show you how to knit a scarf, just how long it takes. This is the content the people are demanding! Enjoy the animations. Enjoy the clock ticking by. Enjoy pizza. Get in touch: [email protected] Follow me on Twitter: @RJCollett ( / rjcollett ) Website: https://ryancollett.com/
Aspiring fashionistas rejoice! Now you can turn your chunky old Fair Isle knit scarf into a chic, fancy, dubiously named houndstooth scarf! Houndstooth is everywhere, you just don't know where to look. In this video I break down what exactly it is, how to draw it, and how to replicate it in knitting. Woof! Follow me on Twitter: @RJCollett ( / rjcollett ) Get in touch: [email protected] Website: https://ryancollett.com/
These are the most satisfying things about knitting. Nothing else. It's official. It's been notarized. Maybe pom poms don't belong in this video but that's just the footage I wound up with (pun intended!). RIP to that chunky white scarf... Follow me on Twitter: @RJCollett ( / rjcollett ) Get in touch: [email protected] Website: https://ryancollett.com/
Arm knit, hand knit, finger knit, potato, potato. Whatever you want to call it, it's NOT knitting with needles, so throw those away. This is basically how to knit anything with huge yarn. A huge scarf. A huge blanket. Gloves? Socks? Go for it! Keep in mind you can use any type of yarn for this, as long as it's thick. Follow me on Twitter: @RJCollett ( / rjcollett ) Get in touch: [email protected] Website: https://ryancollett.com/
I'm still on a knitting needle fast. It's 2019, who needs 'em? In this video I make good use of my leftover chunky yarn and make an infinity scarf with just arm knitting (or hand knitting, whatever you want to call it; knitting has never been a good place for the semantics-obsessed). Anyway, to infinity and beyond with your infinity scarf! Also, do you have a better method of joining the two ends together than the shoddy method I use? Comment below! Follow me on Twitter: @RJCollett ( / rjcollett ) Website: https://ryancollett.com/ Get in touch: [email protected]
Yes there's more to be learned! This is probably the second most important thing you're going to need to learn when it comes to knitting. We're learning how to purl in this video, so sit back and relax and forget everything you thought you knew about knitting. All the ways to combine knitting and purling: • Combined Knit and Purl: How to Combin... (Inexplicably features Beyoncé in the intro, and my glorious hair... youth is fleeting) Follow me on Twitter: @RJCollett ( / rjcollett ) Website: https://ryancollett.com/ Get in touch: [email protected]
(Update: Here's an even EASIER method - • The EASIEST Way to Knit a Sweater ) Oh boy oh boy, here we go. Get comfortable. Get cozy. Not cozy enough? Well you're in luck because here's the video that's going to teach you how to knit the coziest of cozy, the queen of comfort, the reason sheep exist: THE SWEATER. How to knit a sweater is actually easy it's almost sickening how not-intimidating it is once you learn the basics, so those are what I cover in this video. Shortcuts! Putting stitches on hold: 4:10 Combining them all together: 11:56 Shaping the shoulders: 22:30 Other helpful videos! How to knit on DPNs in the round: • How to Knit in the Round: Knitting in... How to knit on circular needles: • Knitting In the Round: How to Knit wi... How to knit socks? (It's helpful, trust me!): • How to Knit Socks: Part 2 Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @RJCollett ( / rjcollett ) ( / rjcollett ) Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/ (Also, yes it's been 6 months since my last video. Plz forgive me.)
Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @RJCollett ( / rjcollett ) ( / rjcollett ) Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/ All this time and I never bothered to do a How to Knit a Beanie video, where are my priorities? Anyway, here's all the basics you need to know in order to knit the hat of your dreams. Shortcuts! Casting on: 02:04 Knitting the ribbing: 07:30 Adding a stripe: 18:35 Decreasing: 23:30 Kitchener stitch: 27:35
Knit, purl, knit, purl, knit, knit... knit... wait... oh no... It's the feeling we all know and love to hate -- you've dropped a stitch. Oh, no, you've dropped three! Seven! Lord help us. It's not fun to drop a stitch! In this video I'm going over the basics (the BASICS, people!) of what to do when said stitch gets the aforementioned and always dreaded drop. It's much easier to fix than you'd think! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @RJCollett ( / rjcollett ) ( / rjcollett ) Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
Hehehe. Yes, yes I know, not what anyone expected, but here it is – I wrote a book. As much as I would love for it to be a cutesy-kitschy book of knitting projects… it’s not! One-thousand apologies from me to you, but also – preorder now! You'll love it. Animated book trailer – • The Disassembly of Doreen Durand - Bo... Preorder links for the UK: Amazon – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Disassembly-... Waterstones – https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-... Sandstone Press – https://sandstonepress.square.site/pr... Foyles – https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/fictio... Preorder link for the US: BookDepository – https://www.bookdepository.com/Disass... Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @RJCollett ( / rjcollett ) ( / rjcollett ) Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
But like... what is it? Crazy it took me ten years to get to this point but I figured it was a question worth answering. Buy my book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-... or here: https://amzn.eu/d/138BdPD Instagram: @RJCollett - / rjcollett Twitter: @RJCollett - / rjcollett Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
After witnessing a horrific accident from her apartment window, Doreen Durand lies low, alone and friendless, refusing to answer the door or her phone to the investigating police. When she runs away she is picked up and protected by the mysterious Violet Cascade, wealthy and powerful. As a rogue police officer continues to pursue Doreen, a surreal game of cat and mouse begins. Preorder links for the UK: Amazon – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Disassembly-... Waterstones – https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-... Sandstone Press – https://sandstonepress.square.site/pr... Foyles – https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/fictio... Preorder link for the US: BookDepository – https://www.bookdepository.com/Disass... Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @RJCollett ( / rjcollett ) ( / rjcollett ) Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
Didn't plan on this video being 20 minutes long but here we are. Fingerless mittens are a thing and I'm wearing them right now as I type! You want gloves, you want mittens? You gotta learn how to knit a gusset. That's what a big chunk of this video is devoted to. Shortcuts: How to knit the gusset - 02:20 How to knit the M1L - 08:51 How to knit the M1R - 10:12 Separating the thumb - 14:14 Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @RJCollett ( / rjcollett ) ( / rjcollett ) Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
Take a break. Play some Tetris. Knit some Tetris. What's your favorite shape? What's your high score? Do you have the theme song stuck in your head now too? Shortcuts: Knitting the squares - 02:34 Sewing the squares together - 09:22 Stuffing! 20:00 Connecting the cubes - 24:10 Also did you know I wrote a book? It comes out soon. Preorder it and I'll love you forever. More info here: https://ryancollett.com/ Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @RJCollett ( / rjcollett ) ( / rjcollett )
In a dramatic turn of events, I've taken the camera outside into the wild world to answer all your burning questions. One-thousand thank yous for one-thousand subscribers! Buy my book: https://ryancollett.com/ Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @RJCollett ( / rjcollett ) ( / rjcollett ) . Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/
How to knit a cactus Hoping the grammar and plant police find this video. You know him, you love him - the hearty cactus. Here's a wildly messy processes video on how to knit your very own cactus that you can do anything with except water or plant outside. It'll live forever! Here's that balaclava video: • How to knit a balaclava Buy my book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-... Instagram: @RJCollett (https://instagram.com/rjcollett) Twitter: @RJCollett (https://twitter.com/RJCollett) Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
I say "umm" about a thousand times, sorry. This is a long one! Thirty minutes of hopefully decent instructions on how to tackle the final frontier. The sweater. Seriously, it's easy, you'll be shocked. Shortcuts: How to do your increases - 05:56 Shoulders done! - 11:24 Sectioning off the arms - 12:23 Body done! - 20:12 How to knit the arms - 21:06 Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @RJCollett (https://twitter.com/RJCollett) (https://instagram.com/rjcollett) Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
(Let me know if this is the ugliest thumbnail I've ever made.) SO here's how to "put a bird on it," as they say. The duplicate stitch is incredibly simple and once you know how to do it you'll instantly want to add little designs to all your projects. What a relief to have a video under 30 minutes for once. Follow me on Instagram and Twitter: @RJCollett (https://instagram.com/rjcollett) and (https://twitter.com/RJCollett) Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/ Buy my book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-...
First rule of knitting with the magic loop is not to talk about the magic loop. Seriously it took forever for me to figure out what people meant when they referenced it. What loop? Why magic? Here I explain all. Follow me on Instagram and Twitter: @RJCollett (https://instagram.com/rjcollett) and (https://twitter.com/RJCollett) Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/ Buy my book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-... Love to you all.
🐦 Buy my book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-... Speed knitting! It's already October and you haven't finished any of those sweaters you promised everyone for Christmas so HOP TO IT. Speed knitting isn't a thing, but people (myself included) will try their hardest to insist it exists. In this video I go over good old continental for knitting and the mysterious, chilly Norwegian purl. Learn these two things and you'll be set for life. FOR LIFE! Instagram: @RJCollett (https://instagram.com/rjcollett) Twitter: @RJCollett (https://twitter.com/RJCollett) Website and blog: https://ryancollett.com/
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