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Great video again. I think the reason most knitters freeze when it comes to certain tasks is we know it takes time & concentration which is often in short supply, whereas we can knit without thinking unless it's a complicated pattern. I currently have half a dozen projects ready to be finished & sewn up & wonder if they'll ever get my attention. Meanwhile I'm knitting yet another unfinished symphony! 🤣

There are a lot of very helpful knitting videos on KZfaq but the detail you provide, with excellent audio and video work and NO "entertainment" is incredible. Thank you. Your work is my go to.

Norman, the quality of your filming and advice is so high; this is excellent. I'm knitting my first pair of socks, and I'll be able to use some of your tips to take them to the next level. Thank you!

Thanks for all these tips and tricks. I'd love to see how you knit reinforced buttonholes, and also I would love to make felted slippers.

Thank you for such a jam-packed, highly informative video! I especially appreciate the parts on picking up stitches to make pockets, and weaving in the ends on different stitches. I'd never seen the specific weave in for garter before- so I appreciate it very much!

Thank you for this lovely collection of finishing techniques, Norman. ❤ When you felted that boot, I fell in love. The only felting that I have ever done was by mistake. lol I would love to see you do a knit and felt tutorial.

Thank you. Love all of the tips. Would love to see something on how to do the reinforced buttonholes if you can.

I think of myself as a fiber artist, so finishing is part of it, as is swatching. It's linen season in Texas, so my appreciation of dealing with other fibers Is at an all-time high.

This is absolutely my favorite of all your videos. I have so many projects that I consider failures because of some little finishing sloppiness. I’m at a stage in my knitting development where this video is very much what I need. Thank you.

Norman, I love your channel! Your grafting video has helped me multiple times and I am so in love with the idea of not having seams that I restructure garments and use provisional cast-ons and grafting in order to have it seamless 😊

Thank you so much for the informative vudeo. Learned a lot and would love to learn how to knit button holes ❤

I love these videos, Norman! Thank you! 💖If you knit gifts, these finishing touches really elevate your gift. I've had people ask me where I bought something I made for them--a huge ego boost for a hobby knitter like me! Like many, I don't like doing the Kitchner stich because I forget the sequence. However, the Finchley stitch is a great substitute and can be used for most projects that require grafting (e.g., toe of a sock).

Your breadth of knowledge is incredible! I'm actually starting to enjoy making swatches and look forward to the finishing touches because of your videos. Thank you!

Thanks for a very informative video, Norman. I started off thinking this was going to be a video of weaving in ends or blocking, but what an informative lesson. Those baby booties were so cute and this gives me an idea to use old yarn for potholders. And thanks for the lesson on letting out knitting and also grafting. I am comfortable with 3-needle bind-off and even Italian bind-off, but when I hear kitchener stitch, I look the other way. Now I understand it's just Italian bind-off on 2 needles. I can now add much-needed pockets to a cardigan I knitted. A million thanks! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 (that's 100K for every emoji 😂)

I would LOVE to do a felted project. I bought too many skeins of Ístek Léttlopi and don’t know what to do with them. A felted project or two would be amazing. Thank you Norman! - Nicolle

Just want to say Thank You for the time you put into your videos. I am 77 and have knit off and on since I was 10 but I always learn a lot from you. Whatever our amount of experience we always have more to learn. You are an excellent teacher!

I like the "fixing loose stitches" tip! You are a great teacher Norman! ✌❤🇨🇦

I would love a felting lesson for mittens. Thanks for the tips and tricks😊

Hi Norman. What a fantastic video! All of these tips and tricks are awesome! Thank you for the tutorial on starching! I’ve always wanted to starch some of my snowflakes but have never tried it. Now I will! I also loved the way you showed us the way the stitches go by knitting that swatch on huge needles. Very helpful! Everything is wonderful! Many thanks for all of the time and effort you put in to make your videos.❤️

Thank you, Norman! It's always a joy to see you ❤️ Thank you for helping me become a better knitter.

Hi Norman, I would love to see the buttonhole tutorial, I feel like it will be so much easier to button and unbutton! I usually want to go back with the same yarn and deply it if it's plied and sew around the bottom hole. Great tips, I always enjoy your uploads and learn so much! Thank you 😊

LOVE your channel. You’re a great teacher. I have learned so much💕

Norman, Thank you for such a comprehensive video. I really appreciate all the time you take to share your knowledge and help us to become better knitters.

At times when my joint pain is worse I have seen my knitting be as even as usual. Then I have seen that stretching the fabric horizontally and vertically a few times it evens out any larger or smaller stitches.

Superb and precise. Norman you are so perfectly put together! I bet you NEVER have lint on your clothing and fold fitted sheets the proper way, not stuffing them in the drawer.

The excitement I get when I get a notification on a new video from you in crazy 😂😂💕💕💕✍️🏽✍️🏽✍️🏽✍️🏽.

Norman - Thank you for this, especially the section about how to lengthen garments. You've helped revive a project I'd tossed aside in disgust after making a complete hash of trying to unpick the hem of a sweater I'd made too short. After following your advice I'm now re-enthused and back on track. Thank you❤

Amazing tips, Norman you are a genius! But can I just point out your GORGEOUS wall color against the sofa color!!!! Love it😍😍

Great techniques Norman! I have a summer tee I knitted years ago. The front wound up an inch longer than the back. I think it may be easier to remedy that than I thought. Ill FINALLY get it out of my WIP pile! Thanks!

Thank you Norman. You have taught this 70 year old so much. Keep it up

❤ Hi Professor 😊 Norman I am doing another beginner shawl from your video that is for 8 basic shapes. I share it with my knitting new friends. Thanks for the new video.

The only video I’ve seen explaining how to fix an elongated I cable stitch. Thank you so much!

Super useful as always, thank you, Norman!😊 Yes please for videos about buttonholes and felting.

I'm binge watching your videos. I really like your presentations and humour. Your videos work for me.

I remember my first attempt at Kitchener stitch. Perhaps not so seamless.😅 now it is so much easier and I look forward to it at the end of my cuff down socks. Blocking is a whole other love hate relationship! Would love to see your approach to felted projects, Norman.

You're amazing Norman. I love your channel. I learn so much. Thank you x

Fantastic demonstration Norman. Learned a number of various techniques related to knitting. Video is not just finishing knitting by weaving in ends, you also add the decorative element to enhance a garment. After seeing your video about extending a garment by cutting or unraveling the cast-on edge, I feel more confident to lengthen a knit sweater. Lots of information. This video is a keeper for follow-up.🙂

You are a wonderful teacher - thank you Normand

Merci Norman! A fan from Québec! You are an inspiration!❤

Norman you should write a book, I would totally buy it!

Thank you Norman, for such informative information. You're an excellent teacher😊

I needed this video exactly today, and I’m so happy to have found it. Thank you so much!

You are genius Norman! Thank so much!!!❤

Thank you so much. I've sorta strayed from swatching, but..... guess I'd better get back to it. Really enjoy your shows!

Clearest instructions on KZfaq. TY Norman!

Awesome! I never knew what strand to pull to fix loose stitches.

Thank you, Norman!

Excellent video Norman! TY.

Fabulous video, thank you! I will definitely be using many of these techniques. Please count this as a vote for a buttonhole video!

As always, thank you so much for these techniques! I used some on 2 tops I was a bit disappointed with (too slouchy) and they look great now. And I added small 'snowflake design' pockets to a vest that was rather plain.

I am so glad I watched this one! Stuff I needed to know and didn't realize.

All your Videos are so very valuable to us knitters. But Norman could you please Show us how to nicely close off the last stitch of cast off inkl the rib please. Thank you so ❤

Thank you so much! I was just wondering how to fix these wonky cables. Lots of great techniques here

Thank you so much for all the finishing tips 😊🧶

Awesome video Norman!

Thanks once again for a super instructional video. I found it really useful.

i like thrifting scarves& stuff to unravel for yarn and the weaving in technique you showed is my worst nightmare LOL its very secure!! meanwhile the knots only take a few seconds to untie

Wow. Just wow. Thank you.

Omg yesterday I was saying to myself the same thing. The finishing is the most important thing

Thanks for the buttonhole band reinforcement idea. We could certainly appropriate that technique for a knitted top with lots of gaps in it, and still make it modest, if we want it to be hassle free, so the wearer doesn't have to search for a camisole or tank top to wear underneath. Although, one would need a bit more sewing knowledge to fulfill that.

Wow😻 Love you work 💯🙀 Thank you so much .😻

Thank you, Norman! Great topic! I will also take a look at your legal articles/concern. I know it's hot/humid! Instead of hot coffee, I would like to treat you to one, two, or three glasses of frosty ice tea or ice coffee. Thanks again!

Yes please show us button holes and felted projects😊

You’re a great teacher. Thank you Norman!

Wonderful tutorial and tips. Thanks a lot 👍

Excellent tutorial! I always learn something from you 🙂

I would love to knit some convertible mittens and them felt them. But I am just starting out in knitting and I haven't learned a whole lot yet. I don't stay with just basics in anything, I love to challenge myself and learn more as I go.😊

Thank you for this great video 😊😊 I would love it if you will make a sweater tutorial 😁😁😁

Ohhhhhh Norman~!! I HATE finishing. If you only knew how many finished projects i have lying around waiting for "finishing"😂 i have an entire basket with tails waiting to be woven in,some have been in there for 2 years lol.... Maybe your video can motivate me to get it done~!! 🤦‍♀️

You are AMAZING !

Thank you 💛💛💛

You’re right! All the little bits here add to the Perfect Piece, the icing on the cake, so to speak. Swatching is my “don’t wanna do that…”, but if I want a sweater to fit… well…so I now swatch (grin). Yes to better button bands. An issue I have occasionally (as I haven’t made many cardigans), is where the band meets the sweater, the band sometimes curls inward/outward. Wondering if a K1P1 band worked along w the sweater is a good idea (ribbed so no stockinette curling). Yes to felting wool for slippers! For adult feet? Mittens? Best way to felt by hand because my apt bldg only has coin operated machines which lock after cycle starts (boo hoo!) Sewing thread & I don’t really get along… always knot up (grr), reason: fewer ends = lonnnng thread, and … well. And buttons (on shirts), give me a crochet hook, I’d gladly attach !! When I did sew buttons, I swear, the shirt & buttons would be rotting away, whilst the thread holding button would still be there after several eons! lol Thanks for great tips!

Hi Norman:) That part where you add length to a finished work by putting it back on the needles and undoing the cast on! I think I found the holy grail, my pieces are always too short 😅 If possible please teach us how to do it but on a ribbing edge 1x1, how to put the stitches back on the needles, if it's doable! Thank you so much for the wonderful channel:)

Fantastic video 👌

I'd love to see how you make those button holes please Norman :) A felting video would be fun too xx

These are great ❤

Lots of good tips! Thanks Norman :)

yes definitively button hole demo, please

Awesome ❤

Thank you for all your great videos! Could you teach us how to mend our knits? I know how to realize swiss darning / duplicate stitch on jersey but I struggle when there is a hole in garter stitch or ribs ,in the collar band or cuffs...with all my gratitude!

Thanks!

can you do an episode on seaming? I have problems with my seams looking messy, being too tight, Being too loose. What part of the stitches am I supposed to join to each other? Are there different kinds of seaming for different types of stitches? Is there a better selvedge or join to use for specific purposes?

Curious..... It's when you start from the bottom to add that extra length... you end up with 1 less stitch? Yes, it happened!! Carefully took everything out & reused the yarn, I dislike waste, 1 stitch less. 🤷 My nemesis is blocking.... Finding a space where it's away from everything and away from pets to dry, finding the time, there's so many things to do. I love to make large, schlanket type projects.

Great video thank you 😊

Great, thank you

I would love you to suggest the mathematics on knitting those slippers and then to felt it . I always walk around my house in socks that I have knitted . But they're all super wash . I will have to order I super washed wool or spin it . I do have tops but have terrible problems with my joints so cannot do hand felting.

As a descendent of perfectionist seamstresses (handmade vs homemade), the lesson has always been "You should never see the beginning or the end". Hiding ends are always duplicate stitches so there is no evidence of the seaming. Haute Couture vs homemade.

Hi Norman ❤

Awesome, again! Question: The pattern calls for a 2.5mm and a 3mm and I am a tight knitter. Would I miss it much by going up .25 in size on each of the needles? Also, is it better to have say 6 inches longer than needed or shorter? Thanks a bunch! I am 81 and continuing to learn.

Do we have to love finishing or just need to do it for better products.

I want to learn to knit

Thanks! I want to help more but I am retired. Hope you will get enough to buy a new camera. 😢