Chains

By chance I found this video where a cable chain ("trenza cadena") is explained. Even though it's in spanish it's easy to follow.

I changed it slightly (basically throwing in a few purl stitches) to knit another pair of fingerless gloves.

Kitchener Stitch

I have tried to do a kitchener stitch several times ... with or without success. I usually manage to get it wrong.

Anyway, for further reference, here's how to do a kitchener stitch:

• setup: front purl, back knit.
• front needle: knit-slip and purl-leave
• back needle: purl-slip and knit-leave 

Here's a picture of my last urchin hat ... here I got it wrong (which is NOT the fault of the pattern, but my own). I still like the hat :-)

Further info on grafting can be found here. Especially, grafting garter stitch is explained like this:

• setup: Front purl, back purl.
• front needle: knit slip, purl.
• back needle: knit slip, purl.

Knitting Techniques (Useful Links)

• Weaving in ends (Knitty)
• Different Cast-ons (KnittingHelp.com)

Knitting Dictionaries and Needle Conversion Chart

Vokabular (um auch englische Anleitungen lesen zu können)

• http://www.puppen-uni-wien.at/strickvokabeln.html
• http://www.strickmasche.de/strickwoerterbuch-englisch-deutsch/

Knitting Needle Conversion Chart

Metric	American	British
2 mm	0	14
2.25 mm	1	13
2.75 mm	2	12
3 mm	N/A	11
3.25 mm	3	10
3.50 mm	4	N/A
3.75 mm	5	9
4 mm	6	8
4.50 mm	7	7
5 mm	8	6
5.50 mm	9	5
6 mm	10	4
6.50 mm	10.5	3
7 mm	N/A	2
7.50 mm	N/A	1
8 mm	11	0
9 mm	13	00
10 mm	15	000
11 mm	17	N/A
19 mm	19	N/A
25 mm	50	N/A

(von http://knitting.about.com/od/toolsandsupplies/a/needlesize.htm)