Standard Body Measurements (sizing) - handy if you are unsure of what size to make or if you’re creating a pattern.

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There are good general reference videos at BERROCO.

TECHknitting
TECH-niques to turn HOME MADE knitting into HANDMADE knitting. Doesn’t get any better than that! An excellent all-round reference tool. (clickable link)

ELIZABETH ZIMMERMAN
Here’s an ENTIRE tutorial to help get you through EZ’s Baby Surprise Jacket. There are six (6) videos in total. Link is to the first one. Please note that you still need to purchase the pattern, these videos are just helpful tips & tricks for the actual construction. They DO NOT include the pattern!

How to Shape Any Shawl - very cool if you’re a shawl designer or just want to know how!

MY FAVOURITES LINKS

INCREASE CALCULATOR - the easy way to calculate increases (balanced & unbalanced methods). And - OTHER KNITTING CALCULATORS (from the same source as above)

9 TIPS FOR KNITTING STRANDED COLORWORK SOCKS -there’s a tip about knitting in the round with the work inside out to keep the floats from being too tight. This would work for any stranded colorwork project. The other 8 tips are great too!

WAIST SHAPING CALCULATOR - Interweave’s Knits calculator for curvy waist shaping!

RIBBING TRANSITIONS - excellent info on making your ribbing “better”.

Jogless Cast On and Bind Off Edges in the round - (Interweave knits tutorial with photos)
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AFTERTHOUGHT POCKET
Kiwiknits explains the how to’s with i-cord (and photos)!
KristenMakes shows us with ribbing on a sample piece of knitting.

BACKWARDS KNITTING
Video One - English style
Video Two - Continental style

BEADED I-CORD YouTube video from Laura Nelkin.

BIND OFF/CAST OFF
A stretchy bind off that doesn’t flare out! - Suspended bind off (youtube video)
Elizabeth Zimmerman’s sewn bind off. (video)
Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretch Bind Off (written with excellent photos for illustration) (I was personally amazed by this one, it’s not just for socks!)
Bias Bind off - great for areas like shoulders, losing that “stair step” bind off that is a pain to seam!
Single Crochet Bind-off (video) - another option for a stretchy bind off.
Weebleknits Stretchy Bind Offs (a compilation of bind offs from a variety of sources).
How to neaten the last stitch when binding off in the round (youtube video)

CAST ON
Crochet Cast on (youtube video) - becomes provisional cast on with waste yarn.
Judy’s Magic Cast On
Lucy Neatby’s Crochet Provisional cast on (youtube video)
Stitch Diva’s Crochet Chain Provisional cast on (photo tutorial)
Long Tail Tubular Cast On (with photos)
Tubular cast on (youtube video)
Tubular cast on (in the round) knitbot (vimeo video)
German Twisted (aka Elastic Long Tail) Cast on (youtube video)
Turkish Cast On from FluffyKnitterDeb (written tutorial w/photos).
Garter Tab Cast On - Starting point for triangle lace shawls. (photo tutorial)
And another Garter Tab Cast On w/photos - I found this the simplest to do.
Channel Island Cast On (youtube video)
Jogless Cast On in the round (youtube video)

CONTIGUOUS KNITTING METHOD
Ravelry Group - “The Contiguous method is a way of knitting the shoulder seams and sleeve caps of a garment from the top down.”

DECREASES
KnittingHelp.com offers great visuals & videos on the topic of Knitting Decreases.

EASTERN CROSSED KNITTING METHOD
Well written tutorial with photos explaining how to knit stocking stitch (or stockinette) where the stitches are twisted. This is a good method when you are planning to drop stitches between sections of knitting. A good example is spinnyknitter’s Phiaro Scarf.

FIXES
TECHknitting is so helpful but here is one I don’t want to lose track of.
Fixing errors at the side edge of your knitting.

FRINGE
Cat Bordhi Knit as you go fringe (youtube video)

HEELS (for socks)
Fleegle (video)
Another Fleegle Tutorial
Eye of Partridge

I-CORD
Better Braided I-Cord straps (a 3 braid strap with less bulky ends to attach to your bag).
Crochet I-cord - makes a bulkier cord that is easier to thread piping cord through (for added strength and stability.

INCREASES
KnittingHelp.com offers great visuals & videos on the topic of Knitting Increases.

INTARSIA
Intarsia Basics - (youtube) Excellent video showing exactly how to start Intarsia knitting, including info on twisting yarns and weaving in ends.

JOINING YARNS
Weaver’s Knot - won’t let go if you do it right! (this demo on youtube is one of the best)
Double knot (youtube video) - Jane Richmond’s “magic knot” for joining two yarns together!
Invisible Braided Join - similar to the idea of a Russian join, but different! Good for joining 2 pieces that are the same colour.
Tailless Join Method for Hollow Core Yarns - youtube video.

KITCHENER STITCH
(youtube) Kitchener Stitch is used to join 2 sets of live stitches.

LATERAL (or VIKKEL) BRAID
Estonian knitting technique that creates a nice sideways braid that makes an interesting trim.
Lateral Braid: a little how-to - good photo tutorial (scroll down to the pics of the yellow yarn).

LATVIAN BRAID
Photo Tutorial - Nice little tutorial with clear photos.

NUPP
A Nupp (rhymes with soup) is an Estonian Lace technique. I found this link on youtube.com that shows the same way I make them (with a crochet hook)

PORTUGUESE KNITTING
Purling two colours (Fair Isle) with 2 hands using Portuguese & English techniques together

REVERSE ALL SHAPING - my brain doesn’t handle these kinds of instructions, so I have found a couple of handy links to help me. Maybe they will help you too!
How-To: Reverse Shaping (video from berroco.com)
Reverse Shaping - written article from the Feel Good Knitting blog contains a “reverse shaping” cheat sheet!

SEAMING
Found on Knitty.com - excellent seaming techniques, with explanations & photos for several different methods including horizontal to vertical ss seams and really invisible seams.
Mattress Stitch - a Berroco.com video that explains this very clearly.
Slip-Stitch Crochet Seam (Knitting Daily version)
Slip-Stitch Crochet Seam (Twist Collective version)

SHORT ROW TECHNIQUES
My favourite these days is German Short Rows (youtube), along with another video by the same person that shows how to substitute German Short Rows when the pattern tells you to use the wrap & turn method.
Here are the youtube video links to Cat Bordhi’s method for short rows: Part 1 and Part 2. She talks about using this technique for socks (turning the heel), but obviously it can be used anywhere you want an invisible wrap in your knitting. The written version of this technique can be found in her knitting book; New Pathways for Sock Knitters: Book One.
Instructions w/excellent photos found at cocoknits Short Rows Tutorial.
Japanese short rows pictorial tutorial (youtube)
Short Row Magic -printable pdf from knitpicks, excellent explanation with photos.

STEEKS
How To: Steeks - multi-page tutorial broken into segments, with photos.

STITCH PATTERNS
(unique/different stitch patterns I’d like to try one day)
Royal Quilting - lovely example on Ravelry is HERE.

STRIPES
TECHknitter’s Jogless Stripes is an excellent photo tutorial. It can also be found in Interweave Knits, Summer 2009.
Jogless jog (photo tutorial)
Eunny Jang Jogless stripes in the round (youtube video)

TENDRILS
(see FRINGE)

TWISTED STITCHES
Another video by Berroco, showing Barbara Walker’s method for twisted stitches.

TWO-HANDED FAIR ISLE TECHNIQUE
I took a class recently to understand this (because I struggle with Fair Isle), but here’s a little video that helps with the basics of knitting Fair Isle in the round.
Two-Handed Fair Isle
I also found a youtube video showing the same technique but in purl and knit Fair Isle (back & forth knitting).
WELTING
From the Berroco site, an excellent video showing a welt technique.

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CROCHET LINKS

Backwards Single Crochet (youtube video)

BROOMSTICK LACE
(video) Basic broomstick lace, a crochet technique.

Solomon’s Knot (youtube video)

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Other Ravelry users links lists:

53Chevy’s Helpful Links
Cathlete’s ‘How to’ Links
Chellieanne’s Helpful Notes & Links