Knitting With Jean Professional Finishing Techniques for Hand Knitting (2 DVD set) - Jean Wong, who is a certified knitting instructor, having been trained by the rigorous Japanese NAC, Nihon Amimono (knitting) Culture Association (Nihon Vogue) in Asia has produced this advanced instructional video. A wealth of finishing techniques and many more techniques are presented (see the contents below). If you hand knit, this is an important reference work. Jean lives in Vancouver, Canada where she teaches hand knit methods and techniques locally.

 

DVD Disk 1
Chapter 1	Casting On with waste yarn	4'34
	Method One: Crochet Chain
	Method Two: Crochet Chain on Knitting Needle
Chapter 2	Invisible Cast On for 1 by 1 Rib	11'11
	Method One: 1 by 1 Rib beginning with a knit stitch ending with two knit stitches
	Method Two: 1 by 1 Rib beginning with a knit stitch ending with a single knit stitch
	Method Three: 1 by 1 Rib beginning and ending with two knit stitches
Chapter 3	Inivisible Cast On for 2 by 2 Rib	13'34
	Method One: 2 by 2 Rib beginning and ending with two knit stitches
	Method Two: 2 by 2 Rib for left front cardigan
	Method Three: 2 by 2 Rib for right front cardigan
Chapter 4	To Cast Off	4'28
	Stocking Stitch in the round
	Garter Stitch
Chapter 5	Invisible Cast Off for 1 by 1 Rib	16'33
	Method One: 1 by 1 Rib for pullover and sleeves
	Method Two: 1 by 1 Rib for cardigan back
	Method Three: 1 by 1 Rib for cardigan front
	Method Four: 1 by 1 Rib in the round
Chapter 6	Invisible Cast Off for 2 by 2 Rib	19'51
	Method One: 2 by 2 Rib for pullover, cardigan back and sleeves
	Method Two: 2 by 2 Rib for rib left front cardigan
	Method Three: 2 by 2 Rib for right front cardigan
	Method Four: 2 by 2 Rib in the round
Total time for DVD 1 : 70'10
DVD Disk 2
Chapter 1	To Increase	14'49
	Method One: Knit side, Purl side
	Method Two: Knit side, Purl side
	Method Three: Knit side, Purl side
	Method Four: At the end of row, for uniformity on both side
Chapter 2	To Decrease	6'15
Chapter 3	Short Rows for Shoulder Slope	13'55
	Method One: Left front or right back
	Method Two: Right front or left back
Chapter 4	Joining Shoulder Seams	7'40
	Method One: Right shoulder
	Method Two: Left shoulder
Chapter 5	Picking Up Stitches on Round Neck	10'19
Chapter 6	Joining Yarn in Mid Row	3'35
Chapter 7	Joining Seams	11'23
	Method One: Joining rib seams
	Method Two: Stocking stitch, on right or knit side
	Method Three: Stocking stitch, on right or purl side
	Free
	Method Four:Joining seams in garter stitch
Total time for DVD 2 :67'56