How to Knit a Balaclava w/ Leftover Yarns (Beginner-Friendly Tutorial)

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In this beginner friendly video I’ll walk you through how to knit a striped balaclava. This is a quick project and perfect for using up leftover yarns in your stash. This project is good for advanced beginners, it's good if you are familiar with knitting and purling and have completed some projects.

In this tutorial I'll walk you through how to:
-Cast on stitches with the Long-Tail Cast-On method
-How to pick up stitches
-How to knit stripes (both flat and in the round)
-How to switch colors in the round for a seamless jog
-How to bind off with the Italian Bind-Off method

Use the chapters below to jump to a particular section:
1:43 Difficulty Level
4:58 Yarn & Gauge
6:54 Project Overview
8:33 Top of Head
12:03 Join in your second yarn
14:31 Middle of Balaclava
19:45 Joining for the Neck
23:23 Tip for a jogless stripe seam
24:31 Neck rib k1, p1
26:25 Italian Bind-Off method
33:46 Face Opening Rib
36:44 Final result

I hope you'll enjoy this tutorial, thank you so much for watching :)

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