Knitting for beginners, one stitch at a time
First things to make once you can knit and purl, with advice on choosing a project that fits your skills.
3 tutorials published
Knit a garter stitch lap blanket in bulky yarn using only the knit stitch. Covers how much yarn to buy, why a circular needle is used flat, the 104-stitch pattern and how to join new balls.
A four-step ladder of first knitting projects, from a dishcloth to a chunky cowl, with the yarn, needle size and stitch count for each and a short list of projects worth saving for later.
Make a chunky garter-stitch cowl from one large skein of bulky yarn. You knit a flat rectangle on US 10.5 needles and seam the short ends into a loop, with an optional seed stitch version.
