Knitting for beginners, one stitch at a time
5 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.
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.
Knit your first scarf with only the knit stitch. This pattern gives the yarn, needle size and stitch count, with notes on casting on, keeping edges straight, joining a new ball and binding off.
Learn how to knit garter stitch flat, why knitting every row makes ridges on both sides, how to count rows by ridges, and how to fix the most common beginner problems.
Learn the knit stitch in four motions: In, Around, Through, Off. Covers how to hold the needles, where the yarn goes, how to turn at the end of a row and how to fix tight or extra stitches.
