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Beginner Knitting Patterns
Knitting Patterns with only Knit and Purl Stitches Once you master knits and purls, you’ll be able to start making simple beginner knitting patterns. Beginning knitters can easily try making Garter Stitch, Stockinette Stitch, Seed Stitch, and Rib Stitch, because…
Customize Knits
Minimalist knitting patterns are simple to knit and you can make them over and over again. But your plain knitwear does not have to stay plain. Try to customize knits to fit your personal style. You can take any simple…
Choosing Knitting Tools
After picking out your yarn and knitting needles, you will have one last task: choosing knitting tools. To complete a knitting project for beginners, you will need sharp scissors and a darning needle. Later, when you start making more complex…
Choosing Knitting Needles
Once you have chosen your yarn, you will have another big decision to make before you can start learning to knit: what kind of knitting needles will you use? Choosing Knitting Needles There are a few kinds of knitting needles…
Choosing Yarn for Knitting
When you start gathering your materials, choosing yarn for knitting will be one of your first and most exciting tasks. First, a bit of vocabulary to help you get started: a ball of yarn is often called a “skein.” You…
Switch from Knitting on Circular Needles to Knitting in the Magic Loop – Hat Decreases
When decreases make the top of a hat too small to work on your circular needles, you will need to switch to a different knitting method to finish your project. As you saw in the last lesson, you can move…
Switch from Knitting on Circular Needles to Knitting with Double Point Needles (DPNs) – Hat Decreases
When knitting a hat from the bottom, up, you will add decreases at the top. These decreases make your rows shorter, which allows you to round off and close the top of your hat. However, if you have been knitting…
Switch from Knitting in the Magic Loop to Knitting on Double Point Needles “DPNs”
If you begin a knitting project in the Magic Loop, you can switch to working on Double Point Needles (DPNs) part-way through. You’ll need to do a bit of math to determine how many stitches to move onto each DPN.…
Switch from Knitting on Double Point Needles “DPNs” to Knitting in the Magic Loop
You can switch between knitting methods while working on a project that you’ve been knitting in the round. If you started on double point needles (DPNs) and now want to switch into the Magic Loop, you can move to long…
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