Hi everyone,
while I’ve been sharing free knitting patterns lately, I realized that even the simplest designs require a starting point. That’s why I created this Beginner’s Knitting Tutorial.
I looked back at what would have helped me most when I first picked up needles. Through these three coaster projects, we’ll cover the essential foundations of your knitting journey.
What you’ll learn:
- The Disappearing Loop: A clever way to start any project: while you could start a work with a simple slip knot, this loop will make you a pro from the start, saving you yarn in the future (when you select a tail that is too short in your long tail cast on).
- Casting On: How to get your stitches onto the needle using the long tail cast on method.
- The Knit & Purl Stitches: The building blocks of all knitting.
- Casting Off: How to securely finish your work in the simplest way.
- Reading Your Knitting: How to recognize knit vs. purl stitches as you go (might sound silly now, but it is actually one of the most important skills in early knitting! If you can read your stitches, you will recognize mistakes really fast and really early… it will save you a ton of headaches!)
There are countless ways to cast on, purl, or bind off, but after switching to Continental knitting over 10 years ago, I never looked back. It’s the method I find most efficient, and it’s exactly what I’ll be teaching you.
For the cast-on and cast-off, I’ve selected the most straightforward techniques to get you moving quickly.
The beauty of knitting is that the learning never truly ends – but once you master these simple basics, the door opens to everything from intricate cables to vibrant colorwork.
Was this tutorial helpful? Did you find any issue in trying to create the coasters? Do let me know, so I can tackle any issue you may have found in a new tutorial.
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