Skill Set: Beginning Knitting

by Kay Gardiner, Ann Shayne

Like having a knitting teacher right there with you. Compact, concise, clear. Skill Set: Beginning Knitting has everything you need to know—and nothing you don't. Modern Daily Knitting has been helping knitters since 2003. Now, brand new, here's the only book you need to start your knitting journey.

There’s never been a how-to-knit book like this. It’s little. Smart. Encouraging. In 9 short lessons, with dozens of clear illustrations. The 9 lessons draw on decades of knitting experience by Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne.

Lesson 1 Supplies, Casting On, Knit Stitch, Binding Off
Lesson 2 Purl Stitch, Combining Knits and Purls
Lesson 3 Basic Shaping: Increases and Decreases
Lesson 4 Knitting in the Round
Lesson 5 Basic Lace and Cables
Lesson 6 Basic Colorwork: Stripes, Stranding Intarsia
Lesson 7 Finishing: Weaving in Ends, Seaming, Blocking
Lesson 8 Patterns, Yarn, and Gear
Lesson 9 Fixing Mistakes

We emphasize practice in each lesson, so there are swatches to make for each technique. There’s just one pattern, for a simple hat, that lets you try out the techniques.

Genres: Crafts

107 pages, Paperback

Published June 14, 2021

Reviews

[Milinda Yount · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great reference book for beginners. Best combined with in person help or lessons or short demo videos. Risk that you will start knitting so much that it cuts into your reading time!