#beginners knitting

[currahee]

The Best Website for Beginners:

Because I’ve only been knitting properly since taking it up again from when I was sixteen (and only made sad dishcloths), I still reference this website: Studio Knit has projects you can purchase, a course, and also completely free resources and projects that you can print off at home or reference on a tablet or computer. They tell you how to cast on, bind off, change to different stitches, all that good stuff (And if you didn’t understand anything about the terminology I just said, you’re in luck: Go to her website and her ‘Learn to Knit’ section, combined with a couple of Youtube videos she provides, and you have all you need. She also has projects by season, holiday; you name it, as well as some smaller beginner projects to help you along (Yes, YOU TOO, can make sad dishcloths and drink sleeves (There’s actually one coloured like a unicorn, linked below. It’s pretty boss.)

Some Helpful Resources:

How to Read a Knitting Chart

How to Change Yarn Colours while Knitting

Easy Projects for Beginners (That Actually Look Good and AIN’T YOUR GRANDMA’S KNITTIN’):

The Fault in Our Stars Toque (Yes, I’m Canadian; I refuse to call it a ‘beanie’)

Casual Pom-Pom Toque

How to Knit a Chic Infinity Scarf for Beginners

Seed Stitch Infinity Scarf

Unicorn Rainbow Drink Sleeve

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Knitted Toque with Pom Pom

Cozy Sweaterman Drink Sleeve

Harry Potter House Scarf (You obviously don’t need the house emblem if you want to make it less ‘costume-y’)

Pom Pom Beyonce Toque

[thatoctokittenclutchinganotebook]

Can anyone recommend any knitting patterns, preferably free and on ravelry, which are easy to follow for a complete beginner?

[yeah-knitta]

Not knitted in a while. Finishing up a blanket i made with my friend x

[indigovioletuk]

Various Baby Clothes: Bluebell Cardigan

Various Baby Clothes: Bluebell Cardigan

Knitting baby clothes is a great way to learn how to knit; hone your knitting skills; use up that pesky end of project yarn or just pass the time with a quick project.

I enjoy knitting baby clothes. For me they are satisfying to knit and quickly finished so there is no chance that I’ll get bored half way through!

The only problem is when I get distracted which explains the few that make up my…

View On WordPress

[indigovioletuk]

After last weeks excitement at actually finishing one of my WIPs I got side tracked by the left over yarn and knit another scarf.

You see how easily distracted I get!

I know I’m supposed to be working through my WIPs and only my WIPs but I had yarn left over. As I wound the remaining yarn into a ball I found my mind wondering and I kept thinking about how quick and easy the Cherry Cordial Scarf had been. I decided that I would see how far my remaining yarn would go and I ended up with a nice little scarf.

Give it a try…

6mm needles: Either long needles or a long circular cable to hold the length of the scarf.

Yarn required: Noro Kama yarn – approx 55g

Cast on 150 stitches

Row 1: SSK, knit to end

Row 2: K2tog, knit to end

Row 3: SSK, knit to end

Row 4: K2tog, *K2tog, YO* repeat ** to last 2 stitches, knit to end

Row 5: SSK, knit to end

Row 6: K2tog, purl to end

Row 7: SSK, knit to end

Repeat rows 6 and 7 3 more times (x6 more rows in total) and bind off loosely.

(NB: I changed to a size 7mm needle to help me bind off more loosely.)

  Noro Kama Scarf After last weeks excitement at actually finishing one of my WIPs I got side tracked by the left over yarn and knit another scarf.

[indigovioletuk]

One of my favourite yarns to knit with is Noro. It is so soft to touch and beautiful in colour it makes knitting so much more pleasurable. As it can be expensive I don’t knit with it very often but I treated myself to some last year and I decided I would knit myself some gloves.

As you know I only got as far as knitting one of them so I haven’t yet got to wear the pair out and before you know it, it’ll be too warm to wear them until the end of the year.

One down five to go…

So this is the first WIP I have challenged myself to finish and you’ll be pleased to know that I have!

I adapted a pattern by tante ehm called Camp Out Fingerless Gloves so I could use my Noro Kama yarn.

Gauge required: 15 st x 20 rows I used 5mm needles but use whichever size achieves the gauge above.

Yarn required: 45g of Kama Noro

Provisionally cast on 10 stitches.

Knit 36 rows in stockinette stitch.

Take out provisional cast on and place onto a needle. Cast off using a 3 needle cast off.

Pick up and knit 27 stitches, place marker.

Round 1: Slip marker, cast on 8 stitches, knit to end of round.

Round 2: Knit all.

Round 3: Slip marker, SSK, knit 5, K2tog, knit to end of round.

Round 4: Knit all.

Round 5: Slip marker, SSK, knit 3, K2tog, knit to end of round.

Round 6: Knit all.

Round 7: Slip marker, SSK, knit 1, K2tog, knit to end of round.

Continue to knit until glove measures 9.5”/24cm long. (Approx. 22 rows)

Cast of knit wise.

Repeat for other glove.

I’ve bitten the bullet now to carry on with the challenge. Next up various baby clothes…

Noro Kama Fingerless Gloves One of my favourite yarns to knit with is Noro. It is so soft to touch and beautiful in colour it makes knitting so much more pleasurable.

[indigovioletuk]

I have another confession…

When I wrote my previous post about all the WIPs I have lying around I should have mentioned that I had literally just cast on a new project!

Whilst trying to decide which project I was going to tackle next my new wool called out to me and I cast on a quick project.

I used Ravelry to search for a pattern that would be small enough to use the yarn I had: 1 ball of Cherry Cordial 4 ply sock wool. (Hand painted by mymamaknits)

Cherry Cordial 4 ply sock yarn

Pictures courtesy of mymamaknits

  The pattern I liked the look of the most was A Simple Skein by Caitlin Ffrench which was a thin scarf/shawl. I love Caitlin’s patterns and have knit her larger shawls before. The Simple Skein pattern was very easy and involved using garter stitch. I prefer not to just use garter stitch; so I decided to take the basic shape of Caitlin’s shawl and change the stitches used to create my own design.

Cherry Cordial Plaited Scarf Pattern

Guage required: 30 st x 23 rows I used 4mm needles but use whichever size achieves the guage above.

Yarn required: 1 ball of Cherry Cordial 4 ply sock yarn

Cast on 222 stitches

Row 1-3: K2tog, knit to end

Row 4: K2tog, *k2tog, YO* repeat ** to last 2 stitches, knit to end

Row 5-7: K2tog, knit to end

Row 8: K2tog, purl to end

Row 9: K2tog, knit to end

Row 10-44: Repeat rows 8 and 9

Row 45 & 46: K2tog, knit to end

Bind off loosely

(NB: I find that changing to a larger needle can help if you need a loose bind off. I used a 5mm needle here.)

Take the remaining yarn and cut it in half.

Take one half and cut it into approx 30 cm lengths. Collect these lengths together and thread through the last hole at one end of the scarf. Now plait and tie at the end.

Do the same with the other remaining yarn and attach to the other end of the scarf.

Cherry Cordial Plaited Scarf I have another confession... When I wrote my previous post about all the WIPs I have lying around I should have mentioned that I had literally just cast on a new project!

[indigovioletuk]

Easy Knit Bath Mitt

Easy Knit Bath Mitt

This Christmas I gifted some of the women in my family a hand-made bath mitt and some Suma Handmade Natural Soap.

(more…)

View On WordPress