Super Easy Knitting for Beginners: Patterns, Projects, and Tons of Tips for Getting Started in Knitting

by Carri Hammett

Overview

This accessible beginner’s guide covers everything you need to know to start knitting, featuring clear, step-by-step, photo-illustrated instructions.

Want to learn how to knit but are not sure how to start? With Super Easy Knitting for Beginners, adapted from Carri Hammet’s best-selling Knitting 101, you will feel confident in your skills quickly and eliminate frustrating mistakes and missteps.

Learn what you need, how to read patterns, how to select yarn, and how to troubleshoot problems and turn yarn into charming knitted accessories and clothing. Building skills through fun projects, you will find success quickly and easily while gaining confidence to try another project.

Super Easy Knitting for Beginners includes:
 

• Knitting basics 
• How to get started
• Tools and materials 
• Right-handed and left-handed knitting 
• Basic knitting stitches
• How to read a knitting pattern
• Knitting tips and tricks
• Troubleshooting mistakes 
• Fun beginner-level projects 
• Knitting confidence

This is the most comprehensive beginner’s book available, yet it won’t overwhelm you with details and instruction you don’t need or want, so you can start enjoying your knitting hobby immediately.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780760379882
Publisher:	New Shoe Press
Publication date:	06/07/2022
Series:	New Shoe Press
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	825,937
File size:	19 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Carri Hammett is the original owner of Coldwater Collaborative, a gem of a yarn shop in Excelsior, Minnesota. Carri loves to collaborate with both her customers and her readers as together they express their love of knitting and expand their knitting knowledge and skill. She is the author of Mittens and Hats for Yarn Lovers; Scarves and Shawls for Yarn Lovers; Ready, Set, Knit Cables; and Knitting 101.

Carri Hammett is the original owner of Coldwater Collaborative, a gem of a yarn shop in Excelsior, Minnesota. Carri loves to collaborate with both her customers and her readers as together they express their love of knitting and expand their knitting knowledge and skill. She is the author of Mittens and Hats for Yarn Lovers; Scarves and Shawls for Yarn Lovers; Ready, Set, Knit Cables; and Knitting 101.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Basic Knitting 13

Garter Stitch Scarf 15

Loosely Knit Scarf 31

Texture & Shaping 35

Baby Blocks Blanket 37

Seed Stitch Table Runner 47

Felted Fir Tree 55

Leaf Edge Shawl 75

Knitting in the Round 81

Felted Bag with Embellished Flap 83

Easy Knit Hat 93

Color & Lace 99

Striped Cotton Bathroom Rug 101

Slip Stitch Shawl 131

Lace Scarf with Beaded Edge 111

Lace Curtain Panels 119

Putting It Together 123

Directional Blocks Scarf 125

Baby Hat with Button Band 130

Troubleshooting 135

Abbreviations 140

About the Author 141

Index 142