Skill Set: Beginning Knitting

There’s never been a how-to-knit book quite like this. It's little, smart, and encouraging. In 9 short lessons, with dozens of clear illustrations, this book teaches everything a new knitter needs to know, and nothing they don’t. The 9 Lessons emphasize practice with swatches to make for each technique. There’s just one pattern, for a simple hat, that lets a new knitter try out the techniques. 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 Paperback / 107 pages / 75 illustrations images © MDK