How to Knit by Carla Scott

Beginner | 1 hour 12 min

Taught by Carla Scott

Now that you know the basics, you're ready to learn a few more tricks. In this class, Carla shows you how to work the purl stitch and knit back and forth in rows to create Stockinette Stitch fabric. You'll even learn how to pick up dropped stitches if you make a mistake, sew seams together, increase and decrease, and make a cute pompom.

Learn how to:

Cast on with cable cast-on method
Knit and purl stitches
Knit and Purl in the Continental and English style
Understand Gauge
Work in Stockinette Stitch, Ribbing and Seed Stitch
Shape using increases and decreases
Pick up dropped stitches using a crochet hook and fix mistakes
Bind off and weave in ends
Sew seams together with Mattress Stitch
Make and add a pompom
Read a pattern and understand abbreviations

Chapters

Introduction
Overview00:52

Materials
Materials01:02

Beginning Knitting Techniques
Making a gauge swatch with Garter Stitch edges03:50
Cable cast on, knits, purls, and Stockinette Stitch07:39
Ribbing and Seed Stitch04:38
Adding color, increasing, decreasing, and picking up dropped stitches08:10
Binding off and weaving in ends06:08

Finishing Techniques
Seaming02:08
Making pom poms04:20

How to Read a Pattern
Reading a pattern04:19

Materials

Here’s what you’ll need:

Medium-weight #4 yarn in 2 colors

US 7 (4.5 mm) straight knitting needles

Scissors

Tape measure

Stitch gauge

Yarn needle, for weaving in ends

US 7 (4.5 mm) crochet hook (or smaller), for fringe or fixing mistakes

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Transcript

How to Knit

Part 1:

How to Knit: Essential Skills for Getting Started

Carla Scott

In Part 1, you will learn all of the essential skills you need to get started, like casting on, working back and forth in rows in knit stitch, binding off, and understanding gauge. You'll even learn how to add fringe and read a basic knitting pattern.

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