First Time Knitting - by Carri Hammett (Paperback)

About the Book

"Learning to knit can be a challenge, but with the expert guidance of First Time Knitting, your goal is within reach. Are you an absolute beginner when it comes to knitting? Then help is at hand. Like having your very own instructor at your side, this book guides you carefully from your first nervous cast-on to confident knitting. It begins with thorough descriptions of knitting needles, yarns, and other handy tools and then teaches you how to use them. Each chapter introduces you to new skills as you knit practice swatches to gain understanding. Projects at the end of each chapter--nine in all -- incorporate progressively more difficult skills. Full-color photos, step-by-step instructions, and valuable tips help you learn the fine points of knitting while making fashions and home dâecor items for yourself and others."--

Book Synopsis

Learn how to knit with this easy-to-follow beginner's guide featuring step-by-step photo-illustrated instruction on every essential technique and nine simple projects using them.

Knitting is much more than just a way to make something. With minimal investment of time and money, you'll soon discover that the process of knitting is relaxing and even therapeutic. With its calming rhythmic motion, you'll look forward to your quiet time with needles and yarn.

First Time Knitting teaches you a range of knitting skills, from the most simple and basic to more advanced techniques that will launch you confidently into the full spectrum of knitting options. Each chapter begins by teaching the skills needed to make the projects in that chapter. As you progress through the book, new techniques are introduced that build on the skills that were presented earlier. Learn about:

• Basic knitting, from choosing a yarn and tools to your first techniques (Projects: Garter Stitch Scarf and Scarf Knit with Two Yarns)
• Creating texture by combining different stitches (Projects: Baby Blocks Blanket and Seed Stitch Table Runner plus Variation)
• Shaping by increasing and decreasing stitches (Project: Leaf Edge Shawl)
• Knitting in the round with circular needles (Project: Easy Knit Hat)
• Putting it all together by picking up stitches and making seams (Projects: Directional Blocks Scarf and Baby Bathrobe)

There's a first time for everything. Enjoy the journey and achieve success with First Time Knitting.

Each book in the First Time series distills how-to guidance and advice from an expert on a specific topic into targeted step-by-step instruction geared toward the absolute beginner.

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.