Getting Started Knitting

Synopsis

Don't know the first thing about knitting? All it takes is a bit of moxie, yarn, a pair of needles - and "Getting Started Knitting", of course! Author, Jennifer Worick takes readers through the process of knitting, from casting on to binding off a successful beginning project. "Getting Started Knitting" is even more basic than other books, making no assumptions and taking great pains to avoid overwhelming knitting newbies with too much information too soon. Instead, this book touches on all the basics with the warm encouragement of a friend and focuses on getting you comfortable with the rhythm of the basic stitches. Inside you'll find: how to select yarn and needles; casting on, starting the knit and purl stitches, and stepping up to increasing and decreasing; binding off, basic stitch patterns (rib, seed, stockinette, garter), and using straight, circular, and double-pointed needles; and you'll learn a bit about simple embellishing, too! Before you know it, you'll have made your first scarf...then a hat, a pair of leg warmers, and soon you'll be your own knitting guru!