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Inside: Learn how to slip stitches both purlwise and knitwise with this lesson for beginner knitters that includes a tutorial video. I can hardly believe that this is the last lesson in the How to Knit for Complete Beginners series. I hope you followed along since the beginning and are ready to finish strong. I …

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Inside: 5 decreases for beginner knitters including k2tog, ssk, k3tog, sssk and cdd. Includes tutorial video and link to free pattern. Just like with the increases you learned in Lesson 10, the decreases shape your knitting. Designers use them to fit garments like sweaters, create unique shaped shawls or close up the big holes left …

Read More about Lesson 11: 5 Easy Decreases for Beginner Knitters

Inside: Instructions and tutorial video to teach these increases for beginner knitters: YO (yarnover), Kfb (Knit into the front and back of a stitch), Make 1 (right and left) and the Lifted increase (right and left). Now that you know the basics it’s important that you learn a few more fundamental skills to take your …

Read More about Lesson 10: 4 Easy Increases for Beginner Knitters

Inside: Learn how to knit in the round using circular knitting needles. Tutorial video and free pattern included in lesson. This lesson is part of the How to Knit for Complete Beginners series. While learning to knit, we worked with straight needles. You worked all the projects in previous lessons in rows turning your knitting …

Read More about Lesson 8: How to Knit in the Round for Beginners

Inside: How to Knit Basketweave Stitch is part 7 in my How to Knit for Complete Beginners video tutorial series for beginner knitters. So far, we’ve looked at a few small, textured stitch patterns: seed stitch and moss stitch. In Lesson 7, we’re going to tackle how to create a larger stitch pattern, again using …

Read More about Lesson 7: How to Knit the Basketweave Stitch for Beginners

Inside: Instructions and video tutorial that show you how to knit moss stitch for both right and left handed knitters. Now we’re really starting to have some fun with texture! The moss stitch is just one of the thousands of ways to combine knit and purl stitches to create a unique design. I’m exited you …

Read More about Lesson 6: How to Knit Moss Stitch for Beginners

Inside: Instructions and tutorial video to learn how to knit seed stitch for beginner knitters. Once you know the basics of knitting the real fun begins. In previous lessons you learned how to knit some basic stich patterns like garter, stockinette and ribbing. They are all useful in different ways, but now it’s time to …

Read More about Lesson 5: How to Knit Seed Stitch for Beginners