Learning to Knit

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Hi ET03,

We have a recent thread on learning to knit, so I'll merge your thread with it to keep all the suggestions together. As always posts are listed in date order so you'll need to read from the beginning to see all the replies.

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dumpy

joannasmum Only two years? You are fairly rushing along. I just finished a tapestry that took.... wait for it.... 25 years to finish. I don't think anyone EVER thought I'd finish it (including me!)

Now framed and on the wall.

Ms_Notalotofmoney_2

dumpy wrote:

joannasmum Only two years? You are fairly rushing along. I just finished a tapestry that took.... wait for it.... 25 years to finish. I don't think anyone EVER thought I'd finish it (including me!)

Now framed and on the wall.

I've got one of them! Mine still isn't finished and I've had it for about 25 years too!!! Won't get rid of it and keep promising myself I will finish it and maybe I will one day!!!!

moggins

I'm glad someones found this thread again. I am off to DH's nana's house on Thursday night so she can teach me to follow a knitting pattern. Her hands are too bad to knit herself these days and she is feeling very down after moving house so DH though it would cheer her up a bit to have a pupil.

pavlovs_dog

well its taken best part of an hour, and many, MANY watches of the videos on knittinghelp, and i have finally just about got to grips with the most basic method of casting on :rolleyes:

being someone who is (supposedly) bright and intelligent, im finding my slow pace and cack-handidness very frustrating :mad: other than constantly reminding myself to take small baby steps and learning to walk properly before i try to run, any advice on how to develop my skills or keep up my motivation?

im hoping to make a scarf or three (nothing complicated like following a pattern, although i do have my eye on that free mr bean teddy pattern), but just feel completely demoralised, and tempted to throw the towel in. there is only one person i can turn to for help with knitting, and try as she has to teach me in the past to teach me, its never been particularly successful...if i wasnt dropping stitches then i was dropping the needles :eek:

any help or advice (or kicks up the bum) greatfully received!

pie-eater

This is my first post so hope I get it right!
Just sitting reading the posts and knitting my new scarf, (which got started last year but never finished). I have discovered that the knitting helps with the diet as you can't eat and knit at the same time:rotfl:

Diane17884

I'd really love to learn to knit, i was always interested in knitting when i was younger but never really learned. My gran can knit but she is 77 years old now and has trouble with her hands and is a little forgetfull so don't think she would be able to help. Im 22 years old and i don't know anyone who can knit :shocked: I think its a shame that such a great and money saving hobby is getting forgotten by the younger generation. My sister just had a baby and i would love to learn to knit him something and be able to teach my children how to knit. Anyone any ideas? I can't go out to any classes or anyhting as i suffer from agoraphobia, So I was wondering if anyone knew of any good websites or books which can teach you to knit? Thanks x

wigglywoozle

I'm 25 and I knit! It's a fab hobby. I taught myself using the internet although my Mum did teach me when I was a kid, I had forgotten. This is a fab site with videos to show you how to do things.

https://www.knittinghelp.com it is a US site but really good.

Check out these sites for fab free patterns:

https://www.knitty.com
https://www.knittingpatterncentral.com

Good luck!

gingin_2

Thanks Wigglywoozle, I have just attempted knitting and that first site is fantastic, exactly what I needed!

wigglywoozle

Glad it helped! I found it great when I first started, and still use it now. Trying to master cables currently!!