My friend in college tried to teach me how to knit one might. There was one needle too many, something about pearls and yarn wrapping around all the things. I was out. Then came along Corona and my brain is desperate to learn something new or be challenged in some way so I started seeking out knitting videos.
Here’s my first project so far. It’s taken SO many tries to get here. So many unravellings, lost stitches, and rewinds on the YouTube videos I’ll post below but it’s now getting to be a relaxing thing I look forward to every night.
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Take a look at theses super helpful videos to get started on your first project!
Beginner Knitting Tutorials
These 5 videos will get you on your way to knitting simple, yet satisfying projects in no time.
Here is the project I'm working on that started this rabbit hole. This is a great intro video overall but I sought out other resources to explain things in even more depth.
This video walks you through slowly on how to cast on which is the first hurdle in any knitting project.
Here's a great beginner video explaining the different kinds of stitches.
You'll need this. You're bound to have extra stitches!
This is a SUPER important video. By now, you know how to stitch, but you need to know how to undo your work to fix oopsies.
