Knitting for the First Time(r)

by Vanessa-Ann

Book Overview

Here's everything a novice knitter needs to know, complete with beautiful projects, presented in an easy-to-follow question-and-answer format: How do I hold the yarn while I am knitting? How do I change or add colors? How do I knit an entire garment in one piece? How do I fix mistakes? Start with simple items such as kitchen cloths and baby booties, and keep on mastering new and more advanced techniques until you can create such fun and fashionable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402717660
• ISBN13: 9781402717666
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Chapelle
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

I learned to knit from this book

At the time, I did not know any knitters, and lived far away from my local yarn shops, so didn't have anyone to show me what to do. I learned all the basic stuff I needed such as casting on, binding off, increasing and decreasing, along with playing with Continental vs English style, and finally settled on Continental. Some people say you can't learn from a book, but I did! I really liked the fact that I could make a "real" project, such as the cardigan, then move on to harder objects while still making fun things. I do think learning from a person is probably easier, but have this book handy for referencing and for first projects.

No book is for a beginner - advanced beginner DEFINATLEY

I have taught many people how to knit and everyone agrees, you cannot learn to knit by looking at diagrams(or from a book), it is just to confusing of a concept if you have no idea how knitting works. Once you know just a little you can use this book to guide you along fine! The pattern on the cover is just adorable once finished! Bottom line, to learn to knit you need someone who knows how to show you the first steps or at least some free online videos of different stitches to guide you - otherwise you will end up with much frustration!

Great Next Step for "Experience Beginner"

This was the second knitting book I bought after "Knitting for Dummies" and I'm really enjoying it. Whereas "KFD" was a good jumping-off point for teaching yourself to knit, about halfway through "KFD" I got tired of practice pieces and scarfs and wanted to make SOMETHING. "Knitting for the First Time" incorporates a lot of the same techniques but works you through projects -- potholders, children's cardigans, infant sweaters, etc. -- so you get experience with the basics of shaping, seaming, etc. ONE CAUTION: I have found a pretty serious error in one of the patterns and cannot find an "errata" page on the company's web site -- this means if you dive into this one, you'll have to be a good-enough knitter to graph, visualize, or count the next step before you take it or you will find yourself with a problem. So far, the problem seems to be limited to patterns where more than one size is given and the parenthetical stitch counts for other sizes is missing from some steps. This is the only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars; it is otherwise fun to work through, beautifully laid out and photographed, and a great next step if you're on your way out of the beginner stage. Happy knitting!