The Complete Beginners Guide to Knitting

Product Description This step-by-step, hand-holding guide to knitting is easy to watch and makes learning fast and simple. Although this DVD is packed with everything a beginner needs to know, the chapters are quick & bite-sized. Beautiful and clear demonstrations can get you started knitting in just 30 minutes. What you'll learn: Cast On The Knit Stitch (English & Continental) The Purl Stitch (English & Continental) Add Yarn & Changing Colors Bind Off Increase Decrease Ribbing (knit & purl in the same row) Gauge Finishing First Aid Kit (how to fix mistakes) Auto Pause The video pauses automatically after showing you something new, waits for you to decide when to keep going, or lets you opt to see that last part again. Booklet Seven scarf patterns included inside take-along booklet. Website Bonus video, free patterns, tips & advice, links to fun stuff. Suggested Kit Good starter yarn and needles sold on Amazon.com are Lion Brand's Wool Ease Chunky Yarn (avoid dark colors/shades when first learning to knit), and Brittany 10-inch long Single Point Birch Knitting Needles US Size 10, 10.5 or 11. Any other 10-inch long wood needles in those sizes are good as well. Try to avoid the more slippery aluminum and metal needles, and the "grippy" plastics. As a beginner, start with a needle texture that's somewhere in the middle, such as wood. Playable WORLDWIDE. Review Knitting is a tactile and visual craft. You'll learn best when you see it in motion for yourself. With this DVD you'll learn to knit with close-up demonstrations, and you progress at your own pace. Replay demonstrations with the touch of a button, pause any time for a closer look, and even watch a technique in slow motion. The Complete Beginner's Guide to Knitting has received rave reviews from hundreds of new knitters; men, women, and kids as young as eight have learned to knit with this DVD. --Publisher