After getting a request if I knew about any “How-To-Knit” books I’m guessing that there are many people out there who have no clue how to knit. I have looked around the net for links on how to get started. They can explain it much better than with my poor pedagogy skills and have some pretty explanatory images.
Of course, nothing beats being taught skills by a real person, but it seems like not many know crafting skills these days.
- The first thing you want to do is making a slip knot. This should be pretty easy and is explained, with pictures, on this site.
- The next step is casting on. You basically make a foundation of stitches for your knitting project.
I’ve seen many different ways of casting on and here is the method I usually use. It may look a bit complicated, but don’t give up.
Here is another method that seem to be common and a list of 5 different ways can be found here.
- When you have made the desired number of stitches you are ready for the knitting itself. As you are a newbie to knitting, all you need to know right now is the “knit stitch” (or garter stitch). I like the explanation on this site.
Hope this post was a bit helpful for all the upcoming knitters. Get ready to get hooked, because knitting can be very addictive 🙂
What is cooler than creating something yourself!?!
Thanks to my mate Tord for letting me use his photo of my knitting.
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Yes, you read the title correctly! Someone has crocheted a sweater for a tree. The art project, by Carol Hummel, is entitled Tree Cozy and is symbolizing femininity and comfort covering the masculine tree. It was made in 2005 and was up for display until the summer this year in Cleveland Heights in Ohio, USA.
I think this idea is wonderful (and a bit wacky)! Wouldn’t you stop, take a closer look and wondering what hell was going on here if you came across a clothed tree?
I planted a cherry tree this summer and have been worrying if it would be surviving the harsh winters here up in Northern Norway. Maybe a tree sweater is the solution 😉
Every knitter I’ve met has a big stack of left-over yarn. Now you know what to do with all that yarn, warm all those cold trees!
You can read more about Tree Cozy over on Carl Hummels project page.
Thanks to Dabbler for letting me use his pictures of the tree sweater.
I finally finished the ragg socks for my friend Jone. I used way too long time on them (blogging taking up too much time), but I’m pretty happy with the result 🙂
In the heel and toe I used an extra blue thread for extra strength/longevity and I think it gave the socks more life.
My next project is some chaotic multi-colored socks so be sure to subscribe to the RSS feed 😉
My latest knitting project is a pair of ragg socks that I’m making for my good friend Jone. He helped me with designing the front page of my photo calender for sale over at Cafepress.
This kind of ragg socks are very typical here in Norway. I guess the reason is that we need something to warm our feet during the cold, long winter.
The socks are very easy to knit once you have remembered the design and it’s good way to use all your left over yarn.
Stay tuned to see the final socks.
