Early knitting was primarily utilitarian until after WW1, when designers like Chanel began creating "fashion" knits.
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Urban Knitters' Beginner's Tutorial #1: How to Cast On There are two types of knitting, English and Continental. All the tutorials use the English style of knitting. I use the forefinger instead of the thumb when casting on - but use what's comfortable for you. |
Urban Knitters' Beginner's Tutorial #2: The Knit Stitch There are two basic stitches in knitting: the knit stitch and the purl stitch. This tutorial is for the knit stitch. |
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Urban Knitters' Beginner's Tutorial #3: The Purl Stitch There are two basic stitches in knitting - the knit stitch, and the purl stitch. This tutorial focuses on the purl stitch. |
Urban Knitters' Beginner's Tutorial #4: Stitch Patterns This tutorial introduces the most basic stitch patterns. |
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Urban Knitters' Beginner's Tutorial #5: Joining New Yarn Our preferred method is joining the new yarn at the edges, but joining mid-row is unavoidable when knitting with different colors or knitting in the round. |
Urban Knitters' Beginner's Tutorial #6: Binding Off This tutorial demonstrates how to bind off, or cast off, your work. |
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Urban Knitters' Beginner's Tutorial #7: Weaving in Ends |
Urban Knitters' Beginner's Tutorial #8: Fixing a Dropped Purl Stitch Have you ever dropped a knit stitch, and then unraveled all your work just to fix it? Whether you've dropped a purl stitch just one row, or down multiple rows, you can still fix it! Here's how. |
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Urban Knitters' Beginner's Tutorial #9: Fixing a Dropped Purl Stitch Have you ever dropped a purl stitch, and then unraveled all your work just to fix it? Whether you've dropped a purl stitch just one row, or down multiple rows, you can still fix it! Here's how. |
Urban Knitters' Beginner's Tutorial #10: Working Basic Pattern Stiches How to work basic pattern stitches. |
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Urban Knitters' Beginner's Tutorial #11: Circular Needles How to knit with circular needles. |
Urban Knitters' Beginner's Tutorial #12: Double Pointed Needles How to knit with double pointed needles, or DPNs. |
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Urban Knitters' Beginner's Tutorial #13: Making a Gauge Swatch, Pt. 1 Have you ever knitted an item and had it come out all wrong? That may be because you failed to make a gauge swatch before beginning. A swatch is a small piece of knitting that is used to make sure you obtain the same gauge as in a pattern's instructions. |
Urban Knitters' Beginner's Tutorial #14: Making a Gauge Swatch, Pt. 2 What to do if your gauge swatch is different from the pattern's instructions. |
