Learn to knit a scarf in a day? Easy.
Want to know how to knit a scarf? The secret’s out—you can learn to do it in just a day with the help of this fun guide, no matter your knitting experience.
This handy little guide gives you a clear understanding of the essential steps and techniques involved in creating a great scarf! You’ll get a friendly, hands-on introduction to basic knitting techniques, tools, and terminology, as well as detailed coverage of the most common stitches. Plus, you’ll get a list of recommended beginner routines and advice for fixing common mistakes.
- Key knitting techniques, tools of the trade, and terminology
- Getting started, step-by-step
- Coverage of basic stitches and fixing common mistakes
- Online component takes you beyond the book with bonus content and features
Get ready to keep those needles clacking as you knit a fabulous handmade scarf!
Jadual kandungan
Introduction 1
What You Can Do In A Day 1
Conventions Used in This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 3
Icons Used in This Book 3
Chapter 1: Knitting Need-to-Knows 5
Why Knit? 5
Knitting your worries away 5
Gaining a feeling of accomplishment 6
Keeping your mind and hands occupied 6
Creating a one-of-a-kind piece 6
Sorting Out What Knitters Need 7
The tools 7
An understanding of the basics 8
Selecting Yarn: The (Quick) Consumer’s Guide 9
Fiber fundamentals 9
A weighty matter 11
Yarn packaging 12
Reading labels 12
Choosing a ball, skein, or hank 13
Picking Up Knitting Needles 14
Sizing up needles 14
Seeing what they’re made of 15
Grabbing Must-Have Gadgets 16
Chapter 2: Deciphering Patterns and Gauge 17
Reading Stitch Patterns 17
Deciphering common abbreviations and shorthand 18
Following written stitch patterns 20
Measuring Gauge to Get the Size Right 21
Considering what affects gauge 23
Making a gauge swatch 24
Measuring your gauge 25
Matching your pattern’s gauge 25
Chapter 3: Essential Skills: Casting On, Knitting, Purling, and Binding Off 27
Casting On 28
Now You’re Knitting and Purling 31
Getting a knack for knitting 32
Pushing forward with purling 36
Binding (or Casting) Off 37
Chapter 4: Basic Stitches You’ll Use Again and Again 41
Starting with Garter Stitch 42
Knitting and Purling Stockinette Stitch 43
Creating Box Stitch 44
Chapter 5: Applying Your Knitting Knowledge with Three Scarf Patterns 45
Ribbed Scarf 46
New skill: Switching from knit to purl and back again 46
Materials and vital statistics 47
Directions 48
Box-Stitch Scarf 48
Materials and vital statistics 49
Directions 49
Double-Wrap Garter-Stitch Scarf 50
New skill: The double wrap (and beyond) 50
Materials and vital statistics 51
Directions 52
Chapter 6: Oops! Fixing Common Mistakes 53
Stopping Mistakes or Catching Them Early 53
Dealing with Dropped Stitches 54
Finding and securing a dropped stitch 55
Picking up a dropped stitch in the row below 56
To make a knit stitch 57
To make a purl stitch 58
Rescuing a dropped stitch from several rows below 60
In stockinette stitch 60
In garter stitch 61
Ripping (Your Heart) Out 63
Ripping out stitch by stitch 63
Ripping out row by row 64
Chapter 7: Where to Go from Here 67
Taking Your First Steps 67
Visiting dummiescom 68
Mengenai Pengarang
Pam Allen has been designing sweaters since 1985. Her patterns appear in
Vogue Knitting,
Family Circle, and
Women’s Day, among other publications. She is the author of the best-selling
Knitting For Dummies.
Shannon Okey (Cleveland, OH) is the author of nearly a dozen books on knitting and other fiber arts, a columnist for knit.1 magazine, and a frequent contributor to other craft magazines. She hosts a call-in podcast about knitting and has appeared on many television shows, including Knitty Gritty, Uncommon Threads and Crafters Coast to Coast. Okey can be found online at knitgrrl.com.
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