MDK | Skill Set :: Beginning Knitting

At Modern Daily Knitting, Ann and Kay have been helping knitters since 2003. Now, they have distilled those years of teaching into the only book you need to start your knitting journey.There’s never been a how-to-knit book like this. It’s little. Smart. Encouraging. In 9 short lessons, with dozens of clear illustrations, we teach everything a new knitter needs to know, and nothing they don’t.This is it. Skill Set gives you the keys to the kingdom.The 9 LessonsEverything a new knitter needs to know, short and sweet. These lessons draw on decades of knitting experience by Kay and Ann. Lesson 1 Supplies, Casting On, Knit Stitch, Binding Off Lesson 2 Purl Stitch, Combining Knits and Purls Lesson 3 Basic Shaping: Increases and Decreases Lesson 4 Knitting in the Round Lesson 5 Basic Lace and Cables Lesson 6 Basic Colorwork: Stripes, Stranding Intarsia Lesson 7 Finishing: Weaving in Ends, Seaming, Blocking Lesson 8 Patterns, Yarn, and Gear Lesson 9 Fixing Mistakes Details: 107 pages | 7.375 x 5.5 inches | paperback | 75 illustrations