How To Knit Beginners Step by Step Photos

Knitting is one of the most satisfying of hobbies, and today let’s learn How to Knit Beginners with this easy tutorial! Time to shop for your first knitting needle and choose a pretty yarn!

Knitting has been my favorite hobby of all time, and on this blog you will find many easy colorful Knitting Crochet Ideas to inspire you. If you are a beginner at knitting (or have forgotten how to) today let’s see How to Knit Beginners– in step by step photos

Can I teach myself to knit?

Yes! Follow this how to knit beginners blog post and by the end, you will learn how to knit a basic square or rectangle. But, I would suggest you also look at your local library, friends circle or family to see if you can find someone to help you start knitting!

how to knit Beginners: What Will you need?

To learn how to knit, you will need a pair of knitting needles (I used size 10 here), a ball of yarn in a color of your choice, and a pair of scissors.

How to knit beginners– Choose a thicker yarn and a shorter pair of needles for your first time. Use a 9 or 10-inch long knitting needle.

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Here are three basic knitting terms while learning how to knit beginners.

1. Casting on the Stitches – You will open your yarn skein and learn how to add your stitches onto the needle.
2. How to Knit Each Stitch– By knitting each and every stitch you have cast on, you will grow your project.
3. Casting off the Stitches– This is how you end your project and take it off of the needles.

Step 1: Casting On Your Stitches

Casting on your stitches is a fancy term for starting your knit project- where you basically open your yarn skein and create the 1st row of stitches onto a needle.

To begin, create a loop of yarn as shown. Now using your right hand thumb and forefinger reach into this loop and pull the yarn through to form another loop.

Pull the start of the yarn tightly till you have a small knot at the base of the loop. Now slip this loop onto your knitting needle.

Now slide the knot up till you have a somewhat tight stitch on your needle. There is no need to tighten it too much, tighten it just a tad. You have now cast on your first stitch!

Next hold this needle in your left hand and pick up the other empty knitting needle in your right hand.

Insert the right needle into (under) the first stitch on the left needle. With your right hand pick up and loop the yarn around the tip of the right needle and pull this yarn through the existing stitch. You should now have one stitch on your right needle. Slip this stitch onto the left hand needle. You have now cast on two stitches.

Repeat this pattern of insert needle, loop yarn, pull yarn through stitch, slip stitch from the right needle onto left needle till you have cast on the desired number of stitches.
I’d say start with 15 stitches onto one needle you have learned how to cast on!

Step 2: How to Knit a Row

Now hold your needle with the stitches in your left hand and the empty needle in your right hand.

Insert the right needle into the first stitch on the left needle. With your right-hand loop the yarn around the tip of the right needle and pull this yarn through the existing stitch. You should now have one stitch on your right needle.

Slip the first stitch of the left-hand needle off the needle (This is the opposite of casting on where you move the stitches from right needle to left )You have now knit one stitch! Now simply repeat this for the remaining 17 stitches.

Continue in this manner, insert the needle, loop yarn, pull yarn through stitch, slip stitch off the left needle till all the stitches from the left needle have been transferred to the right-hand needle

You have now knit your first row!

If you are making a scarf, you will be creating a long narrow rectangular piece of yarn fabric. Continue knitting each row, transferring stitches from one needle to another till you have achieved the desired length of your scarf.

How To Knit Beginners: I would recommend knitting row after row until you have almost (but not quite!) finished up the skein of yarn.

Step 3: To cast off

Once you have a long enough scarf, it’s time to cast off the stitches.

Knit the first two stitches of the row. You should now have two stitches on your right-hand needle. Insert your left-hand needle into the stitch farthest from the tip and pull it over The stitch is closer to the tip of the needle. You have now successfully cast off one stitch.

Knit the next stitch and slip it off the left needle. As you did before, slip the farthest stitch. You should be left with one stitch remaining on the right-hand needle. Continue till you have knit and cast off all the stitches and only one stitch remains on the right-hand needle. Cut the yarn leaving a small tail, and pull the tail through this final stitch.

Your project is now ready! I hope you found this how to knit beginners tutorial useful!

Is knitting easier than crocheting?

Crocheting uses only one hook whereas knitting has two needles. Learning how to knit beginners takes a little extra patience. I would not say it is hard to knit, it just has a small learning curve.

Conclusion:

Making anything out of just yarn is so much fun! Creating swatches of fabric out of just a ball of yarn is an amazing feeling. Once you have followed this how to knit beginners, you can make an easy Garter Stitch Blanket next!

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_{This tutorial was originally published on the Fiskars website}