Description Skill Set: Beginning Knitting By Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne This is it. Skill Set gives you the keys to the kingdom. The 9 Lessons Everything 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 We emphasize practice in each lesson, so there are swatches to make for each technique. There’s just one pattern, for a simple hat, that lets a new knitter try out the techniques.
