Oolong knits

If you plan on working with cables, you will probably want to buy some cable needles. Here is my advice: do not buy the KnitPro wood cable needles with ridges. They are an absolute nightmare to use. I bought them and I ended up using an extra standard needle as a cable needle because that was easier and faster than the KnitPro ones. if you can find them, do buy the ones which are U-shaped, like the ones you see Edie Eckman using in the video lessons I recommend in my previous post. Those are much easier to use, but for some mysterious reason harder to find. Cable needles do not have to be the same size as the needles you're using. So you don't have to buy all sizes at all. Don't worry about it. However, they must absolutely not be larger (or better said thicker) than the ones you're using. Thus the best thing is to buy some relatively thin ones that will work for almost all projects.

Edie Eckman has done us, beginner knitters, the wonderful favour of designing an amazing course on cable knitting. And what's more, it is free. This is the second project I've started and I recommend it wholeheartedly. It is amazing fun and the videos are great. Here is the link for the Cabled Afghan Knit-Along . The course says it is for intermediate knitters, but don't worry about it. The videos are perfect for someone who has learned to knit and purl and knows nothing more. For example, the first video explains how to do the basic increases and decreases, kfb and k2tog, and that is how I learned them. Here is another link Cabled-afghan-knit-along with PDF downloads . It includes not only the video lessons, but also the links to the pdf patterns which you'll absolutely need. This one is better than the first link, but I'll keep the two in case you find both useful. You have to register at Creativebug to take the course, but, unlike most other courses there,...

This is the first thing I ever knitted and is the pattern I recommend for a first project. The idea is to learn and practice the basic stitches until you gain the necessary confidence to go along and work in whatever else you want to do. The nice thing is that you'll actually be able to keep and wear the absolute first thing you've ever knitted. I know I do. You'll learn the knit stitch first. Once you get the hang of it, you'll start learning the purl stitch and keep on practising the knit stitch so you won't loose what you've learned. Once you've got the hang of both, you'll learn and practice to switch between the two. In practice this means that you start by knitting in garter stitch , change to stockinette/stocking stitch , and then seed stitch . I created the pattern myself as I went along learning the basic stitches. Basically I cast-on a bunch of stitches and started to practice the knit stitch until I got bored. Then I decided to learn th...

I've reread my post on intentions and started to feel bad about myself. There I was complaining about the exhaustive excess of information one finds on the internet and stated that my intention was to order things a little bit by keeping track of what I've found really useful. Instead I've been adding to the nonsense with my own chatter. So here is my promise being delivered, no chitchat just a really good link. One of the best resources for beginners I've found is the Tin Can Knits. These ladies really rock. They have done an amazing job with their Simple Collection . It includes basic instructions, blog posts, video tutorials and simple patterns designed just for the absolute beginner. It's for free and much, much better than other resources you pay for. Their designs are simple (just like promised) but still really beautiful. You just have to agree that when well done simplicity suits all tastes and never goes out of fashion. But the best thing is that ...