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04-10-2014, 12:59 AM | #1 |
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I want to be a stereotype!
Knitting preggo lady!
The thing is I can't knit! I tried but I can't understand any books or YouTube vids I am clueless. Can someone help?
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04-10-2014, 02:12 AM | #2 |
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Re: I want to be a stereotype!
Oh, I wish I could come visit you with my daughters, and they could help you learn! lol I know that's not helpful. I do truly wish we could, though.
I think it's great you want to knit! I bet someone here will have good ideas for you. I'm just a newbie, but knitting is fun.
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04-10-2014, 03:01 AM | #3 |
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Re: I want to be a stereotype!
That would be neat. Seems everyone has a piece of the puzzle I just can't get my head around! I tried crochet but ended up either a very long string coz I couldn't figure out how to get to the next line
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04-10-2014, 03:06 AM | #4 |
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Re: I want to be a stereotype!
I can knit a bit but not crochet. Maybe we should meet up for 'knowledge exchange', lol!
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04-10-2014, 07:07 AM | #5 |
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Re: I want to be a stereotype!
can you find someone irl who knits? many librarys have knitting classes too. it did help me to see it in person first, so that later when i watched the youtube videos they made more sense to me.
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04-10-2014, 07:12 AM | #6 |
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Re: I want to be a stereotype!
If you have a wool shop locally, they often run, or know of, classes.
Some people find they learn better from books rather than videos. I do great with youtube but cant understand books . The downside is that most of the youtube tutorials are from the US, so I crochet in American which is fine, as most of the patterns I use are american too. It's just tricky when I'm talking to other UK crafters and they're all or I'm using a pattern I picked up locally. |
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04-10-2014, 07:17 AM | #7 |
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Re: I want to be a stereotype!
I am trying to teach myself knitting too. I have found knittinghelp.com very useful. I've tried a few books, but I do better with the videos. Something that helps me is watching lots of different videos if I am having trouble seeing something, I just go to youtube and type in what I am having trouble with and see what pops up.
I am still a big newbie, but I am having fun making dishcloths and practicing stitches.
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04-10-2014, 07:24 AM | #8 |
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Re: I want to be a stereotype!
here are links to knitting help. they were are usually my go to videos, so maybe these will help?
Getting started for beginners set of videos
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04-10-2014, 07:36 AM | #9 |
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Re: I want to be a stereotype!
I'm a crochet-er...and guessing you are from some of the other comments...
I'm utterly flabbergasted at knitting. I've been told that it can be hard to do both (but that could just be people be kind to my difficulties ) I've found a ton of cute baby patterns in crochet--I'd be happy to share some if that would be helpful
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04-10-2014, 07:50 AM | #10 |
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Re: I want to be a stereotype!
*rubs hands together, chortles* Another soon-to-be-knitter!!!
Seriously, I love knittinghelp.com - but another great resource that I stumbled across is http://knitfreedom.com/learn-to-knit Liat makes very clear, very easy-to-follow videos - this is her career, so they aren't all free, but the learn-to-knit one is. |
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04-10-2014, 07:57 AM | #11 |
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Re: I want to be a stereotype!
If you have crocheted before, you definitely should try knitting continental-style (left hand holds the yarn instead of right). It seems way more natural to me since that is the way I normally hold the yarn for crochet, made it a lot easier. I think the first battle of knitting is just getting the coordination down for it which IME takes some practice.
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04-10-2014, 12:28 PM | #12 |
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Re: I want to be a stereotype!
Me a crotchet-er a failed one?
Continental style would that be European? If so that suits me perfectly. Thank you all for the resources and encouragement now to find where I stashed my needles!
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04-10-2014, 01:51 PM | #13 |
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Re: I want to be a stereotype!
Sorry I misunderstood
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04-10-2014, 03:08 PM | #14 |
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Re: I want to be a stereotype!
You can do it, you can do it!!!
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04-13-2014, 02:21 PM | #15 |
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Re: I want to be a stereotype!
When I learned I did two things - went to my local yarn store and got irl help AND got a kids book on knitting....it was just my speed.
It's been nice to go into the store and get help with projects as the years have gone by.
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