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Continental Knitting for Beginners
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Suitable for beginner learners. This course serves as an entry point into Crafts & DIY, building foundational knowledge before moving on to advanced frameworks or specialized paths.
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What You’ll Learn
- Continental Knitting for Beginners is a short course aimed at complete beginners to knitting who wish to learn knitting the continental way. It is also suitable for knitters of other styles (like English) who would like to learn another way to knit. These learners, however, will be able to skip parts of the course that they will be familiar with such as casting on and binding off. .
- In this step-by-step course, I will walk you thorough all the necessary skills to become a knitter. From the tools you need, to how to plan your work, how to start (cast on), how to knit and purl continental style, how to end (bind off), as well as finishing skills such as stitching your work and weaving in the ends. .
- This is a foundation course that will equip you will all the skills needed to follow my other classes. .
- To practice your skills, the course includes two small projects:.
- 1) a garter stitch washcloth and.
- 2) a colourful, stripy sock for your mobile. .
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Introduction to the Course
Why Continental Knitting?
What You Need to Take this Course?
Long-tail Cast-on
How to Hold Your Yarn
Knit Stitch Continental Style
How to Bind Off Your Work
Project 1 - Knitting Your Washcloth
Project 1 - Binding Off
Project 1 - Chaining on a Loop
Project 1 - Weaving in the Ends
Purl Stitch Continental Style
Rib Stitch - Combining Knitting and Purling
Mattress Stitch - Sewing Your Work Together
Project 2 - Casting On
Project 2 - Colour Change
Project 2 - Binding Off
Project 2 - Completing the Project
BONUS: How to Fix Mistakes When Knitting
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