Knitting in the Round Basics: Knit an Easy Infinity Scarf Cowl

What You Will Learn?

• Have you completed your first simple knitting projects and you're looking for a next project that will expand your knitting skills? Do you want to create your own beautiful handmade knitted accessories to wear or knit handmade gifts? Maybe you've followed a tutorial to the letter and you're looking for tips on how to create custom pieces to express your creativity? Then that's the class to dive right in!.
• In this less than an hour class you’ll join me to learn to knit in the round and basic knitting techniques: elastic cast on and bind off to create comfortable to wear knitted accessories. We'll also walk through designing your own knitted cowl (snood) - choosing stitch pattern, borders and basic math to create your custom piece!.
• In the lessons you’ll learn:.
• The simple math behind designing your own cowl.
• How to swatch for knitting in the round.
• How to make an elastic cast on and bind off.
• Joining a new yarn ball.
• How to avoid common mistakes in circular knitting.
• How to finish off your knitting project.
• In this class you'll create a practical neck accessory to expand your handmade wardrobe or gift to a close one! You can also use the concepts from this class to design other simple tube designs like infinity scarves, double layered headbands or simple hats. Knitting in the round is one of fundamental techniques and getting to know it is a great base if you want to knit sweaters or accessories like socks, hats or mittens in your knitting journey!.
• This is a class for beginners, however if you never held knitting needles in your hands I warmly encourage you to start with my headband knitting class so you're more comfortable in the making process and have a good base to get creative juices flowing with the design part! You'll also be able to knit a head + neck matching accessory set!.
• To create the class project, you’ll need a few materials. I provide a resource list with a few recommendations to give you a quick reference as a download, so you don’t need to spend lots of time researching the tools. You can also use other yarn you have at home and I’m sharing guidance how to check what needles to use with it..
• You’ll need:.
• 100-150g of worsted/Aran weight wool (or vegan) yarn, for example Novita Veljesta Nature.
• 5 mm (US 8) circular knitting needles with 60 cm (24”) cord.
• Stitch marker.
• Tapestry needle.
• Scissors.
• Tape measure.
• Wool wash.
• I’ve also prepared for you a how-to guide for designing your own cowl with a few stitch pattern proposals..
• Let’s get started! I can’t wait to see what you create!.