Learn to Knit It: Complete 7 Simple Projects

Course details

Learn the popular craft of knitting, step by step, through detailed tutorials and interesting projects.

Develop your skills by making actual knitted items, designed to be flexible and newbie friendly.

• Learn the 4 most common, patterned stitches and how to invent your own.
• Master techniques like increasing and decreasing through accessible projects, designed exclusively for this course.
• Delight your friends and family with 7 personalised, handmade knits.
• Understand how to read knitting patterns and even create your own patterned charts.

Ever been frustrated by picture knitting tutorials that seem to have huge gaps between steps? Or felt overwhelmed by hundreds of knitting terms and techniques, but not known where to start?

This course takes you from absolutely never knitted and guides you gently through your first steps. Each project has been designed with a beginner in mind. They slowly increase in complexity the more you learn, so you are never left behind or bored.

Learning to knit is a useful skill that will stick with you for life. Not only is it a rewarding and creative craft, it has been shown to improve your memory and reduce the risk of cognitive decline. The regular rhythms of knitting are scientifically proven to act as stress relief, as a form of meditation and mindfulness. 

Content and Overview

Starting with a quick overview of tools and materials you can find in a knitting shop, you'll go straight in and learn the two most important knitted stitches: knit and purl. To cement these techniques, you'll immediately get to use them in a project and knit a multicoloured scarf.

With these two fundamental stitches under your belt, we'll go on to learn how different combinations can create a whole range of different patterns. First you'll learn how to knit in stocking/stockinette stitch and make a teddy bear.

Then you'll discover rib stitch (that stretchy bit at the bottom of most jumpers). The first project, a phone pouch, recaps stocking stitch and let's you have a go at rib stitch. Then you'll use rib stitch, increasing and decreasing, to make a pair of fingerless gloves.

Patterned stitch number four is moss/seed stitch, but the beanie hat you'll make uses rib and stocking stitch too. You can even learn to make a PomPom for the top!

Finally, the course will reveal how to knit any picture or pattern you like, using a clever pattern chart. You'll put together everything you've learnt to make a cushion cover and blanket.

What Will I Get?

Students who have completed this course will be able to approach knitting patterns with confidence and have the knowledge to create unique knitted items. You'll also receive:

• Complete knitting pattern for each project
• Useful guides such as yarn weights, needle size and abbreviations
• 9.5 hours of lectures including 'Knit-a-longs' so you are NEVER left alone with a cryptic knitting pattern.