Books for Beginners

It seems hardly a week goes by at the moment without a news item on the uptick in interest in crafts like knitting. Over the last 18 months, so many people have found or returned to knitting … what a wonderful thing! We often get asked to suggest books suited to beginners, and today we’ve collected those recommendations together. So if you are learning to knit and looking for help, or have a loved one who is, this post is for you!

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Lou's Journey Continues!

Lou has been rediscovering the fun of knitting by working through Modern Daily Knitting’s excellent learn-to-knit book, Skill Set. If you missed her first post and want to catch up on her journey so far, you can find it here!

The next lesson (#4 for those of you keeping track!) was to learn to knit in the round, which basically means I had to swap the straight needles for circular needles. I only ever saw my granny work with straight needles so knitting with circular needles was definitely a new one to me!

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