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The ultimate guide for beginners from the authorities at Vogue Knitting
Anyone can learn to knit
This is your guide to materials, basic stitches, patterns and finishing techniques.
Follow along step by step
Learn how to cast on, bind off, and knit up a collection of stitches ranging from basic stockinette, to basketweave, cables and more.
Learn the basics
Then put your new skills to use with 27 easy projects.
A beloved reference for years to come!
- Introduction to materials
- Essential techniques from the experts
- Hundreds of clear photographs to teach you step by step
- 27 easy beginner patterns for a variety of projects
Everything you need to get started!
Ideal starting reference for any beginning knitter
Fundamental information, techniques, tips, photos and illustrations
Introduction to materials
Yarns, needles and other knitting tools
Illustrated instructions for basic stitches
Ribbing, textures, raised stitches, lace and cables
Basic techniques for following patterns
Gauge, abbreviations, charts, decreasing, increasing, finishing and more
27 Easy Projects
From basic beginner projects
The easiest of scarves, hats, wraps, ponchos, pullovers and cardigans
To very easy, but more challenging projects
Beautiful pullovers, scarves, headbands, hats and more
To still easy, but even more sophisticated projects
Fashionable hats, wraps, cardigans, pullovers and ponchos
Kimberlee Holt
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2025
I love to knit. This a great book
Fernanda García
Reviewed in Mexico on January 17, 2025
No es nuevo y viene maltratado
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2024
I now have all three Vogue knitting books and they offer invaluable help. This books picks up a lot of the things that are not clear or complicated from the other books. Love it!
BGill
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
The pictures are easy for a beginner like me.
Grumpy
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2023
Written by experts but hard to follow for a beginner like me. Worst of all are the photos to show the basics. Using red thread against a red background is simply awful. I would think Vogue should understand the importance of contrasting colors for clarity. Definitely needed a second beginner book to supplement this one.
Viona
Reviewed in Germany on May 9, 2023
Very useful to have a lot of pictures and good explanations!
kmiraski31
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2023
The patterns in this book are lovely, but the basics at the beginning of the book are difficult to follow.The slip knot instructions, which is the first step, do not make sense. I go my crocheting expert sister to try the instructions and she couldn’t even make it work.I used a WikiHow page for the basics, and I picked the book back up later in the knitting process.The photo design is also bazaar. They used red thread on a red background. It does not make it easy to tell what’s going on.
Kelli L Timmons
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2023
Great gift with a great size book and nice pictures
Jeri Johnson
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2023
I bought this book for my daughter, who is interested in learning how to knit. We had looked at several craft stores for knitting books, but really didn't find what we were looking for. I found this amazingbeginner knitting book on Amazon and I'm thrilled with it, as is she.
KP
Reviewed in Canada on September 9, 2021
I bought this book because the one I already had about knitting, though complete, lacked that guidance and clarity I was looking for. Looking at the table of contents from the sample, I thought this was the perfect little extra to set me on the right path. I wasn't expecting it to cover everything knitting has to offer. But to cover the very basics a beginner needs to know, and do it well. Extremely disappointed.It spends a lot of pages on yarn and material (not to mention the 25 projects) but not even a third of a page on how to hold needles (and no image). Instructions are unclear, the "knit-wise" bind-off section... well, I hope I am one bad learner, because seems like instructions are missing for the very last stitch... etc. And the rest of the book... not any better.And let's add that weird idea of having a background the same color of the yarn used for illustration...
Applebee
Reviewed in Canada on September 14, 2021
I purchased this as a gift for someone learning to knit
Roy
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2021
Instructive for someone who had never knitted. The illustrations are really helpful in guiding you toward what works for you.
Pauline Hodkinson
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 20, 2021
I bought this book as a gift for someone who has never knit but wants to learn. As an experienced knitter myself I wanted something that explained things clearly and used good photographs to illustrate and this book does just that.
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