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hey everyone welcome to the Hobby Lobby

creative studio I'm Sarah why are you

ready to learn how to knit it's really a

lot easier than you might think I've got

a great easy-to-follow tutorial to get

you started so don't go away

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well one thing is for sure knitting is

definitely making a comeback and

rightfully so it seems like people of

all ages are knitting these days

you really can't knit so many cool

things and you only need a few supplies

to do a knitting project some yarn a

pair of knitting needles some finishing

needles and a pair of scissors of course

so we need to talk about yarn and

needles first off how do you know what

kind of needles to buy well there are

lots of different needles out there to

choose from lots of different finishes

available as well so it's really fun to

experiment and find out which kind of

finish that you prefer a lot of

beginners choose to purchase some 10

inch long bamboo needles like these here

bamboo needles are really nice to use

because they're not quite as smooth

shiny or polished as other finishes can

be which means that your yarn is just

gonna stay put a little bit better on

these needles and not slide around quite

as much and trust me as a beginner

you're going to appreciate when your

yarn slides around as little as possible

if you're wondering what kind of yarn to

buy look for a medium weight yarn with a

smooth texture how you know it's a

medium weight yarn is indicated by this

little number 4 here on the label right

on top of this little yarn icon and then

just make sure that it's got a smooth

texture because you're going to be able

to see your stitches much more easily

that way save those fancy fuzzy yarns

for later when you've become more

comfortable with knitting

the first thing we ever have to do when

starting a knitting project is to cast

on there are a lot of different methods

of casting on but no matter which one

you choose what you're essentially doing

is creating a foundational row of

stitches for the rest of your piece to

be built on so I'm just gonna keep it

really simple for you today and show you

how to do the easiest I think of all the

cast on methods which is the single cast

on this is a really easy cast on for

beginners to learn especially and it

really allows you to get some stitches

onto your needle very quickly so let me

show you how to do that cast on now the

first thing we do when we cast on is we

make a slipknot to make a slipknot

just work at one end of your yarn here

there's lots of different ways to make a

slipknot but I just like to use my two

fingers and wrap the yarn all the way

around them once and then halfway around

again and then put this piece of yarn

through this loop that you've now formed

on your fingers and pull it through and

then you should have what looks like a

piece ribbon so in this loop now insert

your knitting needle and now the working

piece of yarn which is still the piece

of yarn that's attached to your yarn

ball or your yarn skein should be the

piece that when you pull on it it

tightens up this Slipknot so if it's not

you've just got it reversed so just take

your pieces of yarn off reverse them an

entire Slipknot again and you should be

good to go so with your end of yarn here

we're going to tuck that away and just

keep a hold of it with our right hand

then we're gonna pick up our working

piece of yarn with our left hand and

just kind of drape it over your four

fingers just like this leaving your

thumb free now go ahead and close your

fingers around your yarn and you've

formed what looks like a thumbs up so

from this point you're going to scoop

your thumb onto the front side of your

yarn wrap it all the way around the back

and then return to that thumbs up

position then you're going to dip your

needle inside of this loop that you've

now formed on your thumb start to push

it through and then release your thumb

completely from that loop and then

return to that same thumbs up position

and do this again so you're going to

scoop rotate all the way around till you

end back up and you're

thumbs up scoop this into your loop and

release your thumb completely and pull

it so that it's just a comfortable fit

on your needle so this is really a quick

way to cast on it's very simple and easy

and if I could give you a piece of

advice for this cast on method it would

be to make sure that your stitches stay

nice and loose and comfortable on your

needle you don't to pull them so tight

that they are squeezing the life out of

your needle you just want them to be

nice and loose and relaxed on your

needle because what you're going to be

doing is going into these stitches

whenever you knit your first row so the

more relaxed your stitches are at this

point the easier it's gonna be to get

your needle through your cast on

stitches now that you know how to cast

on it's time to learn a couple of

stitches there are two basic stitches of

knitting the knit stitch and the purl

stitch so this is what a knit stitch

looks like it kind of has the look of

little V's doesn't it so let me show you

how to make the knit stitch now to do

the knit stitch

I've already got my foundational Rove

stitches set up on my needle using our

cast on method and now what I want to do

is concentrate on the stitch that's the

closest to the tip of my needle so what

you're gonna do is with your right

needle in your right hand you're going

to insert your needle through the front

of the loop pushing it to the back side

and you're gonna make what kind of looks

like an X at this point then you're

going to pick up your working piece of

yarn with your right hand wrap it around

the back needle counterclockwise and

then you're just gonna kind of push it

through the front of this loop now you

just want to slip that stitch completely

off of your left needle and now we have

a stitch on our right needle so let's do

that again so now we're going to

concentrate on the next closest stitch

to the tip of our needle here and we're

going to insert the right needle through

the front of the loop now that it's on

the back side

makes kind of this X shape like this

they're gonna take your working piece of

yarn and wrap it around counterclock