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one of my goals for the upcoming year is to:
1. learn to knit.
2. teach dd7 to knit.
library system is not great, and funds are low.
tell me the single best knitting book that i can get at Amazon that you would suggest for a brandy new, all thumbs knitter, who is very eager to learn and teach her dd.
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Have you checked out About.com's Knitting Site?
Free. Lots of info. Written by a real person - you can email her or post message board questions if you get stuck.
(Disclaimer: I write for About.com on a totally unrelated topic.)
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I used to always recommend Kids Knitting by Melanie Falick but now I really like First Knits by Kate Haxell and Luise Roberts. It is a great one.
You could also try my book Great Yarns ... Kacky said her daughter loved it for learning to knit! 
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Mary G wrote:
I used to always recommend Kids Knitting by Melanie Falick but now I really like First Knits by Kate Haxell and Luise Roberts. It is a great one.
You could also try my book Great Yarns ... Kacky said her daughter loved it for learning to knit! |
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I would recommend Teach Yourself Visually Knitting and this website. This is how I learned and many of my friends have learned with a little instruction and using that website.
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I second the recommendation for knittinghelp.com. I joined ravelry.com and got a few free dishcloth patterns, watched the short videos at knittinghelp.com and spent about 4 weeks working on knitting and purling. Everytime I need help with a stitch or technique I check there first. :)
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My middle dd recommends both Knitting and Crocheting for Dummies and Knit Fix. She started knitting about a year ago and is a knitting fiend. She currently has about a half dozen projects going... and yarn for more. She learned all by herself -- no help from me. (She said my earlier assistance only confused her.) She recommends a simple project first to learn to knit evenly. She also recommends learning a little crochet for two reasons: learning to control the tension of the yarn and many knitting projects involve a little crochet as well. She adds that having a crochet hook around is helpful in any case.
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I just couldn't get it, from looking at books, what finally helped us learn was watching youtube video's. Now that we have learnt the basics from watching the video's I think we could follow a book. But knitting has stalled for the time being in this house, I'm so tired with a young baby that dropping stitches is just too easy. Don't forget to look for patterns and books in second hand shops, they often sell for very little.
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do you have a local knitting store you can stop in? most of them are happy to help someone get started with knitting~
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I used Knitting help videos that are free online. They demonstrate each stitch so you can watch it again and again until you get it. They also have lots of free patterns.
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