Knitting for beginners 7 simple steps for learning how to knit and create easy to make knitting patterns that look amazing knitting knitting for knitting patterns knitting patterns knit by catherine pekster 2015 03 20 catherine pekster books amazonca. Why knit knitting can be an incredibly rewarding hobby but it can be an intimidating hobby to start there are so many ins and outs to knitting so many tools and stitches and patterns and projects its easy to get overwhelmed by the different choices you need to make before you can even start. Knitting is an amazing and incredibly satisfying hobby but not everyone had the luck that grandma taught them how to knit well thanks to the internet it has never been easier to start this wonderful craft on this page i put together a very detailed free knitting course to help you out i am going to be your knitting teacher and you can follow along through tons of videos pictures . To begin knitting you will need to create a foundation row of stitches on your needle by casting on drape the tail of yarn over your left thumb and the working yarn ball end over your left index finger use your other fingers to catch yarn lengths in left palm insert the needle upward through the loop on your thumb