Modern Daily Knitting has been helping knitters since 2003. Now, they have distilled those years of teaching into the only book you need to start your knitting journey. There’s never been a how-to-knit book like this. It’s little. Smart. Encouraging. In 9 short lessons, with dozens of clear illustrations, we teach everything a new knitter needs to know and nothing they don’t. This is it. Skill Set gives you the keys to the kingdom. The 9 LessonsEverything a new knitter needs to know, short and sweet. These lessons draw on decades of knitting experience by Kay and Ann. Lesson 1: Supplies, Casting On, Knit Stitch, Binding OffLesson 2: Purl Stitch, Combining Knits and PurlsLesson 3: Basic Shaping: Increases and DecreasesLesson 4: Knitting in the RoundLesson 5: Basic Lace and CablesLesson 6: Basic Colorwork: Stripes, Stranding IntarsiaLesson 7: Finishing: Weaving in Ends, Seaming, BlockingLesson 8: Patterns, Yarn, and GearLesson 9: Fixing Mistakes They emphasize practice in each lesson, so there are swatches to make for each technique. There’s just one pattern, for a simple hat, that lets a new knitter try out the techniques.
