KNITTING FOR BEGINNERS Knitting Your First Scarf

Preparation Getting Ready to Knit Your First Scarf!  Yarn (About two spools, depending on how long and thick you want your scarf)  Knitting Needles  Needle size depends on the thickness of your yarn, so there are many different sizes. To buy the right size: Find the numbers on the back of your yarn package. Find the size knitting needles that correlate to that number. The thicker the yarn, the bigger the needles. Example: My yarn is thick, so the package suggested size 13 (9mm) needles. What You Will NeedBuying the Right Needle Size

Tips and Pointers Keep These in Mind as You Go!  Remember to keep the yarn tight in your hand as you go, but not too tight- remember, you need to be able to fit your needle through the stitches!  Pay attention to your knitting so that you don’t ‘drop a stitch’.  Don’t worry if you make a mistake- luckily, knitting is simply a series of slip knots, so any mistakes can be undone!  When taking a break from your project, always push the stitches down to the bottom of the needles so you don’t loose any stitches!

Casting On Starting Your Scarf!  Step One: Your First Two Stitches  Drape the yarn over your thumb and pointer finger, leaving a tail of about 2 ft. Gather the excess yarn with your other fingers.  Using one needle, pull the middle of the yarn down into an ‘upside down A’ shape.

Casting On Starting Your Scarf!  Step One: Your First Two Stitches (cont.)  Pull the needle under the loop made by your thumb, over the loop made by your pointer finger, and back over the loop made by your thumb.  This will give you your first two stitches!

Casting On Starting Your Scarf! Need to see step one again?

Casting On Starting Your Scarf!  Step Two: Your First Row  Continue on in the same pattern as you did for step one.  Do this for however wide you would like your scarf to be.  Example: I wanted a thicker scarf, so I knitted about 20 stitches for my first row.

Casting On Starting Your Scarf! Need to See Step Two Again?

Basic Knitting Making the Body of Your Scarf!  The Basic Stitch:  Place the needle which you cast yarn onto in your left hand, and the bare needle in your right. Hold the yarn in your right hand as well.  Take the needle in your right hand and put the tip up through the first stitch on the left needle.

Basic Knitting Making the Body of Your Scarf!  The Basic Stitch (Cont.)  Pull the yarn from your right hand around behind the right needle.  Take the right needle and put it down under the stitch on the left needle, pulling the stitch off of the needle.

Basic Knitting Making the Body of Your Scarf!  The Basic Stitch (Cont.)  Pull the yarn through.  Repeat this stitch until the row is finished.  This will be the same steps you follow throughout the rest of your scarf!

Basic Knitting Making the Body of Your Scarf! Need to See the Stitch Again?

Binding Off Finishing Your Scarf!  When your scarf is the length that suits you, begin a new row with two stitches as usual.  Take the first stitch of the row and pull it over the second stitch and off the needle.  Make another stitch as usual, and repeat these steps until the whole scarf is cast off of the needle, finishing the scarf with a knot.

Binding Off Finishing Your Scarf! Need to See That Step Again?

Congrats! You are now able to knit your first scarf. Your Finished Product!