Learn How to Knit: A Complete Guide for Beginners

Learn essential skills and techniques that will enable you to make a number of projects within hours.

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Knitting is an endlessly fascinating hobby with so many different possibilities once you know the basics. Our knitting Tutor, Sally Hart, has devised a series of bags for you to learn on so you can progress from one to the other as your skills improve, but you will be making something useful right from the start rather than just sampling squares of knitting. Sally takes you through all the basic stitches, casting on and off, decreasing and increasing, ribbing sewing up and lining in the first two bags (Sally describes them as a bag for your knitting needles and a project holder, but they could also be used for bottle bags, ipad holders etc.) and then moves on to cover blocking your work and producing icords and pompoms and embellishing your knitting with a type of chain stitch embroidery. Vitally, she also includes an alternative set of the same video tutorials for those who wish to knit left-handed.


Your Instructor


Sally Hart
Sally Hart

Sally has been knitting for over 30 years and crocheting for the past 10 years. From her 25 year career in social care and education she has experience of developing and delivering training and conducting on line assessments of work submitted. More recently Sally has had the opportunity to focus on her knitting and crochet, attending numerous workshops to develop her skills. She currently both knits and crochets for Stylecraft, as well as working part-time in her local yarn shop. Sally enjoys discussing and planning new projects with customers and students alike and loves helping them solve knitting and crochet problems and dilemmas. Sally is a complete yarn addict and spends her free time on yarny pursuits, always planning the next project.


Course Curriculum


  Introduction
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  Lesson 1
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  Lesson 2
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What you'll need for your course;

Yarn of your choice in a variety of colours

Needles as per ball band

Stitch holder (or yarn of a different colour)

Double pointed needles (DPN’s) in same size

Sewing up needle

Small scissors

Row counter (or paper and pen)

Fabric of your choice

Needle and thread

Pins and a blocking board or towel

Ruler or tape measure

Pom pom maker or cardboard or your fingers

A button

Crochet hooks


Frequently Asked Questions


How long do I have access to the course?
How does a full year's access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for a period of one year after the date of purchase - across any and all devices you own.
When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and ends as quickly as you wish! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
Will I need any special materials or equipment?
Not really, just the basics of knitting, listed below; Yarn of your choice in a variety of colours Needles as per ball band Stitch holder (or yarn of a different colour) Double pointed needles (DPN’s) in same size Sewing up needle Small scissors Row counter (or paper and pen) Fabric of your choice Needle and thread Pins and a blocking board or towel Ruler or tape measure Pom pom maker or cardboard or your fingers A button Crochet hooks
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 3 days and we will give you a full refund.

If you're not a complete beginner at knitting and would really like to undertake a course which is more advanced, then you can choose to undertake a City & Guilds accredited knitting course with Sally or another City & Guilds of London accredited textile course in a different subject with SST. You can review all of our course subjects and levels on our website.