Err... Knitting question

[Bisamratte]

My girlfriend wants to knit me a scarf :thinkerg: and she has never knitted anything in her life so she has asked me to ask on here. So does anybody know of a good knitting tutorial website or have any good sound knowledge of knitting that can help?




Andy and swmbo

 

[led]

Don't have a clue myself, but here's a Google suggestion.

 

[JohnC]

http://www.knitting.co.nz/site/page_affix/toaffix_learntoknit/

I'm keen to try learning (again) For a long time I assumed it was only for girls . Now I'm getting the wife to show me how to knit. She commented on my net making "it's very like that" so fingers crossed.

 

[Toddy]

Continental knitting is different from both English and *normal* (to us )
It all depends on the way the hands hold the pins/needles and the yarn.

There are really good books and magazines out there now as well as websites.
I'm a member of a historic knitting forum, but there are a lot of more modern ones too.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HistoricKnit/

Hope you find what SWMBO is looking for.
atb,
Toddy

 

[fred gordon]

My wife knits all thetime and I have even knitted a jumper myself. Any questions we'll be glad to help.

 

[wentworth]

Complete with instructions
http://www.doctorwhoscarf.com/

 

[Bisamratte]

Thanks for the links guys :You_Rock_

We have bought some wool and the correct size needles so we have quite a bit of reading to do and then get started.

I think Im going to have to knit my own Dr Who scarf though (SWMBO doesnt like it, I really cant see why ) , Just think of all the things a really long scarf could be used for

 

[rich59]

Knitting is probably an advanced bushcraft skill. We make cordage, but don't often makes a garment out of it!

 

[bent-stick]

If I was going to do any I'd still have to ask my mum to cast on and off for me. I never did learn that bit.