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Jil Eaton’s Knitting School!

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Attention class! Come to order! Come on settle down! I know you’re excited to begin but we have a few basics to cover first!

First of all, I highly recommend that you go our and buy the textbook for this class. It’s called “Jil Eaton’s Knitting School – the complete guide to becoming a confident knitter”

Ready? Got your needles? Yarn? Something to measure gauge? What’s gauge? Well, let’s get started!

Chapter one covers the basics, from how to put together the perfect knitting kit, blocking and laundering, how to read a pattern and abbreviations. Then we get to practice these new techniques.

Beginner’s Delights is the next section. From the very first “making a slip knot” to the basic cast on’s, and knit stitch. Binding off, weaving in ends, and even pom poms! Then we get to practice these new techniques.

Throughout this whole book from the beginners techniques and projects through the graduate school which covers bobbles, socks, kitchener stitch, fair isle, texture knitting, pleats, and lace and multistitch patterns this book is chock full with all the tips, techniques and helpful little hints to ensure success. This one’s definitely a keeper….. for you!

And someone’s going to win it! Leave me a comment telling me who or what you would use this book for!

Ready… Set…. Go!

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Comments

  1. I can only do basic knitting (scarves, and jumpers that never fit as my technique is terrible) so I’d use this to improve and finally knit something pretty!

  2. I’m pretty confident basic knitter, but I’m forever passing up projects because they involve knitting on double pointed needles or any kind of color work. I even the most adorable cardigan pattern for my little girl on Ravelry, but have stopped short of buying yarn for it because color work scares me. I’m hoping this book would help give me the confidence to go beyond “just the basics” to make something truly special for my loved ones. =0)

  3. I would use it to encourage some of the girls at a local youth club I help at to begin knitting and make gifts to put in shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Oh AND to remind myself of some of the stuff I have no doubt forgotten.

  4. I would give this to my niece who is learning to knit. My sister does not knit so a book like this will be good.

  7. I would like to learn beyond the basic techniques to be able to knit more advanced projects for myself and my family.
    Thanks 🙂

  8. This looks like a great reference for a somewhat new knitter like myself, I’d defiantly share it with my niece when she comes over to get her started knitting, she’s been asking when she’d be old enough.

  9. This book would be for me! I have very very basic knitting skills. I would love to be able to knit something other than a scarf like hats and sweaters and all the other goodies! 🙂

  11. I wish I could learn to read my knitting better, so I wouldn’t get so lost when doing cables and lace. I get lost so often!

  12. This book would surely help me get past some of my knitting phobias and get further with my knitting!

  13. Would love the book for my daughter 🙂 She is just getting started and would enjoy a wonderful tutorial book.

  14. It’s my dream to one day retire and open a yarn store. I’d use the book to refine my techniques, better my knitting, and also to help me in my quest to become a master knitter.
    My niece is five and enjoys watching me knit. I’d love to be able to pass this book on to her in time.

  15. My husband and I just started a plan to get out of debt and one of the recommendations is to give crafts for xmas. That is what I would use this book for.

  17. I am a beginner and could definitely use a more solid foundation of the basics, as I tend to choose patterns beyond my knitting know-how…. just love a challenge, I guess!

  18. this book would be so helpful, as I am new at knitting and find myself in problems that I don’t even know how I got myself there!

Have you read?

Knit a Cozy Sweater with Lots of Options

If you’re looking for a sweater knitting pattern that uses up some of your stash and allows you to make just the sweater you want, the Marlina Rib by Shay Johson might be just the thing.

It’s worked with two strands of fingering weight yarn held together to make a DK weight gauge, so you can use the same two yarns throughout or change one or both regularly for an even more colorful look.

The pattern has options to make it either a crewneck or a henley style with buttons, tapered or relaxed sleeves, and a straight hemline or a split hem with buttons (which sounds so cute if you do the henley with split hem and match the buttons on both parts).

It’s also knit from the top down so you can make the body and the sleeves as long as you want. There are 10 sizes available in the pattern, with a chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 81.5 to 172.5 cm. It’s meant to be worn with 4-6 inches/10-15 cm of positive ease at the chest.

The pattern page on Ravelry includes tons of measurements and yardage estimates so you can make sure you’ll get a good fit for your body before you even buy the pattern. Shay also shows a few variations of the sweater so you can see how different options look before you decide how you want to put them together.

The stitch pattern is 1×2 ribbing, which is really easy to do and gives a look almost like fisherman’s rib that’s relaxed and easy to wear.

This sweater looks like a great option for people who are somewhat new to sweater knitting or those who love to have lots of customization options (because it’s like getting multiple sweater patterns in one!).

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself at Ravelry.

[Photo: Shay Johnson]

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