Knitting
Build fabric stitch by stitch into sweaters, socks, and gifts.
~$12Cost to start
EasyDifficulty
30 min–3 hrTime / session
2 setup steps, ~$12 all in. Nothing to buy until you say so.
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Nobody has scored this against your answers yet. 30 min–3 hr at a time, $12 to find out whether it sticks.
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The path15 quests
ASetting up2 things to sort, in any order$12
- Get one pair of needles and one ball of yarn
- Accept that your first square will have holes in it
Then the quests
- Cast on 20 stitches with a long-tail cast on
- Knit every row into a garter-stitch swatch
- Knit a square of stockinette that lies flat
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Guides2
How to Read a Crochet Pattern (Abbreviations Decoded)A crochet pattern looks like a wall of abbreviations until someone decodes it, and then it is simple. Here is how to read one: the abbreviations, the repeats, and the US-versus-UK trap that catches everyone.How to Fix a Dropped Stitch in Knitting (Before It Runs Any Further)Almost every knitter drops a stitch in their first week or two, usually spotting it as a little hole, a loose loop hanging off the fabric, or a snag with a ladder of loose strands underneath. It looks like the whole thing is coming apart. It is not. A dropped stitch is one of the most fixable mistakes in all of knitting, and once you have rescued a few you genuinely stop dreading them. Here is exactly what to do, from the moment you notice it to getting the stitch safely back on your needle.
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