want to learn Sweater Knitting-pls help

hai narmadha here

how r u all ? iam at melbourne CBD. life is cool here. i got so much interest to learn sweater knitting on seeing the wool yarns here. can anyone pls help me to learn to knitt i donot know anything about knitting i have to start from scratch. here at melbourne anyone knows where to learn at lower cost pls let me know that also.

thank u
Cheers
Narmadha

Hi Narmadha,

I can't say where you can learn knitting in Melbourne... but you can learn online from this site. It also has videos. KnittingHelp.com | Learn How to Knit. If you have already found a library do check out some books that will help you with basic techniques. That's how I learnt. Also most wool shop owners will be glad to help you out with projects... don't hesitate to ask them.

Latha

Hi Latha,

Thanks for giving us the site.............

Hi

Thanks for giving this site details. I have been searching for one

Hello,

I also became interested in knitting recently & i found many helpful tutorials on YouTube.com . The great thing about viewing tutorials at YouTube is that you can actually watch the steps for knitting & then also ask the person who put the tutorial on YouTuibe questions. I found it very helpful.

Hope that helps.

Take Care,
Aruneh

Hi
I was also looking to knit a sweater. its a medium size one but cant understand how many stiches to put in the beginning. i saw some video on you tube and tried it. it said first weave 4 inches and measure how many stiches come in for an inch and
stiches=measurement in inches * stiches/inch
mine is coming upto 8 that means
40* 8 = 320
In most of teh blogs they say 4 stiches per inch but why am i getting like this.
please help

Hi,

Youtube.com has excellent videos for Knitting.I too learned from that.
Godd luck

Cheers.

Priya

Originally Posted by sirila29

Hi
I was also looking to knit a sweater. its a medium size one but cant understand how many stiches to put in the beginning. i saw some video on you tube and tried it. it said first weave 4 inches and measure how many stiches come in for an inch and
stiches=measurement in inches * stiches/inch
mine is coming upto 8 that means
40* 8 = 320
In most of teh blogs they say 4 stiches per inch but why am i getting like this.
please help

Hai Narmadha,I am also living near to city. The website given by latha is wonderful. Further, if u want to learn directly here,better you go to the nearest community centre. They organise knitting classes . This cost comes low with compare to anywhere here. After you learn knitting, u can find many knitting books in library. They contains many varieties of dresses. Try it.

Hi sirila29,

Before you start a sweater you need to do something called a guage which is a square using either the stockinette st or the sts from your pattern. usually this is done as a 4 x 4 square. You then measure how many sts it takes to make 1 inch. this is your gauge.
If the pattern/book says 4 sts per inch and your gauge comes to 8 it means you are using the wrong yarn/needle. You need to change to a bigger needle size using the same yarn or a bigger yarn which gives you 4 sts per inch

Kind Regards
Vidya

Hi,

Check this link.Hope you get the details.

Carnival Hand Knitting Yarns - Free Patterns

Cheers

Priya