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Part 1 is an intro to our upcoming videos… meet the kids and hear what we are up to with this series.
Disclaimer: I don’t have a studio or professional equipment, my tripod isn’t tall enough to be in the exact spot I might have liked, but we did our best and the kids are super excited to share their progress.

Part 2 : step by step through the Backwards loop cast-on… Jesse starts by teaching you to slip knot, I show you how to add each stitch. Bloopers at the end!

part 3: step by step through the knit stitch. This video picks up right where Part 2 left off, with stitches cast on and ready to be worked. The kids help narrate while I show you lots of detailed close ups with headings and some slides with the steps needed to get knitting. After watching this video, you will be able to knit back and forth over however many stitches are on your needle and practice, practice, practice. Bloopers & kid videos are at the end of this one.

Part 4: practice

Part 5: Blocking & gauge! This video teaches new knitters about blocking and more importantly, GAUGE! Charlie shares his journey from finished swatch to measuring. Included are slides that detail the blocking & gauge measuring process. After this video, you’re ready to start a project.

After watching my new knitters at home, I decided to reorganize the series just a smidge in order to give this very important gauge lesson and get them started on their first projects, moving the Purl video down the line a bit. Don’t worry, we will definitely be teaching the Purl after everyone has a chance to master their knit stitch! Keep practicing! Next week we will talk about how to read a pattern and I will provide a free one with multiple gauge options so that you can use the swatch you have been working on as your gauge.

Click here or on the button above to download First Hat! As easy at can be, this hat is worked in the round from the bottom up with a rolled brim and options for adding stripes. To knit this hat, the only techniques you already need to be familiar with are casting on and the basic knit stitch.  Options are provided for multiple sizes at several different gauges, that way you can choose one according to the worsted weight yarn and needles you've got on hand. This pattern also helps teach new knitters how to read patterns, with notes included alongside instruction. 

Part 6: of the video series walks you through pattern reading. knitting patterns might have some language that is new to you, so let us help you understand how to interpret them. Below, Part 7 demonstrates the {very few} techniques that are new to this point. First Hat, episodes 6 & 7 go together!

part 7: Learn the new techniques needed for First Hat! this episode teaches joining to work in the round, adding a new color, k2tog, weaving yarn through live sts & weaving in loose ends. don’t forget to download the free hat pattern before you begin.