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Beginners’ Knitting

Franklins Ipswich, Ipswich

Information - Beginners’ Knitting

This class is suitable for absolute beginners, or those who haven’t done any knitting since childhood. We will teach you all the basics to get started, including:

• Casting on
• Counting stitches
• Knit stitches
• Purl stitches
• How to make a stitch
• How to decrease a stitch
• Casting off

We will also discuss yarn types and weights, how to match the correct needles for your project, how to read a ball band and show you lots of different yarns and needle types. We will discuss the basics of how to read a knitting pattern and begin a project using a simple pattern that you can take home and complete after the class.

If you are ready to get started with a new project, the tutor and shop staff can help guide you to suitable patterns, yarns etc after the class.

• Knitting needles (yours to take home)
• Yarn
• Darning needles