Knitting Level 1: Beginner Knit

Welcome back to knitting! Whether you learned recently or when you were younger, this course is for you. We will go over the basics to re-learn or refresh foundational skills. If you have never picked up needles before, please take Level 0.

You will learn the basic stitches as well as some helpful general skills by working on a scarf. You may not finish within the class timeframe but it will give you an opportunity to practice your newly learned skills.

The necessary materials and pattern are included in the cost of the course and will be provided to you in the first class. 

Run time

4 sessions x 2 hours.

Project

Wheat by Tin Can Knits. See our sample on Ravelry.

Skills Taught

• How to hold yarn and needles
• Cast on and bind off
• Knit and purl
• Recognizing stitches
• Reading a pattern
• Joining a new ball
• Weaving in tails

Skills Required

• Learned or tried to learn knitting in the past.

Materials Provided

• Wheat by Tin Can Knits. Also available for free online, through the Tin Can Knits app, and in your Beehive customer account
• 5 balls of Drops Nepal. Yarn provided may not be the same colour as pictured.
• 5.5 mm (US 9), 60 cm (24”) circular knitting needle
• Tapestry needle
• 2 stitch markers
• Resources page

Supplies to Purchase

• Nothing

Lesson Plan

Class 1

• Learn knitted cast on, knit stitch, and purl stitch. 
• Swatch
• Cast on project
• Homework: Finish casting on and knit until project is 3” long

Class 2

• Refresh skills learned in previous class
• Fix common mistakes
• Introduce ribbing
• Homework: Continue working in rib pattern until the end of 1st ball

Class 3 

• Learn how to join a new ball
• Continue project
• Homework: Finish to last row of scarf before bind off

Class 4

• Finish project
• Learn how to bind off and weave in tails