Download or read book Get Started: Knitting written by Susie Johns and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the fundamentals of knitting with Get Started: Knitting, part of a new series of learning guides from DK. Each course follows the same structure: start simple and learn the basics, build on what you've learned, and then show off your new skills! Get Started: Knitting teaches the complete beginner the skills needed to make over 30 beautiful projects. Start simple with cushions and scarves, build on your skills with mittens and coasters, and show off with hot water bottle covers and blankets. With step-by-step pictures and practice projects to keep you on the right track, Get Started: Knitting will help you learn your new skill in no time. More than any other series on the market, DK's Get Started aims to provide the reader with carefully structured learning and a classroom approach to teaching that allows you to build your own course from practical lessons and themed projects. Each book begins by answering fundamental questions, identifying an essential starter kit of tools and equipment, and explaining how to build a course. The book then divides into subject areas, with key techniques for each area demonstrated through visual glossaries and step-by-steps, followed by graded projects with annotated instructions and an assessment of how to build on achievements. Let DK be the perfect one-on-one tutor you never had: patient, illuminating, inspiring - always at hand to point you in the right direction so you can achieve your potential.