As you can accomplish your tasks, you will also be able to do other tasks that are important to you.
These tasks include:
- Making your own food
- Gardening
- Traveling
- Organizing
- Writing
- Exercise
- Reading
- Knitting
- Cycling
- Woodworking
By working towards completing your tasks effectively, you are in turn helping to make yourself a better and happier person.
When you are well, you can focus on important issues, goals, and plans. You can avoid being distracted easily and will have plenty of time to spend with your family, friends, and loved ones.
Also, by having time to yourself, you can spend more time doing the things you love to do.
These tasks are important to accomplish as they will help you to make your life better
Also, with these tasks accomplished, you can improve your quality of life and become happier.
Do you know you can begin teaching yourself to knit or crochet?
When you are getting started with knitting or crocheting, there are some things that you should take into consideration.
First, you will need to find a way to teach yourself. Your initial learning method will be very important.
You should take this into account when selecting your book. You need to find a book that matches your personality. If you are not interested in learning a complex and lengthy pattern, a simple, straightforward book will be best for you.
Don’t want to pick up a book? You can do so by listening to an audiobook, by using a book on tape, or by using a free instructional video.
When using a book on tape, a common format is to have a friend read you a few paragraphs per session. After completing the book, you can continue to listen to the audiobook to keep yourself up to date on the different stitch patterns.
Books & videos
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An excellent book is the “Complete Guide to Knitting & Crochet Patterns”. This book has a nice title, it is well written and provides all of the information you need to begin learning to knit or crochet.
Another book that is great for beginners is “100 Knitting & Crochet Projects for Kids”. This book has a great title too, but it provides even more great information for beginning knitters and crocheters.
Don’t like books? You can use a book on tape, DVD, or YouTube video to learn the basics.
There are many free videos on YouTube. These include videos from the U.S. National Handicraft Center, a man with the amazing name “The Big Easy”, Kelli Miller, and others.
The videos are narrated by well-known actors or actresses such as Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Mark Sheppard (Supernatural), and others. If you can’t get a TV, you can watch the videos on YouTube on your computer or tablet.
Once you have the materials and the book or videos, there are some steps that you should take:
Find your local yarn shop. Most of the yarn shops offer group knitting sessions where you can work on your project in a communal setting.
Learn the basics
- Create your first project.
- Measure your stitch length and width.
- Measure your gauge (length/width divided by 2).
- Measure the proper thickness of the yarn.
- Find the correct needles for your project.
You can start on most yarn projects with yarn that is sold at the store or a yarn store can teach you how to make a project using their yarn.
The store you buy your yarn from should have good measuring charts for their yarn.
Practice
Do practice pieces or a couple of test projects before you start the next project.
This will help you to learn the basic techniques that you will use with your project.
To help you learn, you will need to take some of these knitting and crochet tools.
Bendable yarn cutter
You need to find a way to cut your yarn. The easiest way to do this is to use a CD ROM with special scissors.
It will have a set of folding scissors that you can put your yarn in. These scissors will cut the yarn to the correct length.
To make this step easier, I recommend that you purchase a rotary cutter.
These tools will cut yarn by using a small rotating disc that cuts the yarn to the correct length.
Learn to crochet the “cup and handle” stitch. This is a useful stitch for those who want to make a dishcloth.
The stitch looks different than a knit stitch.
You can find a great video online. This video is a simple video that will give you a quick lesson on how to learn the “cup and handle” stitch.
Learn to knit the “yarn over” stitch. This is a useful stitch for those who want to make a scarf. The stitch looks different than a knit stitch.
You can also find videos on YouTube to help you learn to knit this stitch.
Learn to cast on. Learning to cast on is useful in learning how to knit. The video below teaches how to cast on.
