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  • I started crocheting and knitting in memory of my great grandmother who past away in last December. She only taught me how to crochet, but never to knit. This weekend, I got all her knitting needles and hooks. I looked at other videos online and yours is so crystal clear. Thank you so much for the video!

  • you saved my life! I doing a play called ' The Diary of Anne Frank' and I'm Mrs. Frank, my director told me to learn how to knit but unfortunately I don't have a clue who to ask. So once again thank you for helping me learn how to knit!

  • best video i've seen on the subject.

    

  • Wow. I've never knit in my life. I've admired it from afar. This is very helpful, even the background music helps me focus on the visual! It all makes me marvel at the creativity and intelligence of the humans who figured out how to use 2 sticks and some strung-out lamb's wool to create clothing! People are amazing. Anyone know anything about the early history of knitting? How'd it start?

  • This is insanely helpful. Thank you so much! I've been trying to use the book Stitch 'n Bitch, which is actually much better then any other book I've found, but I need to see what's going on in real time. Thanks again!

  • I didnt have any knitting needles around, so i used juice box straws XD

  • Perfect! Thanks so much for this very easy to follow video :)

  • I am trying to knit a sweater and i have a question in the pattern it states:

    cast off 4(4-6,-69,8-9,11-12) it is for shaping a armhole can you help me thanks

  • Thanks a bunch cyberseams!! I Can Knit Now.

  • You made it easy :D

    Thank you!

  • I think knitting would be a very meditative activit and i would love to make gifts for all my friends and their babies! I have to learn from someone my gramma wont teach me.

  • lols i like how the music keep things exciting :p

  • How long must the yarn end string be? Please help me! ):

  • @jojopng1 Because this isn't an actual pattern, there's no defined length to begin with. In the video the yarn end was about 15 inches (38 cm) - always better to have a little extra than not enough.

  • I don't know what to do! I think I'm doing my stiches too tightly, but when I try to do them loose they look sloppy! Help! :(

  • Wow! Thanks so much. This video taught me how to knit. :)

  • You know, I've been trying to learn how to knit for a while by books and reading. Major fail. Your video, though, was super easy and fun to learn! Thank you so much for posting this up. You've made me a happy rookie knitter at last! :)

  • THANKYOU SO MUCH FINALLY A VIDEO THAT TEACHES YOU! ;)

  • I just did my very first cast on EVER! Thanks so much for making this a very easy to follow video. Time to try the actual knitting :)

  • Do the thickness of the needles have anything to do with size of the project?

  • @toccatacat yes, the needle size will affect the stitch size, which will affect the size of the project.

  • excellent video!

  • This is a great video! On bed rest for a high risk pregnancy and hubby bought me a beginners kit. Good supplies but the book and images were like reading another language! Watched this video a couple times (with many pauses) and I was able to knit my first thing! Kinda looks like a knit bandage because I made my loops SO tight, but I'm anxious to learn more! Thanks for the great video!!!

  • If you can use any sticks to knit, then why are there so many different types on needles sold for knitting? I don't know which to buy.

  • i bought a knitting package and i read the instruchions and they didnt help so i looked up how to knit and this came up and i learn the first time i watched it, im knitting a scarf.

  • Great tutorial! I've always wanted to knit and now i can! :D

  • Is it weird for a male to want to knit?

  • so you keep knitting from the yarn on the needle and not the outside one

  • I switched off the music, could concentrate more and managed to do the casting. By the way have noticed some rude comments to other beginners, as they enjoy being rude behind 'anonymous monikers'. I switchduadined off the music and now can do the casting. Onduadinward to the next stage. I am blocking the rude ones on here.

  • The music is a bit distracting. I am going to keep trying though.

  • Am finding the slip knot a bit fast and the casting is fast at first, when you are looking at the video and then looking at your casting you miss the other things going on. I keep putting on the pause button.

  • am i the only boy who want to learn how to knit?

  • Do wooden needles work better than aluminum or steel ones?

  • I recently purchased some yarn and needles, but I wonder would wooden or bamboo ones work better than the metal ones I have? It seems as though my yarn always slides off them, and because of this, I've never been able to get past the third row of stitches. I've tried time and time again, but my yarn ALWAYS slides off the needles!

  • @Gyarren I find the wooden and bamboo needles slide around a lot less than metal ones. I think they are better for beginners for this reason, but they do tend to cost a little more.

  • Best knitting video on youtube!

  • Jippiee I am going to knitting noW!xD

  • I literally leanred how to knit yesterday. And my friend asked me, "So who finally taught you?"

    I replied," "The Hands" from cyberseams." Of course, I got a crazy look since she had no idea what I was even talking about. :-] But THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for making this video and making it a "knitting for dummies" type because its exactly what I needed!!

  • thanks for this! I'm just starting to learn how to knit. how far behind am i? well.. i'm barely going to buy a ball or two of yarn tomorrow or so... i was wondering if you could do a tutorial video on using more than one ball of yarn.. like making a scarf with more than one color :)

  • I first learned to knit several years ago but stopped knitting and forgot how to, but this video helped me relearn it so easily! Thank you!!

  • wish all tutorials were like this...

  • this vidio isnt really that bad i tried to knit when my family tried to teach me and i was so lost!

    Thx!  :D

  • This is brilliant, I've been looking for a good video to teach me knitting and this one is very good, all the other ones are too difficult and use too much faff, great job.

  • Great video! thanks so much, very simple and easily understood :]

  • I thought this was excellent and easy to follow.Thanks, great job teaching us beginners.

  • I'm using chopsticks. >:3 I don't want to pay $8 for two sticks.

  • I used this video to learn to knit and I just finished my first scarf. Thank you! You totally rule!

  • Great video; taught me how to knit :D Many thanks to you!

  • this is SUCH intense music for knitting!

  • I haven't knitted for many years. It's almost like re-learning. What size knitting needle to you recommend for beginners? Thank you.

  • It's been two and a half years( I stopped after my mom passed on), ...... And thank God y'all are on you tube!!! I finally feel like knitting again!! ;)

  • Good video. I learnt to knit a few years ago but haven't done it for years, and forgot how, so this video was very helpful. The extra notes on the bottom were good too. Thank you!

  • best one! I tried every way of casting on and this one was the fastest! It may take a couple tries to get it but once you pick it up it's quick and easy!

  • Did I miss the part where it said what size needles/type of yarn should I buy if I'm a beginner? I checked your site, and the link provided, but I didn't see any recommendation.

  • is this left or right handed instructions? should i hold the needle in my right hand if i am lefty? or should i hoold the needle in my left hand?

  • Yay! I never could cast-off peoperly, thank you for teaching me! :D Great video ^^

  • Not a good video from the time you put the loop on the knitting needle you did not show how you got the three loops on the needle to begin to cast off which makes it hard to follow.

  • @mellyie36 The three loops that it shows at 0:28 were created in the same manner as what is being demonstrated beginning at 0:29.

  • they did the exact same thing the WHOLE time. thats how they got the 3 on the needle. duh.

  • Great videos and I love your music!

  • this video taught me to knit!

  • I can't believe that I thought was going to be hard to learn how to knit; but video has proved me wrong. I just finished making my first scarf and it's all thanks to you :D

  • thanks a lot this has been really helpful!

  • I'm am now going to try to knit of scarf!!! Because of this!

  • Wow great video! I thought it would be a lot harder and i just learned how to knit thanks to your video. thanks a lot ;D

  • no i get it! it depends on what type of thingy your doing to get the cast on for ex. if you have a scarf you want to make you need about 10-25 cast ons not sure though :P

  • thanks you for such a clear video :)  xxx

  • this video iss the best now how to start it

  • Thank you so much! This was so helpful! I was trying to read 3 different books on how to do this and follow the horrible illustrations, but once I saw your video I was able to start knitting right away!!!!

  • thanks for the vid, i ended up making an ipod sock for my friend and I

  • I suddenly have the urge to learn hehe time for a little shopping for the supplies. Thanks for the vid

  • wow! this doesn't look to hard at all! so hey, Rosie Greer is the only man i've ever heard of that was into knitting. are there any other men out there doing this?

  • i was given a knitting kit of a fluffy bear for xmas by my partner. i dont know how to kit so thanks for starting me off. ive done 8 rows and all going good so far. Im going to give it finished to her next xmas. i love a challange. its a bit hard with this wool as its all fluffy and as a man im making the stiches too tight. but this i can fix. thanks again xx Dave xx

  • i cant believe i can knit now :O hurrah :D cyberseams ftw ;)

  • Glad I found this video. Now I've gotta find those knitting needles I bought a couple of years ago to try knitting again. I've crocheted for years (decades) but knitting seemed too hard. This video made it look much easier than I feared.

    Thanks!

  • @jonmmoss - I do crochet and knitting always looked hard to me too. Even the patterns look mind blowing. I've got the needles, and a children's book on knitting .. and this video. I hope it is easier than it looks, but it looks a world away from crochet.

  • I love knitting

  • thank you

  • I wish the camera was a bit closer to the needles and slightly more clear. I'm going to be trying this very soon.....hope it works. I have always wanted to knit.

  • what gauge were those neddles?

  • This video was so helpful. Just learned how to knot thank you so much!!!!!!!!

  • funny how for the past 6 months I thought I was knitting.....HA....wrong.

  • I have never knitted before. I watched this video over and over again. Then got my yarn and I am now knitting. The video also has a catchy toon which helped me have a good rythym while I knitting and I got the hang of it. This is a good video for beginners. Thanks. I am now making my first scarf.

  • hey just wanted to thank you!!!!!! ive been knitting for a whitle but just could not master the casting on method...but today i followed the method and wow, im knitting like a pro and its so neat!!!!!! thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • hey can i like do tht with a pencil??!!

    cxs its kinda difficult to get those stuff here where i saty in abu dhabi nybody frm here hu noes dis stuff pla do let me noe if u noe where to get them.

    thnx!!...XD

  • Yes you can use pencils, chopsticks, etc.

  • @asmhy21 hi there, i would like to respond to your question by stating that although it is technically "possible" to do this with a pencil it is not preferable. The graphite in the pencil can wear off onto the yarn creating a dirty appearnce. The biggest issue i have found with using pencils for knitting is the yarn snagging on the tip of the pencil where the graphite protrudes out of the wood exterior. it makes it quite difficult & the end result can be quite unappealing :/

  • @asmhy21 Also pencils, unlike an actual knitting needle, does not have a platform at the base of it to keep your work from sliding off. i have lost projects due to this issue. If you happen to have any thrift or second hand stores in your area im sure you will have better luck finding needles there and for very cheap :] Hope that i helped in some way! good luck :]

  • what the name of the song in the video??

  • I thought it looked hard now it seems easy.

  • dis video is a nice video, and IT WORKS TOO!! danks!!

  • thank you!!!!!

  • tanks so mutch i got knitting stuff for christmas and this tought me how to garder sitch so thhhhhaaaaaaaannnnkkkkkk you~~!!!

  • thank you so so much for posting this video! you nade me extremely happy these holidays. i'm a first time knitter. i just can't believe i'm already making rows and rows of purl and knit stitches. ;-0) you're videos have been very helpful. keep it up!!!

  • Very nice presentation. Thank you. It's been awhile since I have picked up a pair of knitting needles. Time to make some slippersocks.

  • Ok right...I was frustrated a lot. But I got it now. Guess being a single mom you don't realize how much frustration you have till you knit, lmaooo.

    Now I am off to knit hats for the infants at the hospitals! Byeeeeeeee!

    Oh and thank you for the video!

  • Oh man, what is wrong with me?! Everytime I try to do this I do it to tight. So when I transfer it's to tight on the other needle. I need help! About to stab something or someone, j/k. Seriously I have been trying for months!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhh!!!! Could it be to much frustration? Why is it so tight? It's nothing like the video, her's slide off like butter mine is stuck! Help!!!!!

  • THANK YOU! i learned from a book but could never get the binding off part THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

  • I luv knitting!!!!!!!

  • Thanks!

  • This is really nice!

  • thanks so much - the video was simple to understand, I'm looking forward to making lots of cool things!

  • thx u so very much i now now how its dne

  • THANK YOU SO MUCH!

    No one I know who can knit could show me as easily as that!!! Thanks!!!!

  • amazing video! i already know how to knit but i wanted to learn more! thanks so much.

  • i just did my first loop ever!!! WHOOOHOOO!! thnxx youtubee & cybersesamss!

  • Great video! I searched through other videos before this one and was SO lost! The blue background really helps to focus and not be distracted! A lot of other videos the people were just flipping around their fingers quickly from "years of experience". Thank you! :) Now Christmas is going to be scarves for everyone! haha Next year I will try socks! :P

  • Hey thanks for the feedback. I try to keep my videos as simple as possible. I hope those scarves turned out great!

  • @cyberseams i just learn but got stuck but u made it easier thankyou and no chatting just nice easy music to go with video

  • great instructional video

  • best cast on viddd. thankyou after looking through five of these i get it now

  • I had to rewind it a couple of times, but I got it! thanx :)

  • before you start row one, do you tie the loose end of the yarn in a knot or anything?

  • Cool!!! I was so scared to even try, he he. But TODAY I'll go get my needles. Yupiiiii!!!!!

    Thank you so much.

  • thank you this video helped me so much

  • this looks like fun and really easy i will try it thanks so much hopefully i can make scafs as a ministry for youth and older people who are in need for the winter

  • This was GREAT thanks so much

  • GREAT VIDEO. very good teaching method.

  • Thank you soooooooooooooo much :)

    I've been knitting a scarf for a couple of months but didn't know how to end it

    Thanks againg ^.^

  • YESS.! i got it :)

  • wow I've always wanted to knit and this just pretty much cleared everything up for me. Thanks! :D

  • Omg, I learned it so quick!

    Makes me so happy already!

  • excellent, very informative. I've just picked knitting back up after several years and this was a perfect refresher course to get started :) very well shot and clear to the eye. thank you!

  • i thought i'd never learn.. but i did now xP

  • OMG! Thank you! I'm going to watch this until I can get it right!

  • what's the name of the song??

  • Anytime I learn a craft like crocheting or knitting I can't help but think of the people who invented it. Genius! I would never be able to invent something like this. I totally admire anyone who has launched any crafting technique!

  • Huh. 5 minutes ago I didn't know how to knit... and now I do.

  • how do you do a slip knot ?! O: im hopeless !

  • I love your video... So many other videos don't put a close up on the hands, just on the people...which doesn't help. I can see every step...Thanks!

  • omg tyvm! This is so cool!!!!! The only problem i had was doing the slipknot. ty!

  • amazing video. my mum taught me once and when i made a mistake i didnt know how to fix it, had to start again and forgot how to - thank goodness for this video!

  • thank you

  • geez thanks for making this video. I learned how to knit really fast.

  • A gd video. I came out with half a scarf with the garter stitch. But can anyone tell me how to change into the other yarn ball as this yarn ball is finishing soon. Thanks a billion

  • oh i got it. This video is sooo helpful!

  • which needle has the thread that has an end ? ( which needle has the thread that is connected to the ball of yarn?

  • can i make a scarf with this technique?

  • Yippee! Thanksm, I've now just leanred to do the Garter Stitch! That's great. Really pleased. Thanks

  • wow thanks!! =)

  • AWSOME!!!! I used this for a science project, if you don't mind. I got an A+ too!

  • Yay!

  • sweet i tried knitting because i was bored and i now know how to knit!

  • very nice video with clear instructions.

  • Really good! I like how you show each step multiple times.

  • VERY useful!! Thank you for this video!

  • when i knitted i found that this cat on makes the next row much easier.... even if it takes a little longer.

    i dont realy care for knitting anymore tho...im into crocheting.

  • omg thanks SO much i been tryin to learn how to knit but know one could ever teach me thanks a bunch

  • omg ahhah im so confuse! haha but i learning somehow

  • Useful stuff! Thanks a bunch! =)

  • YAY!!! THANK YOU

  • i cant get the first row to work can u help me?

  • im gonna try it my mom got me a whole bunch of knitting stuff at an auction

  • I just started knitting and crocheting again like I did when I was a kid. It's good to make warm things for the cold weather!

  • Wow finally I figured out how to cast on Thanks a Bunch for a very clear video

  • Yay, that's the way my grandma used to do it, but i forgot. Thank you!!

  • Thank you very much! I'm going to use this to knit a scarf for my boyfriend...

  • i already know how to knit, i just forgot how to bind off, but this still helped alot :)

  • Thanks!!! My grandma couldnt teach me how to knit because of her eyes but she taught me how to put the fringe on!!!!!! I have helped her make beautiful scarves for school kids!!!!!

  • Great video I bought the book "I taught myself to knit" and it showed me what to do but this video made it a world of a lot easier!

  • This made me realize that I was doing about 12 different things wrong in my previous efforts. Here's to trying again!

  • im sorry but i'm having difficulties doing the first knot.... help please ...

  • Thanks! This video taught me how to knit too! I'm super excited. :)

  • i just finished my first scarf thanks

  • its really relaxing to knit! i have times when i knit all the time, then i get tired of it and eventually i start knitting again :) but its good to repetate the basics

  • Just learning how to knit and I found this video the very best of all the videos that I looked at. I like that there is no talking, just illustration of each step. Thanks

  • Thanks for stharing this video with me :) I thought i knew how to knit but when casting off the string between needles got longer and longer, watching your video removed the long string between needles, Thanks Judy H

  • yay for knitting. this is an excellent video!

  • Perfect. I'm making a scarf for a friend for christmas this year, and this has been a big help!

  • i can't figure out how to trasfer the yarn to the other needle :(

  • Wow! Thanks a million.... for refreshing my memory! I'm all inspired to begin once again!

  • So much better than the Expert Village video on how to knit for beginners. Thanks a ton.

  • Omg, i tried this,and it works perfectly!!!......except im too slow to do it as she does.lmao

  • Very nice tute!! Thanks.

  • Wow great vid, rly simple :)

  • Love the music! Great video.

  • i always wanted to learn to knit...i was knitting literally within seconds of watching this vid...absolutely brilliant

  • Oh my gosh! Your instructions and the fact you go slowly is awesome. I would have not understood this fully without your help....THANK YOU!!!!

    Keep on going--you're really good at this :)

    Gayla

  • thanks so much for this video! :D i used to knit in 5th grade and ever since then i've forgotten how. i can't wait to get started again. :)

  • Thankyou! Yours was the first video for how to knit that came up, and I'm so glad it was, I have just knitted my first (wobbly) row since I was 7. Having given up 21 years ago! Now I am off to make a scarf ...

  • omg thank u soooo much although i always get stuck on the second row!!!!!! why do i????? any way hopefully this time it will work!!!!