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12:24 am
May 3, 2011
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does anyone near newton, wv ofer knitting lessons for someone who really really wants to learn?
6:41 am
February 10, 2009
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Well, is there a local store, cafe, diner, church etc that has a bulletin board? If so, put up an index card asking about it. I live in a small town in rural Ohio, and the bulletin board at the little store down at the corners is always a place for information for us… well, that and the owner's wife, she's a good source too if you know what I mean!
Also, a friend got me a kit with a book in it about 'learning to knit' and then, after following it as best I could, I watched several You Tube tutorials too. Casting on and casting off really 'came to life' for me after watching a few different of those tutorials. Mind you, I had to find some that 'worked' for me. They don't all make sense to everyone, but I suspect everyone could find some that do make sense to them.
7:59 am
May 6, 2010
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Look for some YouTube videos that make sense to you and you can easily follow. There are some pretty good ones out there.
9:12 am
June 12, 2011
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Yeah, definitely YouTube videos. They are so awesome. But a good book to get that may have more information on specifics than YouTube is ''Teach yourself Visually: Knitting". The ''Visually'' series has books on almost anything (including computer programming and stuff) and I find that they're really all-inclusive and helpful, especially when it comes to reading knitting patterns. 
11:58 am
April 8, 2010
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You can teach yourself. I learned to both knit and crochet from books. You could get one from the library or else there are nice little how-to booklets in the yarn sections of any big stores like Walmart etc.
I agree about online videos too.
You could also call your county agent's office and ask to speak to whoever is in charge of 4-H. They may be able to put you in contact with a 4-H leader who teaches handwork and they could help you.
Call your local library and ask if they know of anyone who could help you learn. Our county library has a knit&crochet group.
If you go to church, you might ask some of the ladies there if any of them knit.
Good luck. Keep us posted. Learning to knit & crochet are super skills to have.
12:27 pm
December 14, 2010
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In our church there is a group that makes shawls an lap robes for the infirm and the ill. A group of that sort in any church near you would be glad to help you and would give you an outlet for your practice pieces.
1:13 pm
April 20, 2011
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Luann, have some fun, invite some of your friends and neighbors over. Tell them sack lunch. You provide some dessert and coffee. Tell them to bring what ever craft project they are currently working on. You will be surpirised just how many differnt things everyone is doing. We use to do this and that is how I learned to knit and crochet. It was fun. Everyone enjoyed it and it evolved into to us going to each others house for a change of scene. Fun to do especially during the winter months. Hands on is nice sometimes just reading about it doesn't work.
4:14 pm
February 10, 2009
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So many good ideas! I love the idea of a crafting coffee clatch, a bit like a quilting bee but with knitting as a focus, and Ross, our church does the same thing, and the library sounds very hopeful too! Get vocal Luann!
5:32 pm
May 7, 2011
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If you live anywhere near a yarn shop they might be able to help you.
6:42 pm
December 28, 2008
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I actually only learned to knit a couple of years ago – at a church group. A craft group got together with some neighborhood ladies and several of us learned together that way. Since I am doing this as therapy for arthritic hands, I don't really need or want to learn anything fancy, but having someone show me was necessary. (I envy those who can read about it and pick it up that way!) Now that I sort of know how, one of those little books available at the craft stores is enough to refresh my memory about how to do the different stitches – especially the casting on and binding off part.
An update on that knitting for therapy experiment: since I really don't particularly enjoy the knitting for it's own sake, last winter I just didn't do much of it. This fall, I decided to give it another try. Boy, does it make a difference! Much less pain in the hands. And they feel soooo much stronger, too.
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