Knitting help!!!?

Question

i saw the cutest beanie with ear flaps for newborn on tv the another day... I went on search for on online for hours and did not find ANY!!! probably its still summer... anyways during my research i found alot of patterns to knit one.. but i have never knitted before in my life and all thoes codes were very new to me.. anyone know great site for beginner? or perhaps know a great book i can buy ?? ( i need super beginning knitting instructions.. like ones with pictures )

Answer 1

Before you try to read the pattern, you need to know the basics of knitting; how to do garter/knit stitch, how to purl, the importance of gaure, how to bind off.   What I suggest you do is find a book for a beginning knitter such as Knitting for Dummies or Teach Yourself Visually Knitting to get an idea about yarn weights, how to select the correct needle size and then check out Youtube to get a better idea of how to do the stitches.If you you get stuck you may want to go to your local yarn shop or maybe one of those big chain craft stores and see of someone can help you  Once you get all of that down, then try to do a small simple project  such as a dish cloth or a scarf so that you can get comfortable with the different types of stitches.  Once you get comforable with that, then you can more onto increases and decreases. Don't try to jump inot a complicated pattern expecting fabulous results, because then you will just get frustrated and never want to knit again.