How To Knit a Scarf Video

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Learn to knit a scarf for a relaxing pastime and to engage in a constructive and creative activity.

To complete this How-To you will need:

An 8-ounce skein of four-ply yarn
No. 10 knitting needles
Time

Step 1: Make a slipknot

Set the yarn to one side, holding a needle in your right hand. Make a slipknot, and loop onto the needle without tightening the knot. Leave a short tail hanging off.

Tip: Throughout your knitting, leave the knot wide enough to accept the needle, maintaining tension on the yarn for a consistent and tight color weave in the scarf.

Step 2: Cast on

Cast on. Hold one needle in one hand. Grab the yarn with your other hand, and wrap the yarn around your index finger, crossing the yarn at the base of your finger. Slide the needle through this loop and off your finger, tightening the stitch.

Step 3: Repeat stitches for width

Repeat this process until you have set the width for your scarf.

Step 4: Switch sides

Transfer the needle, with the stitches, to your left hand. Pass the needle in your right hand through the first loop, going under the left needle.

Step 5: Knit

Wrap the yarn under, and then over, the right needle, guiding the yarn with your right index finger. Slide the yarn through the stitch on the left needle, pulling that new stitch onto the right needle.

Tip: Remove the old stitch from the left needle when adding the new stitch to the right needle or you will have to start again.

Step 6: Build rows

Repeat until all the stitches on the left have been moved to the right. Switch hands with the needles and build another row. Continue until you reach the scarf length. Count your stitches every few rows to make sure you haven't accidentally added any, or the width of your scarf will change.

Tip: Picking up an extra stitch at the end of a row is a common error. To avoid this, check the last stitch of the row as it goes on the right needle. Also be sure the first stitch at the beginning of a row is snug so loops from the stitches below do not wrap around the needle, creating what looks like two stitches.

Step 7: Finish the scarf

Knit the first two stitches to finish your scarf. Pull the first stitch over the second and off of the needle. Knit the next stitch and repeat on the left. Pull the first stitch over the second and off of the right needle.

Step 8: Bind the edge

Repeat until the edge is bound. Cut the yarn, leaving about four inches hanging, pull this through the last stitch, and knot it.

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ehhh howcast your p**sing us all off .... NEXT TIME NEVER SKIP PARTS !BECAUSE IM A? SUPER BEGGINER !

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I'm knitting with? chopsticks...

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learn? and be calm

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u can use any wool/yarn needles? technique of knittin so do ur way not any other

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it? is 2012 now 2 yr agao i knew how o knit then i forgot this vid helped me to rember how to knit thankyou howcast

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this video is dumb and didnt help at all?

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my edges are? sloppy.....

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i'm? making this for my new born baby sister :)

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it does not help you ?

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this video? is dum

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Horrible video for begginers, but perfect to? refresh your memory if you already knew how to knit, but needed a quick refresher course

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This is probably a record for Howcast, the least amount of materials needed!?

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A lot of things that are easy in this video are explained weird so its hard. I have knitted before and kinda forgot but after seeing? the video it all came back so thank you.

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Me: Okay easy but how does making the stiches at the top make another row, wouldn't I have to make stiches all along it? Video: To make the edge of the scarf, knit in the same stich twice then repeat for whole scarf. Me: Wait but how do I do all the sides? Or do? I only do one, This is confusing? Video: Then knot and done! Me: ...............................................WHAT?????? I'll just go play video games and rot my brain

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Me: ok looks kinda easly, I mean how hard can kniting be? Video: Make a slipknot! Me: Umm could you show me how please? Video: Put the string around you'r finger then slid onto the needle until you have the scarf length. Me: Ok thats easier, but why did they use 10? different words to tell me this? Video: Now slide the needle through the first knot then wrap the string around the other needle.

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ok, so someone tells me to knit then purl, and someone else is saying to knit and knit!? I screw up on both techniques! HELP ME!!! :'(

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you don't! it depends on the yarn, usually it will tell you what size is ideal. But you can probably eye-ball it (thicker yarn thicker needles, vice versa). I think they just picked size 10 because bigger yarn and bigger needles is best for? beginners.

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this makes me angry. why the heck are they skipping parts?? so annoying. from when they say to transfer it over, there are already magically some loops already there. don't make? me break my computer.

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This is a? touch bit fast don't you think? I was tough, but I got it nevertheless :P

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WHY DO YOU EXPECT BEGINNERS TO FOLLOW?

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0:24 Make a? SLIPKNOT. Sorry. I'm amused easily XD

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uh.....? what?

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Do you HAVE to use a size 10? Because I? inherited a bunch of needles from my great grandmother when she passed, and I can't tell them apart at all. XP

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I? have knitting needles with that same hue of green. Except I have a size 8.

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this video is absolutely to fast!! beginners cannot? learn with this video!

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i? have trouble witth transfering the yarn to the next needle, could you xplain it slower? ty