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Knitting & Crochet

Knit your first scarf

From a slip knot to a finished garter-stitch scarf: cast on, knit, purl, fix mistakes and bind off.

By the end you’ll have made: A scarf you knitted yourself

Time to learn

≈ 11 h 57 min

That’s about 33 sitcom episodes.

1 h 53 min watching · 9 h 15 min practising · 49 min on quizzes and games

5 modules · 17 lessons

Start lesson one

Modules

  1. Week 1Yarn, needles and casting on

    ≈ 1 h 25 min · 14 rows of a scarf
    1. Choose your yarn (part 1 of 2)5:01
    2. Choose your yarn (part 2 of 2)5:10
    3. Tie a slip knot3:10
    4. Cast on8:17
    5. Yarn, needles and casting on gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up

  2. Week 2The knit stitch

    ≈ 1 h 36 min · 16 rows of a scarf
    1. The knit stitch8:04
    2. Tips for new knitters (part 1 of 2)5:44
    3. Tips for new knitters (part 2 of 2)5:53
    4. The knit stitch gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up

  3. Week 3Fixing mistakes

    ≈ 59 min · 10 rows of a scarf
    1. Fix a dropped stitch8:26
    2. Fix extra stitches6:38
    3. Fixing mistakes gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up

  4. Week 4Purl and stitch patterns

    ≈ 1 h 12 min · 12 rows of a scarf
    1. The purl stitch8:07
    2. Easy stitch patterns4:32
    3. Purl and stitch patterns gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up

  5. Week 5Knit and finish the scarf

    ≈ 6 h 45 min · 51 long showers
    1. Knit the scarf, step by step (part 1 of 3)9:03
    2. Knit the scarf, step by step (part 2 of 3)9:14
    3. Knit the scarf, step by step (part 3 of 3)9:13
    4. Join a new ball of yarn (part 1 of 2)5:05
    5. Join a new ball of yarn (part 2 of 2)5:15
    6. Bind off5:13
    7. Knit and finish the scarf gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up