Knitting Guides
Guides for the questions that come up before and during the knitting process: what you need to get started, how to choose yarn and needles, and how to make sense of a pattern.
Getting started
Want to start knitting? Here’s what you need to make your first project
Ready to start knitting but don't know how? Here is everything you need for your first project: beginner-friendly patterns, the right yarn and needles, essential techniques and the little tools that make knitting easier.
Needles and tools
PetiteKnit asks for a 3 mm knitting needle? The US size and what to do without one
PetiteKnit and many other Scandinavian patterns ask for a 3 mm knitting needle, a size with no standard US number that most US needle sets skip. Here is what 3 mm means in US sizes and five ways to still get the gauge, from swatching with US 2 and US 3 to changing the yarn.
Ranking My Most Used Knitting Tools | 2026 Knitting Advice
10 knitting tools that I actually use + 3 unexpected tools that will save you a lot of time and will definitely make you a better knitter.
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