Learn to Knit the Easy Way: Chunky Yarns, Big Needles, 16 Fabulous Projects

by Val Pierce

Overview

Learn to Knit the Easy Way opens the door for budding knitting enthusiasts! Featuring comprehensive, introductory lessons for beginners who want to learn the art of working with chunky yarns with larger needles. You'll learn key techniques such as knit-and-purl, cast-on and cast-off methods, increases and decreases, and picking up new stitches from lifelong needle crafting enthusiast, designer and instructor Val Pierce. Val distills her established teaching methods into a single easy-to-understand resource. Want to know the basic stitches? It's all here, including garter, stockinette, ribbing, cables, and seed. Want answers to basic questions so you can troubleshoot your way through your first knitting experiences? As a teacher of both new and intermediate students, Val Pierce can help. You'll also find 16 great knitting projects within, including beanies, mittens, blankets, socks, scarves, bags, headbands, a dog neckerchief, a cable tank top, and more! Whether you're buying it for yourself or as a gift for the aspiring knitter in your life, it's the perfect introduction for someone who's always wanted to learn to knit with chunky yarns the easy way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781637414910
Publisher:	Landauer
Publication date:	10/28/2025
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	59 MB
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About the Author

Val Pierce first learned knitting from her father at the age of five. Since then she's made a lifetime of knitting--handling everything from evening dresses to teddy bears, as well as a few designs of her own. Her designs have appeared in national knitting and crochet magazines, and as a teacher, she shares her passion for needlecrafts of all sorts--including knitting and crochet--to both adults and children. In Learn to Knit the Easy Way, she makes knitting mastery accessible to novices who want to try their hands (and their fingers) at this relaxing hobby. Pierce lives and works in United Kingdom and you can find her website at www.crossedneedles.co.uk.
Learn to Knit the Easy Way, breaks down the craft into simple steps, making it accessible for anyone looking to pick up the needles. Val’s love for knitting began at five years old, when her father first showed her how to cast on, sparking a lifelong creative journey. Based in the UK, she shares her latest work on her website, CrossedNeedles.co.uk.