August 2021

Learning to knit or crochet is a rewarding experience that will provide you with a new skill that will stay with you for a lifetime. We’ve put together a series of video tutorials of the basics to get you started with knitting (including making a slip knot, casting on, knitting your rows, casting off and abbreviations).

All of our knitting and crochet tutorials are available on our YouTube channel: @The Knitting Network listed under the following playlists: “How To” (which includes all “How To” videos), “How To Knit”, “Knitting Abbreviations” and “How To Crochet”.

How To Knit: Cast On

How To: Cast Off

How To: Cast On, Cast Off, Knit And Purl

How To Knit: Knit Stitch

How To Knit: Purl Stitch

How To Knit: Picking Up Dropped Stitch

How To Knit: Stripes

How To Knit: Lace

How To Knit: Cables

How To Knit: French Knitting

How To Knit: Fair Isle

How To Knit: Toys

How To Stuff Toys And Other Knits

Knitting Abbreviations

Tog

Gst

Stocking stitch (stst)

K (Knit)

K row

K2tog

P2tog

K3tog

Our Emu Beginners Knit Kit is available to purchase here.

Learning to crochet is a rewarding experience that will provide you with a new skill that will stay with you for a lifetime. We’ve put together a series of video tutorials of the basics to get you started with crochet (holding the hook, double crochet and more!)

All of our knitting and crochet tutorials are available on our YouTube channel: @The Knitting Network listed under the following playlists: “How To” (which includes all “How To” videos), “How To Knit”, “Knitting Abbreviations” and “How To Crochet”.

How To Crochet: Holding Your Hook and Yarn

How To Crochet: Slipknot Start And Make A Chain

How To Crochet: A Chain Ring And Work In The Round

How To Crochet: Double Crochet

How To Crochet: Half-Treble

How To Crochet: Treble Crochet

How To Crochet: Double-Treble

How To Crochet: Triple-Treble

How To Crochet: A Treble Puff Stitch

How To Crochet: The Tunisian/Afghan Technique

How To Crochet: Edging On a Blanket

How To Crochet: A Flower

How To Crochet An Amigurumi Cat

Our Emu Beginners Crochet Kit is available to purchase here.

We’re delighted to be supporting Renew Counselling as our charity of the month throughout August!

During the month, you can round up your orders to the nearest £1 at the checkout and all money raised will be donated to Renew Counselling, registered charity in England (1084940). We’ll again be matching all donations so whatever you donate, we’ll donate the same, doubling the total amount raised for the charity.

About Renew Counselling:

Renew Counselling provide high quality, effective and affordable counselling to help people face whatever life throws at them, to support those most vulnerable in our community - this includes children, young people, adults, couples and more.

Renew recognise the importance of providing a wide range of high-quality counselling and therapy services. Their goal is to ensure that everybody has access to counselling services should they need them. The pandemic has had a detrimental impact on many people's mental health and despite lockdown causing difficulties, Renew have continued to provide support to all those that need it.

To find out more about the vital work that Approach Dementia Support does please visit their website here.

Last Month’s Charity:

Throughout July we helped to support Approach Dementia Support and raised over an incredible £1,333, thanks to your checkout donations and our matched donations. Thank you so much to everyone who donated!