Learning how to knit for the first time can seem very daunting but the truth is it is actually very simple. For years I have been amazed by people who have watched me knitting and then remark they would love to be able to do that but never got past knit and purl. The truth is that once you can do a knit stitch and a purl stitch you are sorted, every other stitch is simply a variation on the knit stitch or the purl stitch or the pattern is created by completing the knit stitches and purl stitches in different orders. So in order to learn how to knit you need: