The Complete Beginner's Guide to Knitting

I tried the books and I tried the YouTube instructional videoes, but I still couldn't knit. Four and a half minutes into this DVD and I can do the knit stitch and the purl stitch! The DVD is set up extremely well. It's very easy to repeat a step so you can see the demonstration again. Nici McNally is very easy to listen to and follow. If you want to learn to knit, you want this DVD!

Books that I want to keep as part of my library are few and far between, however, this one is definetely one of those.

Just where I need start a great help for a beginner like me, this Nici McNally DVD teaches you all the basics like casting on, knit and purl stitch and lots more! if you need more time to learn, you can just click on replay and go over the demonstration again until you feel confident.

I have been trying to learn how to knit using books for years. I kept failing, and eventually I gave up, until one day I was browsing amazon.com, and I stumbled upon this DVD. The reviews were awesome, so I decided to buy. Since then, I have bought 3 copies of this DVD as gifts to my friends, all of which are astonished at how easily and quickly I learned how to knit.
This DVD is really for the absolute beginner. It took me about 15 minutes to master the first step, casting on, and about 30 minutes to master the knit stitch, and another 30 minutes for the perl stitch. In 2 days, I kid you not, I was knitting, seriously knitting. Within a couple of weeks I had my first scarf. I cannot express my gratitude enough for the people who made this DVD. Knitting is my new hobby, one that I have admired for years, and now I am actually physically doing it everyday.

I don't like to "over rate" anything; however, I found this video very easy to work through. Clear instruction. And, introduces several ways to do the technique; gives you the opportunity to use what works for your hands/mind.