Many new knitters start with
a basic garter stitch scarf as their first knitting project because it's quick, easy and a project you're sure to be proud of when it's done.
Here, again, you just need basic increasing (yarn overs) and decreasing (knit 2 together) skills to bring a whole new dimension to
basic Garter Stitch.
The basic Garter Stitch Scarf is the quintessential first knitting project, and with good reason.
Not exact matches
Remember that even though
garter stitch is considered the most
basic of all knitting stitches, there are some interesting things to learn about it.
Eileen Casey's
basic baby sweater, for example, is a great first sweater because it's all
Garter Stitch and there's hardly any shaping at all.
Garter stitch is the most
basic knitting stitch out there.
The
garter stitch is the most
basic knitting stitch pattern because it only involves the... MORE knit stitch.
If you repeat this stitch over and over every stitch of every row, you'll have
Garter Stitch, the most
basic knitting stitch.