Uploaded March 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
If you aren't already knitting, it's time to give it a try! Join Cynthia, from River City Yarns through a guided instruction on how to cast on, knit, purl and bind off in the North American style. Want to review any of the steps? Refer to the time "sections" below to skip ahead/back to a section you'd like to review. If you'd like a River City Yarns "beginner knit kit", here are links to the materials Cynthia uses in the video:
RCY Epic (choose a light colour): rivercityyarns.com/collections/rcy-originals/products/rcyepic. Use 100% wool in a worsted (medium) weight to start.
Bamboo Knitting Needles: wooden needles are less slippery, light and warm in your hands.
4.5 mm/US 7: rivercityyarns.com/collections/straight-needles/products/cloverbamboostraightneedles?variant=19000750506057
5.0 mm/US 8: rivercityyarns.com/collections/straight-needles/products/cloverbamboostraightneedles?variant=19000750538825
Triumph Rainbow Scissors: rivercityyarns.com/collections/notions/products/triumphrainbowscissors
Locking Stitch Markers: rivercityyarns.com/collections/notions/products/lockingstitchmarkers. An essential tool!
Wool Needle: rivercityyarns.com/collections/notions/products/aluminiumwoolneedlesunique. Use this handy tool to weave in your ends.
Tape Measure:
rivercityyarns.com/collections/notions/products/rcyclothtapemeasure.
Video sections: here is a quick guide to help you find your way forward or back in our instructional video!
04:35 - Making a slip knot
07:12 - "E-loop" cast on
10:10 - The knit stitch
18:36 - The Garter Stitch pattern
19:44 - The purl stitch
31:11 - The Stocking Stitch pattern
34:23 - The Rib Stitch pattern
43:00 - The Seed Stitch pattern
50:29 - Binding (casting) off
Once you've tried this out, you may find that you have mistakes. Send a photo of your mistake to cynthia@rivercityyarns.com and she'll create a video to explain what's happened and how to fix it.
If you aren't already knitting, it's time to give it a try! Join Cynthia, from River City Yarns through a guided instruction on how to cast on, knit, purl and bind off in the North American style. Want to review any of the steps? Refer to the time "sections" below to skip ahead/back to a section you'd like to review. If you'd like a River City Yarns "beginner knit kit", here are links to the materials Cynthia uses in the video:
RCY Epic (choose a light colour): rivercityyarns.com/collections/rcy-originals/products/rcyepic. Use 100% wool in a worsted (medium) weight to start.
Bamboo Knitting Needles: wooden needles are less slippery, light and warm in your hands.
4.5 mm/US 7: rivercityyarns.com/collections/straight-needles/products/cloverbamboostraightneedles?variant=19000750506057
5.0 mm/US 8: rivercityyarns.com/collections/straight-needles/products/cloverbamboostraightneedles?variant=19000750538825
Triumph Rainbow Scissors: rivercityyarns.com/collections/notions/products/triumphrainbowscissors
Locking Stitch Markers: rivercityyarns.com/collections/notions/products/lockingstitchmarkers. An essential tool!
Wool Needle: rivercityyarns.com/collections/notions/products/aluminiumwoolneedlesunique. Use this handy tool to weave in your ends.
Tape Measure:
rivercityyarns.com/collections/notions/products/rcyclothtapemeasure.
Video sections: here is a quick guide to help you find your way forward or back in our instructional video!
04:35 - Making a slip knot
07:12 - "E-loop" cast on
10:10 - The knit stitch
18:36 - The Garter Stitch pattern
19:44 - The purl stitch
31:11 - The Stocking Stitch pattern
34:23 - The Rib Stitch pattern
43:00 - The Seed Stitch pattern
50:29 - Binding (casting) off
Once you've tried this out, you may find that you have mistakes. Send a photo of your mistake to cynthia@rivercityyarns.com and she'll create a video to explain what's happened and how to fix it.
