This is a newbie course on knitting a small swatch for your first session of knitting. You should have a size 8 US knitting needle set, a scissors, and a skein of 100% wool yarn. The best kind of yarn is always a natural fiber, like wool, silk, or jute or cotton. 
You will find the effort much more rewarding with these fibers, but if you must save some money on bigger projects, acrylic is the most honest option, and sells more than any other fiber.
So, to
begin, you are going to need to make a slipknot. This will be your
first knot in your piece. As you see from the pictures, all this requires is a double wrap around two fingers, and then you pass the ball yarn side
through the wrap creating a loop. Then, you can place your needle through the loop and pull tightly. You now have a knot! Some tips before we place the needle on this knot: Make sure you have a generous amount of yarn on the end not connected to the ball, and have the yarn connected to the ball of yarn rest to the back of the legs of these ends.
Congratulations! You have a great start. Continued with a technique
called casting on....
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