EXPERIENCE LEVEL

STITCHES

SKILLS

Beginner

• Cast on (any)

• Knit

• Purl

• Bind off (any)

• Beginner stitch patterns

  • Garter

  • Stockinette

  • Ribbing

• Joining in the round

• Knitting in the round (large circumference)

• Checking gauge

• Weaving in ends

• Horizontal stripes (color changes)

• Basic pattern reading

• Basic blocking

Advanced
Beginner

All of Beginner as well as:

• Basic increases and decreases

  • K2tog

  • SSK

  • M1L

  • M1R

  • YO

  • Etc.

• Multiple stitch increases or decreases

  • K3tog

  • SSSK

  • Cdd

  • Etc.

• Common stitch patterns

  • Moss Stitch

  • Basketweave

All of Beginner as well as:

• Basic chart reading (row by row written instructions)

  • Small colorwork charts

• Small circumference knitting in the round, changing to DPNS

• Working with yarns held double

• Understanding of RS/WS

• Ability to execute uncommon single stitch maneuvers

  • Slip stitches

  • Twisted stitches

  • Knit through back loop

  • Etc.

Advanced
Beginner +

All of Advanced Beginner as well as:

• Basic cables

• Mirrored increase/decreases (such as would be used for sweater shaping)

• Simple lace repeats

• Pick up and knit

All of Advanced Beginner as well as:

• Ability to work multiple shaping instructions simultaneously in basic stitch patterns (stockinette, garter, etc.) (AT THE SAME TIME)

• Cont in patts as est

• Basic cable charts

• Starting small circumference knitting in the round using DPNS

• Ability to interpret a schematic

• Two color per row colorwork techniques

  • Stranded (Fair Isle)

  • Mosaic (slip stitch)

• Three-needle bind off

• Basic seaming

• Basic garment construction concepts

  • Join body and sleeves

  • Separate body and sleeves

Intermediate

All of Advanced Beginner + as well as:

• Specialty Stitches either created for the pattern or used infrequently in knitting

  • Fisherman’s rib

  • Shaker stitch

  • Reversible cables

  • Honeycomb stitch

  • Tuck left/right

  • Brioche stitch

All of Advanced Beginner + as well as:

• Ability to “read” your knitting

• Working multiple charts/repeats at the same time

• Advanced and compound cabling

• Complex stranded knitting

  • Patterns that require captured floats

  • More than 2 colors per row

• Ability to maintain a repeating stitch pattern while increasing/decreasing

  • (continue in pattern while shaping)

• Garment Seaming techniques

  • Mattress stitch

  • Kitchener stitch

• Short rows

• Provisional cast on or other specialty methods

• Specialty bind off (i-cord)

Advanced

Anything that goes above and beyond the standards of Intermediate

Anything that goes above and beyond the standards of Intermediate