Although there are many ways for the beginning knitter to get started in the knitting craft, if one is determined to learn how to knit on their own, the best choice for self-instruction is to choose one of the great learn how to knit books that are on the market. The best of these books come filled with illustrations and in the case of learn to knit ebooks, they come with video’s that actually show all of the knitting techniques on video. This is a great way to learn. It’s like having your own teacher guiding you step-by-step through the learning process.

Another great aspect of using a beginners downloadable ebook is that the teaching comes about as close as you can get to having your own expert knitting instructor in the room right there with you. Of course you can’t ask question of a video instructor, but most of the ebooks also come with pretty decent product support so that you can submit questions directly to the author, or even better, join their forum and get your questions answered by others with a bit more experience and who have learned knitting using the same ebook you are using.