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[–] CrayonMaster@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I learned originally from my Grandma, just knit and purl. After that YouTube.

[–] Wolfiexo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That’s my story too!

Learned from my English Nana, who also tried to teach me basic crochet and various cast ons and offs. Managed a scarf that my mum finished.

But it was Brownies that made me complete a ‘potholder’ square independently. Since then, on and off, adding to skills from books mostly. We used to have a shop in the region with a proprietor who knew obscure knitting techniques and would show them patiently as long as you were buying yarn there regularly. No longer unfortunately.

However, I’ve found YouTube great more recently for some of those rarely used techniques that there’s no one around to show you.