Knitting is no longer only something you do alone at home. It doesn’t only exist in the material world and isn’t only learned from woman to woman, from mother to child. To day, knitting like many other things is just as big on the Internet as in the real world, if not even bigger. There are thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of blogs about knitting and knitting communities in all the variants you can think about. Everything you need to know about knitting; from what the knitting terminology mean and what different types of knitting yarn there is, to where you can find free bead knitting patterns and knitting patterns for dolls, can be found on the Internet and other knitting multimedia. Because instructional videos are no longer only made for exercise, knitting videos are beginning to fill the shelves at video shops as well. These knitting videos are often very inspiring and full of ideas for different knitting projects. They show, slow and carefully, how you follow bead knitting patterns and other knitting patterns. The best with these videos or knitting DVD’s is that you can simply press pause when you want to try out a specific step in the knitting process yourself! Then you just press play and continue to follow the instructions. Knitting videos can show knitting of different degrees of difficulty. You can learn everything from how to cast on to how to knit using very advanced techniques.
Crochet isn’t an exception in the matter of handcrafts multimedia. Crocheting may not be quite as popular, traditional and widespread as knitting is, but it’s definitely growing. There are so many crochet blogs and crochet communities that if you have any kind of question or problem, you can be sure to find an answer, probably many, on the Internet! To those who doesn’t have access to the Internet or just doesn’t like the sometimes cold, isolated and impersonal feeling about it (because sometimes you want a real person to talk to you and you want real fabric and yarn to feel) there are other kinds of multimedia to go to. Knitting books have been written, knitting magazines are edited, knitting videos are recorded and knitting meetings are arranged. So you just have to choose which option that fits you the best!
Knitting blogs
there are many knitting blogs, yarn blog, stitches blogs and other blogs about all that has got to do with knitting. Some of the most popular blogs about knitting are Mason-Dixon Knitting, Yarn Harlot and Knit and Tonic. The first one is written by two women, living in different states, with one big thing in common; the passion for knitting. Knitting blogs are good to read because they are of course very personal but still informative. You get lots of ideas!
Knitting communities
The knitting market online is very wide spread. There are forums and communities where you become a member and join discussion threads about different knitting related matters. Some of the knitting communities are KnitPicks, Knitting Pattern Central, Knitting Daily and Ravelry.
Crochet blogs
There are also lots of free crochet blogs where you may find crochet patterns for different stitch works. People who are interested in crocheting are often also interested in knitting, and the other way around. I recommend that you try out both these methods to find out which suits you best and which you find the most fun!