General Product Information . . .

This software teaches knitting to Absolute Beginners.
The CD-ROM has more than half an hour of step-by-step interactive video to get you acquainted with the basics.
Includes projects to teach you Knit, Purl, Stockinette, Garter, Rib and other stitches.

Combines the advantages of books and video tapes.

Interactive glossary, hypertext, and detailed write-up automatically coordinate with the knitting video instruction.

 

To get started with this disc, all you need is an afternoon, some worsted weight cotton yarn,

a pair of size 6 knitting needles, and a basic Windows multimedia PC.

 

Minimum Computer System Requirements

• Windows® 3.1, 3.11, Windows® 95, Windows® 98, Windows® 2000, Windows® ME, or Windows® XP.
• Note: This current version WILL NOT WORK with the 64 bit version of Windows Vista.
  This software has not yet been tested with the x86 version of Windows Vista, therefore it is not
  recommended to try to use this version of the program with any version of Windows Vista.
• 486 66MHz processor or faster. 166 MHz or faster Pentium® (or equivalent CPU made by another manufacturer) is preferred.
• 16 Mb RAM (32 Mb RAM preferred); 15 Mb free hard disk space.
• 256 color display; thousands or millions of colors preferred.
• 640 x 480 pixel (VGA) or greater resolution.
• 8x or faster CD-ROM drive strongly recommended, for smoother videos. (20x + preferred.)
• SoundBlaster® compatible sound card and speakers.
• Windows compatible mouse.

Sample of CD-ROM Homepage Interface:

What Topics Are Covered.

 

The Sample, below, is an interactive picture.

Click on any active part of the picture to learn more about the Knitting Program.

 

Picture file size is approximately 210 k.

Depending upon your Internet connection speed, it may take a couple of minutes to download.

If it takes too long, just read further on down this page, where the program's features are also described as text.

The picture is not the actual program; to run the program, you need to have the CD-ROM installed on your computer.

To order the CD-ROM directly from this Website, click here.

How to Knit Interactive Video

Over 17 minutes in length, the interactive video tightly coordinates with the accompanying descriptive write-up (including contextual hypertext), below the movie screen, and the hyperlinked video topic selection control to the right of the video screen. The video can be paused at any point, and the slider (beneath the video screen) allows frame-by-frame, stop-action video control. If played through, the topic list to the right automatically updates to reflect what is being covered in the movie. The descriptive field at the bottom also changes -- keeps pace -- with the video as it plays. To view a particular movie topic at random, just click it in the list to the right (in the actual program; not the picture copy of it shown here on this Website), and the movie plays from that point. The descriptive field at the bottom will also automatically move to that point at the same time.

The picture is not the actual program; to run the program, you need to have the CD-ROM installed on your computer.

To order the CD-ROM directly from this Website, click here.

 

The Video shows how a sample pattern is made, from casting on the first stitches to darning in the final ends.

 

The topics of the How to Knit video are:

Introduction.

Knitting Defined.

Casting On.

Holding the Work.

Knit Stitch.

Purl Stitch.

Increases.

Decreases.

Changing Yarns.

Casting Off.

Darning.

Summary.

 

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Knitting Projects

The Program features 5 knitting projects that apply key techniques shown in the How to Knit video and in the Glossary.

Longhand pattern descriptions are given, below an image of the sample, as well as a shorthand pattern version to the right, that can be copied and pasted into your favorite word processor for print-out or notetaking. A handy yellow button brings up a Glossary of Abbreviations and frequently used knitting terms. Where appropriate, Glossary entries have short video clips and photographs to help you master knitting concepts. A magnifying tool allows you to see greater detail in the knitting example. For patterns that have distinct differences between sides, a "flip" button appears to allow you to easily inspect both sides of the sample, at either a regular view or under magnification.

 

The picture is not the actual program; to run the program, you need to have the CD-ROM installed on your computer.

To order the CD-ROM directly from this Website, click here.

 

 

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Problems

Included with this program is a section for handling common problems encountered when knitting. Video segments and illustrations complement the written procedures, along with useful hyperlinks to other sections of the program, including related portions of the How to Knit video as well as the on-line Glossary. Note that sections and illustrations in the Program are color coded to help you keep your place: Blue for the How to Knit video, Pink for Projects, Green for Problems, and Yellow for the Glossary.

 

 

The picture is not the actual program; to run the program, you need to have the CD-ROM installed on your computer.

To order the CD-ROM directly from this Website, click here.

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Glossary

A very useful feature, the on-line Glossary is always available at your fingertips as a separate pop-up window, as is the Glossary Index. The Glossary has several built-in video segments as well as still pictures and hyperlinks to help you learn frequently used knitting terms and procedures.

The pictures are not the actual program; to run the program, you need to have the CD-ROM installed on your computer.
To order the CD-ROM directly from this Website, click here.

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On-Line Notebook

An on-line notebook is available for you to take notes or print out abbreviated versions of the Project patterns.

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On-Line Help

The program uses standard Windows controls, making the program easy to install and use. For unusual or special circumstances, Tech Notes are included for troubleshooting installation and operation.

Exit Control

When you're done for the day, it is easy to close out the program. Simply press the "Escape" key at any time, or choose the "Exit" menu option found at the top right of the Program's screen. As a safety feature, the program always asks to confirm that you want to quit, before closing.

It is easy to find your way around the program, and know where you are in it at all times.

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Magazine Review

HOW TO KNIT: WINDOWS® CD-ROM, by Robert Bush and Nora Dearborn. Robert Bush, P.O. Box 829, Waterford, CT 06385. 2000. CD-ROM. Approximately 30 minutes. $29.00, plus shipping & handling.

 

Do you want to learn how to knit? Are you at the very first stages of wanting to learn to knit or would you like to learn to knit in the continental style? Are you computer active? If your answer to all three questions is yes, then the How to Knit: Windows® CD-ROM is for you. This program, which runs on a basic Windows® multimedia PC, is easily installed and requires only a modest 15 Mb free hard disk space.
How to Knit is designed for the absolute beginner or for someone who would like to learn to knit in the continental style. A short video clip (with voice-over instructions if you have a SoundBlaster® compatible sound card and speakers) accompanies each step from the very first step of picking up the needles and yarn through descriptions of each process. Still photographs always leave it to the reader as to how the yarn gets from one place in photograph A to another place in photograph B. Video clips solve the problem. Another advantage of the video clips is that a student can review multiple times any given step until he or she is ready for the next step and, of course, return for refresher reminders as needed. There is nothing more frustrating for beginners than to think they understand the process while a teacher is standing by and then realize, on their own, that something is not working. The CD solves this problem—it is like having a private tutor on call at all times.
For anyone used to finding information via pull down menus on a tool bar, this program is exceptionally easy to follow. The tool bar allows you to choose between “How to Knit,” which shows the basic steps, “Projects,” which outlines several basic projects, “Problems,” which shows you how to solve problems that may be encountered in your knitting, “Glossary” that defines terms that may be unfamiliar to the beginning knitter, “Notebook” that calls up a Windows® notebook feature from within the How to Knit program, and “Help,” which tells about the programmers and repeats the information that is printed in the leaflet that accompanies the CD. If the knitter cannot find the help needed from the program, the authors have kindly included an e-mail contact in both the leaflet and the program.
Most “how to” books take the student quickly from the very basic to more intermediate levels and assumes that the learner will have other ways of supplementing the learning process. This CD is completely self-contained. If you know nothing about knitting and you want to learn, this CD will allow you to be a knitter. Also, if you know someone who would like to learn to knit and who is c omputer active, How to Knit: Windows® CD-ROM would make a great gift.

 

Reviewed by Barbara Seeler
Flowery Branch, Georgia

 

Reprinted with permission by Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.; Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot magazine, Page 16, Volume XXXIII No.2, Issue 130, Spring 2002.

 

 

 

Purchasing Information

 

 

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Robert Bush

PO Box 829

Waterford, CT 06385 USA

 

Email: Robert_@CompuServe.com

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It is necessary to purchase a license for each CD-ROM copy that you use.

This information is subject to change without prior notice.

 

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