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Hilarious "How to Knit" video - from Dan

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Wed, 2011-12-07 07:47 — purlyman

It's a bit long and you can skip through parts of it, but it's pretty hilarious.

Knitting 101 by DanTuty.

Enjoy!

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Fri, 2011-12-09 21:46 — rc_in_sd
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That's great, Frank, thank

That's great, Frank, thank you! A couple of my favs are:

"It’s okay to pull real hard because it’s yarn. Yarn can’t feel pain."

"It’s okay to skip every other stitch, ‘cause I think that’s what people do."

Thu, 2011-12-08 18:20 — IamKnitGuy
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I think the best bit was

I think the best bit was right at the beginning when he uses the tape to cast-on and says, "people say it's cheating and I say .... shut up".

Wed, 2011-12-07 17:18 — AKQGuy
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Oh... The stapler just got

Oh... The stapler just got me. And i believe one day when i tore an entrelac scarf from my needles and cut the yarn to use the remainder on something else I used the words "i don't even care anymore".

Poor poor yarn...

Wed, 2011-12-07 16:11 — ilhiker
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I love that he says, "We

I love that he says, "We aren't making mistakes, we are making experiences." I've made a lot of "experiences." LOL Thanks for a good chuckle!
Mark

Wed, 2011-12-07 15:10 — Joe-in Wyoming
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Sort of reminds me of the

Sort of reminds me of the first time I tried to teach myself to knit based upon instructions for a right hand dominant knitter in a book with no pictures. Luckily, I found books with illustrations and persevered.

Wed, 2011-12-07 10:01 — smalltownknitguy
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Saw it last night and laughed

Saw it last night and laughed for about 30 minutes. Posted it to facebook. Hilarious.

Thu, 2011-12-08 15:36 — bobinthebul
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Hehe I posted it too. The

Hehe I posted it too. The stapler was great; I think it was the Elmer's glue that sealed it though...