Who has some recommendations for a beginner knitter?

Wondering if anyone has some suggestions from their own experience

herebybee

Start small, by making simple gauge, scarf, to practice your tension. And use worsted yarn and medium size needle to learn and exactly know what you are doing with knit & purl

MissPriss

If you are new enough to knitting that your tension isnt consistent, one of the best ways to get "practice" in is to knit cotton washcloths. Its also an excellent way to practice increasing/decreasing, cables, etc. You just have to find a washcloth pattern that matches what youre looking for. There are a lot of basic washcloth patterns out there, many of them are available for free. The best part is, it doesnt matter how ugly the end product is, its still useful and you wont feel bad using it for cleaning things!

Restlesserin

Easy socks

Sg00

Do you mean suggestions as in where to start or tips or something else?

purplravioli

knittinghelp (dot) com has amazing easy-to-follow tutorials for basically every single stitch you could possibly encounter in a pattern, and its where I would always look up unfamiliar stitches when I learned to knit.

ravelry (dot) com has a huge database of patterns, many of which you can find and download on this forum should you choose to knit them. It also has a pattern search where you can filter by many attributes, including difficulty, to make sure you dont jump into something that will be overwhelmingly difficult.

There are two main ways of holding your yarn: Continental (yarn draped over left hand and "picked up" by the right-hand needle) or English (yarn held in right hand and "thrown" or wrapped by the right hand around the right needle)
Both styles are totally valid, but if you want to get very fast, the vast majority of fast knitters tend to use continental. If youre just learning, it could be worth trying both out to see which is more comfortable.

Make sure to take breaks often and rest your hands/move your body, so you dont get tension or pain in your hands or wrists.

The most important things when choosing a yarn for your pattern are fiber content (e.g. acrylic, wool, cotton, bamboo) and weight. If you substitute a different weight of yarn than the pattern calls for, your gauge (aka how many stitches you need to knit in order to get a specific size) may be way off. If you substitute a different fiber, the yarn may drape or behave differently than the example.

There are straight needles and circular needles. If youre going to buy only one kind, go for circulars, because you can use them as straight needles, but you cannot use straight needles to knit something in the round.

Things can be knit "flat" or "in the round". Anything with a tube- or bowl-like shape (sweater sleeves, sweater body, hats, socks, etc) can be knit in the round to avoid having to seam a front and back piece together.

As a beginner I liked knitting hats because they work up very quickly, but you need to have circular needles for that, as nearly every hat pattern you find will be knit in the round. Other fun things to knit as a beginner are cowls, or scarves if youre in for a longer project. There are also cute decor items like washcloths, soap sacks, coasters, hot pads, etc that can be worked up in cotton yarn very quickly and also be functional!

Everia

Hi! I dont want to sound as "Those who cant, teach", as Im not very good at knitting right now, but I can share some of the tips which got me started more easily.
I started working with simple projects, like a scarf, cowls with big needles and chunky yarn... This way the projects gets done easily and its not too underwhelming if you have to unravel some parts. My second advice is to work something you might find useful/enjoy, for example if you like colorful socks or are really into different styles of hats, I found I didnt get bored to start over a new project if the previous gave me joy.
To find different kind of patterns (from baby sizes to adult), I suggest the site of "Drops" yarn, which has plenty free patterns in multiple languages, with linked videos on how to do different stiches in the project.
Happy knitting! :)

aprilknits

I personally love watching YouTube tutorials! If you prefer written patterns, hats are a good way to start. They are challenging enough that youll learn quite a bit from it, but not too discouragingly challenging!

aprilknits

Ooh these are all good advice