How knitted mittens on straight needles?

Anybody know of any awesome site to show you how to knit or are super easy patterns for hats and gloves / other items? I'm a beginner knitter and I'm not sure how to do increases, decreases or even understand how to read some of these patterns mad …

If you go to this site # http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/winter.html MITTENS "Bev gloves" are the best 2 needles mittens there. She has in child sizes, all the way to women and men. It is the first pair of gloves I've done, and although my knowledge of knitting have improved over 10 times and a lot of years have passed since then, still my "go to" pattern Mitt. They are warm and comfortable and easy! Please Unsure how to increase after http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/increases here and check out the second video on the right side, Make a call to the left. Perfect to an increase of gloves, and that leaves a hole behind the wind or snow can get into. Descending from these gloves is very simple, single point two points together as a single (aka k2tog)

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