I decided I needed another blog.....yeh, excessive I know. There should be a limit, one per person, maybe 2 per family but I decided I wanted to document my knitting adventures. Interesting that I would blog about it today because I haven't really felt like knitting, thus...as the title says....this isn't a really good day, yet. I still have a few hours left but I've been analyzing this new fascination with knitting and I've decided "I just don't like to finish projects" and I have so many UFOs right now that I can't justify starting anything else. I love to start projects. I love the excitement of choosing the right size of needles, the perfect pattern and then open my yarn closet and rub my hands together wondering what lucky ball of fuzzy stuff gets to make itself into a wonderful pair of socks to keep someone's feet warm (probably mine as I have yet to make a pair of them gift worthy).....nevertheless, this is my favorite part.
I am a beginner, a kindergartner so to speak in the world of knit. I'm not sure I'll ever graduate. When I finally get a pair of socks that I'm satisfied with I'll call myself a 1st grader and then when I try a different pattern, a different stitch or something harder or even something other than socks, I'll move on to 2nd....but, until then I remain in kindergarten and proud to be there. I remember in Kindergarten I loved show and tell and I do love to show off my finished socks. I'm usually the only one really impressed so I've kinda learned to keep it to myself but that's what blogging is...one big "Show and Tell"; even if there's no one to show them to I can pretend my blog is actually read.
I learned to knit in Primary. The first year (I think we were 9 years old) we learned to do cross stitch. I still have the sampler I did and I'll post a picture of it. Then at age 10, we learned
crochet and then age 11, it was knitting. I never did like knitting but I really took off with the crochet thing. My grandma taught me how to do loops and I made all my friends really pretty loopy ski hats and then I made loop rugs and on and on....However, a few years ago while in Kentucky, I saw a little shop. Carma's Yarn Shop. I ventured in and they were kind enough to remind me how to "cast on" and I just took off and made scarf after scarf....and really got caught up in the art. Then I learned to make "dishcloths"......easy.....this is all pre-school stuff but it was time to be off to Kindergarten. Socks. I'll learn how to make socks. A kind lady named Kelly at Heindelsman's Too taught me how and I've been at it ever since. I'll post more later about what I've learned from my yarn and how I love my DPNs (Double Pointed Needles) and my "stash"; it's become my addiction. It's a good addiction though....it's become a friend (and an enemy) but something I must conquer. Others run, do yoga, paint, scrapbook, but "I knit".
I am a beginner, a kindergartner so to speak in the world of knit. I'm not sure I'll ever graduate. When I finally get a pair of socks that I'm satisfied with I'll call myself a 1st grader and then when I try a different pattern, a different stitch or something harder or even something other than socks, I'll move on to 2nd....but, until then I remain in kindergarten and proud to be there. I remember in Kindergarten I loved show and tell and I do love to show off my finished socks. I'm usually the only one really impressed so I've kinda learned to keep it to myself but that's what blogging is...one big "Show and Tell"; even if there's no one to show them to I can pretend my blog is actually read.
I learned to knit in Primary. The first year (I think we were 9 years old) we learned to do cross stitch. I still have the sampler I did and I'll post a picture of it. Then at age 10, we learned
crochet and then age 11, it was knitting. I never did like knitting but I really took off with the crochet thing. My grandma taught me how to do loops and I made all my friends really pretty loopy ski hats and then I made loop rugs and on and on....However, a few years ago while in Kentucky, I saw a little shop. Carma's Yarn Shop. I ventured in and they were kind enough to remind me how to "cast on" and I just took off and made scarf after scarf....and really got caught up in the art. Then I learned to make "dishcloths"......easy.....this is all pre-school stuff but it was time to be off to Kindergarten. Socks. I'll learn how to make socks. A kind lady named Kelly at Heindelsman's Too taught me how and I've been at it ever since. I'll post more later about what I've learned from my yarn and how I love my DPNs (Double Pointed Needles) and my "stash"; it's become my addiction. It's a good addiction though....it's become a friend (and an enemy) but something I must conquer. Others run, do yoga, paint, scrapbook, but "I knit".
