After talking the talk the past few years about learning to knit, I finally walked the walk. I. Can. Knit. Woohoo! And I’m quite happy thank you very much. It feels like forever that I’ve been admiring everyone else's knitting projects. Every time I gawked over their fabulous creations, I was always feeling that tug, that desire to know how. Well I guess timing is everything because I finally sat myself down and gave it a go.I’m knitting a scarf. I know. Isn’t that what every beginner starts with? I’ve made plenty of mistakes but I keep on going. I think all of the mistakes will only give it more character. Don’t you agree?
It feels good to learn something I’ve wanted to do for so long. I look forward to learning so much more and tackling another on my list of things to try/learn.
What’s on your list? What “something” new have you learned or tried recently?
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Well done you! I think I start a scarf every few years but I am yet to complete one. I get bored.
Look forward to seeing the end result.
Bravo to you for learning how to knit! Let this first scarf be your "learning scarf." By the end of the scarf, you will have developed enough character to recognize when you should actually take out stitches and start over. That was the part of knitting I couldn't ever master.
Patience is key. As is learning the proper technique. You'll do great things!!
Hello!! :)
Knitting is good. It is so fun to hold what you've made. Feels good.
I am pushing myself to try new recipes and work on old ones, tweaking them and/or finding ones that I really like. It's good. I am also focusing on the breakfast thing.
Peace, friend!! Happy coming of summer to you as well!
knitting is on mine too! that and precious metal clay & teaching journal writing classes.... i look forward to seeing your fabulous creations (they will all be fabulous you know ;-) ox kelley
I totally know that feeling, when you have admired something from distance so long, never having even dared to try it yourself, and when you finally do, it's not so difficult at all. (My most recent revelation of this kind was with needle-felting: you just take a piece of wool, stick a needle in it, and hey, what do you know - the wool turns into felt!) Kind of makes you feel omnipotent, doesn't it?
Your scarf looks really cool. Love the colour and the chunkiness (if such a word exists in English :P).
Greetings from Frankfurt am Main, Germany! Epp
I would like to learn more about photo editing.
Hey, this looks good! Scarves makes great Christmas presents...
What have I recently learned? How to make little dolls out of paper mache, wire and felt. That's what I've been doing lately.
It lovely so far! Great color too!
Happy Halloween!
Sandra
I know just how you feel! I could always crochet, but learned to knit 8 years ago. It was just something I really wanted to learn. Have fun! Happy Halloween!
I actually started with a dishcloth... I guess I wasn't ambitious enough to knit a scarf at that point. Yours is looking nice so far!
Something new I've tried recently is spinning with a drop spindle. I'm not very good at it yet, but I'm having fun.
I love my knitting, but recently I started learning to sew, too. I like how fast sewing is, but I will never give up the meditation of knitting.
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