Gentle readers, I have made a discovery. I am TERRIBLE at knitting. Atrocious, abysmal, cataclysmic even. I have ripped out the meager beginnings of my scarf more times than I can count. I accidentally added stitches, dropped stitches, and somehow did the purl stitch backwards. In fact, in so doing I may have invented a new knitting stitch. Its ugly. No one would purposefully want to reproduce that stitch. In fact, after watching the entire first disk of
"Brideshead Revisited", I have only produced about six inches of knitting. (Amazing mini-series by the way...watch it).
I even managed to bend my needle somehow. If you look in the picture, you can see that its slightly curved. It was worse earlier, but I managed to bend it back a bit. I feel that this entire experiment is quite funny in a pathetic sort of way. I should have been satisfied with sewing, but NOOOOOOOOOOOO...I wanted a portable craft to take on the bus with me! Ah well...regardless...the yarn is pretty, and when I finally finish, I will have a lovely scarf to keep me warm all winter long. And besides, I think I recall being abysmal at sewing when I first started that too.
2 comments:
You're having the exact experience you should have with your first knitting project. Just keep in mind that with every dropped stitch, every backwards purl, etc you are learning something. I started knitting in January (first quilting class last month) and I PROMISE you it gets easier!
this does not look bad, my first project was a dishcloth, that was tedious! have you heard of Ravelry? it is a new knitting community. Awesome! Would also be a good resource. check it out www.ravelry.com sign up on the list if you are not already a member. I am luv2knitncrochet on there. Look me up! I am waiting the arrival of my Amy Butler fabric I ordered off Ebay and am going to make my first quilt when it arrives! I go between sewing and knitting every day!
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