A handful of years ago I picked up Knitting: Learn to Knit Six Great Projects from Klutz and proceeded to teach myself to knit from scratch. Today, I'm a total knitting expert! Not really, but I'm working on it.
After Klutz helped me to learn how to cast on, knit, purl, and bind off, I snooped around the good ol' internet for patterns that I could handle. Pretty much any pattern that wasn't solely made up of CO, K, P, and BO was quickly rejected because I was sure it was practically impossible to figure out and I'm pretty sure Klutz hasn't published Learn to Knit Six MORE Great Projects yet.
I knit up some decent scarves from these patterns, some that I still wear now, and figured out that dishcloths are great for trying out new stitches and designs (Mom and Grandma were grateful for that).
Eventually I moved on to trying to learn more from tutorials, written or in video form, about how to do some fancier stuff. Namely knitting in the round (ooooh). I figured out how to do it! Not super well, but still. It turns out that gauge mattered a lot more for the things I wanted to knit in the round and gauge is definitely NOT my strong suit.
Fast forward some years and after not picking up needles or yarn for probably about one of those, I signed myself up for Lauren Lindeman's Intermediate Knitting class at her wonderful shop in Seattle, So Much Yarn. Ever since June of this last year I've been there most Wenesday evenings working on projects, learning new skills, getting inspiration, meeting great people and asking a ton of questions. I love having this class as a part of my life.
I love having knitting as a part of my life, too! I like following patterns and watching the yarn turn into fabric. I love yarn and learning more and more about all of the sizes, shapes, colors, materials, etc etc etc. I like having something to keep my busy while watching TV, talking on the phone, or listening to a podcast. And I like being able to give the people who are important in my lives something that I spent my time and thought on and that I'm proud of.
And now I find myself here! Inspiration for this blog (and for starting the class at So Much Yarn this summer) came from the wonderful and talented Lenny of The Emerging Addiction and The DIY Experiment. I see it as a great way to keep track of what I've made and which needles/yarn/accessories I've used to do it. I think it could be a great place for book and shop reviews too.
It's like my own little notepad. If I'm lucky, someone else might actually read it. If you are that someone, welcome!
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