Knitting. My nemesis. I have been trying to knit since I was 21. Believe me...that was a while ago! My mother tried teaching me, I tried using books from the library, I even tried tutorials online. However, it all turned out the same: it didn't resemble knitting in the least!
My last attempt? Christmas break last year. I gave up to the point where I started Tunisian Crocheting just so that I could make something with yarn that at least LOOKED like knitting!
Last week, my favorite craft store had a super-wicked sale, so I went with the intent to grab some stuff for my business. As I passed the yarn section, the yearning to learn to knit bit me again. I didn't need to grab any yarn, but I did pass a book that I was hoping was THE BOOK to finally teach me. I got the book at 50% off (it is just one of those skinny paperback Leisure Arts books) and sat down that night watching "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", needles, yarn and book in hand. Would you believe it, by the end of the show I was knitting! Me!
I was so excited! Now, I don't know if it really was the book or if it was years and years of trying to learn and it just so happened to click that night, but I have been knitting every night since then. After making tons of squares to practice the stitches, I have embarked on a project:
I love wrist warmers and my crocheted pair is just plain yucky from use, so I shall KNIT another pair! The first image is the beginnings of this wrist warmer. It may take me a while, but I am just too excited!
In other news, this blog is going to be going through some changes in 2011. I have set a goal to include more posts, giveaways, tutorials and just plain fun stuff so that you will definitely not want to miss it! I scanned through the current content and have decided that she is just swinging in limbo and she needs to be utilized more. So look for that in the coming weeks. Of course, it is going to be a work in progress over the next year, but I am hoping that this blog will be much more purposeful than the waste of web space it is now!
Okay, Folks, my wishes to you for a super Christmas and I will see you in the New Year!
