Two years ago at Christmas I told the hubby that I wanted some kind of starter knitting kit. He works at Michael's and is in the best position to get it. I'd started crocheting again as a way to be creative and still be able to put a project down at a moments notice depending how my new daughters needs went. I was looking at projects and the ones I wanted to do were knitting. I started with the knit stitch and that went pretty well. With the purl stitch... not so much. I'm essentially kniting left handed and the drawings in the book included continental knitting, I just didn't get it. And with my broken wrist that never really healed properly I was in some pain and frustrated. Then I remembered Youtube. I bet they'd have videos to help me learn.
Here's the one that really helped me figure it out
Basic Purl Stitch
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Rach Knits or Confessions of a Newbie Knitter
It's a new blog...
I'm a new knitter...
Here we go...
Ok, I'm teaching myself to knit and I think I'm getting pretty good at it. I learned to crochet when I was a little girl. It was mostly the basic stitches. Nothing fancy was needed for scarves and pot holders. When I became pregnant I found myself stuck in the hospital doing non stress tests on my daughter. It's an hour or two of just laying there with a monitor on. More often than not the nurses didn't bother or couldn't find the remote for the tv. I had to bring my entertainment. As I had to lay back reading was difficult. So, I grabbed some crochet cotton I had on hand for a bear project. I started working out a patter that I liked. I thought I would make a blanket for my daughter but one of the colors was discontinued. I eventually came back to it for my friends baby blanket though.
As my daughter was born and she began to sleep at somewhat reasonable hours I found the need to create again. I needed to make something. Anything. I decided that knitting was the thing. It's something that I can put down at a moments notice and have minimal clean up.
I bought a book and looked at youtube for videos. So far so good. Now I've been doing the basics for a year now. I want to do something more. Now is the time to start learning some of the other stitches and make actual garments. This blog will be about how I learn to do this.
I'm a new knitter...
Here we go...
Ok, I'm teaching myself to knit and I think I'm getting pretty good at it. I learned to crochet when I was a little girl. It was mostly the basic stitches. Nothing fancy was needed for scarves and pot holders. When I became pregnant I found myself stuck in the hospital doing non stress tests on my daughter. It's an hour or two of just laying there with a monitor on. More often than not the nurses didn't bother or couldn't find the remote for the tv. I had to bring my entertainment. As I had to lay back reading was difficult. So, I grabbed some crochet cotton I had on hand for a bear project. I started working out a patter that I liked. I thought I would make a blanket for my daughter but one of the colors was discontinued. I eventually came back to it for my friends baby blanket though.
As my daughter was born and she began to sleep at somewhat reasonable hours I found the need to create again. I needed to make something. Anything. I decided that knitting was the thing. It's something that I can put down at a moments notice and have minimal clean up.
I bought a book and looked at youtube for videos. So far so good. Now I've been doing the basics for a year now. I want to do something more. Now is the time to start learning some of the other stitches and make actual garments. This blog will be about how I learn to do this.
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