For years and years I've admired people who can knit- and for years and years I yearned to learn how- and for years and years, I put it off.
No more! One of my new year's resolutions was to learn and so for the last month, I've been taking knitting lessons with my grandmother, who knits up a storm daily. The first evening, I really had to laugh at myself. I couldn't for the life of me understand or see what she was doing. By the next week, I had semi-understood casting on and knitting proper, but I was still quite crude. The week after that, I finally understood the concept of purling and ribs, etc, but MAN did I stink! I even went to my husband and was just so exasperated: "Man, I STINK at this!". Humbling, let me tell you!
You have to understand where I'm coming from and why this is all so significant- generally, I'm pretty good at the things I'll try my hand at- whether that be because I'm just *naturally gifted* or because I don't like being poor at something that I will give up before I even get going (I'll save discussion of this for therapy). It's quite a testament to my determination that I stuck with it enough to accomplish what you see above (seen here in borrowed yarn and needles)- I finally found my groove- my rhythm, understand and can articulate the knitting and purling, and an easy consistency. I can even undo my mistakes! (of which there are many...). I'm even becoming more fluent in what the stitches look like.
So, what do you think this prompted? Why a reward, of course! I took a trip to the local sewing shop for my very own bamboo needles and some nice cotton yarn in a tealy blue color. So now I am making a scarf in a seed stitch... only I started on the wrong foot and began making 5 rows of a ribbing... but it's all good. If I can actually wear this thing I will be very happy indeed. I had a pleasant evening of watching Law & Order: Criminal Intent and noodling with my new toys. Tonight I will wow my grandmother with my knitting prowess! I'm sure she will be even more delighted than me.
Cheers to learning new stuff!























