All tied up…
By nutcase101. Filed in Random Thoughts, Yarn |
It started innocently enough with crocheting B a scarf in October of 2008. I didn’t even want to learn how to knit. No, knitting was too hard and was only for people that could walk and chew gum, it’s bad enough I have trouble with chopsticks but to make something with chopsticks, not going to happen.
I was incredibly happy to knit scarfs for friends and blankets for wee babes. When I went to the local yarn store and saw women sitting around with those needles of death, making awesome cardigans, little bitty booties and cute hats for people of all sizes, I was a bit jealous. You see, I had attempted the knitting on many of occasion with disaster – dropped stitches, fabric with tons of holes and items that didn’t come close to the picture of what the author had completed. And then there were the injuries where my clumsy fingers had slipped and I poked myself in the arm, leg or eye. It was only a matter of time before I permanently maimed myself.
Then in October of this year, I decided to give the knitting one more go. I was confident in my ability to wield a crochet hook and I wanted to make the cardigans and SOCKS! I wanted to be able to make my own pair of socks. But I had to take baby steps, crafting out small blocks for afghans that consisted of incredibly mundane design consisting of the lowly pearl and knit. I kept up the hard work and made a lot of small things that didn’t require me to learn the secret language of the knitting pattern.
Since becoming a knitter, my poor B’s life has changed. I have cases of yarn sitting in our livingroom next to the cases of fabric (for which I’m still sewing up! – I can’t do one thing at a time people – Seriously, there is only one time that I’m solely focused on one thing and we’re not going to discuss that here.) along with knitting needles, measuring tape, cases of crochet hooks and other accessories.
So, I took a leap of faith people, I’m knitting my first pair of socks on what is called dual pointed needles. You read that right – there are points at BOTH ends of the needle. Let’s see how much blood is shed and how many eyeballs I have when this project is over.
