30-Day Knitting Meme, Day 4
Day 4: How did you learn how to knit?
Oh, LOL. I taught myself, natch.
A few years back, I started out with a kit very similar to caitir_eadoin's - except I had the stone-cold foxxxxy 1980s version of the book. Woo!
...At any rate, that didn't go very well. The kit had long needles in it, and I was so used to crochet hooks... The needles felt completely wrong in my hands, and I couldn't get into the rhythm of English knitting, so I said, "Fuck it," and set the kit aside.
About 2 years ago, a former acquaintance offered to make me a pair of socks when she saw how fascinated I was with the pair she was knitting in honor of a melon-headed boy and his big-eyed friend. I watched her for a while, and thought, "Man, I wish I could do that..." So, in late 2009, I was putzing around Wally World after one of my pre-surgical appointments, and saw that they had yet another "teach yourself to knit" kit, with shorter needles.
"Huh," sez I. "Those needles are about as long as crochet hooks. I wonder..." So, I bought it. And though the needle length was more comfortable, I still had issues with English knitting... Until I was bitching to said former acquaintance about wishing there was a way to knit with the yarn in my left hand, and she mentioned Continental knitting.
*facepalm*
Since then I've been knitting away merrily. courts helped me with casting on and working dishcloths, Dawn at my LYS showed me how to purl (and that you don't have to listen to the designer's suggestions for needle sizes!), and caitir_eadoin showed me how to join in the round for circular knitting. That - and a few good books! - are all I really needed to get where I'm at.
Day 1: What was your first finished project?
Day 2: What is currently on your needles?
Day 3: Do you have any other WIPs (works in progress)?
Day 4: How did you learn how to knit?
Day 5: How long did it take from the time you learned how to knit, to finish your first project?
Day 6: What is your favorite piece that you’ve knit?
Day 7: Your least favorite?
Day 8: What’s your most challenging project?
Day 9: What fiber or yarn do you love working with?
Day 10: Do you have a favorite pattern or designer?
Day 11: Do you have a "Knitter Hero" or someone that is just way too awesome for their own good? Do share!
Day 12: Where do you keep your stash? Post pictures!
Day 13: Do you have yarn that you love but can’t find a project for?
Day 14: What’s the worst yarn/fiber that you’ve worked with and why?
Day 15: What was your least favorite pattern and why?
Day 16: Have you ever had a knitting related injury?
Day 17: Have you ever had a project that you loved become ruined? What’s the story behind it?
Day 18: Do you knit English or Continental?
Day 19: Do you watch movies and/or listen to podcasts while knitting? What are your favorite things to knit to?
Day 20: Do you knit in public? Was anyone offended/incredibly happy/curious that you were doing so?
Day 21: Do you knit gifts for friends and family for the holidays or birthdays?
Day 22: Have you ever stricken someone off your to-knit-for list because they didn’t appreciate/take care of your last knitted gift to them?
Day 23: If you had the supplies (and patience) for it, what project would you start today?
Day 24: Have you ever made your own pattern or dyed your own yarn? How did it turn out?
Day 25: Do you have a knitting book or a place where you keep patterns, ideas, size measurements? Post a picture of it!
Day 26: Have you ever been a part, or wanted to be a part of a knit-a-long? What was it? If not, why?
Day 27: How do you acquire most of yarn? Online retailers, local yarn shops, swaps, or large chain craft stores? What’s your favorite?
Day 28: Do you do any other crafts besides knitting? What are they, and did learning to knit come before or after learning these other crafts?
Day 29: Do you have any tips, or things that you’ve learned from knitting?
Day 30: What’s your name on Ravelry? If you don’t have a Ravelry account, why?
Oh, LOL. I taught myself, natch.
A few years back, I started out with a kit very similar to caitir_eadoin's - except I had the stone-cold foxxxxy 1980s version of the book. Woo!
...At any rate, that didn't go very well. The kit had long needles in it, and I was so used to crochet hooks... The needles felt completely wrong in my hands, and I couldn't get into the rhythm of English knitting, so I said, "Fuck it," and set the kit aside.
About 2 years ago, a former acquaintance offered to make me a pair of socks when she saw how fascinated I was with the pair she was knitting in honor of a melon-headed boy and his big-eyed friend. I watched her for a while, and thought, "Man, I wish I could do that..." So, in late 2009, I was putzing around Wally World after one of my pre-surgical appointments, and saw that they had yet another "teach yourself to knit" kit, with shorter needles.
"Huh," sez I. "Those needles are about as long as crochet hooks. I wonder..." So, I bought it. And though the needle length was more comfortable, I still had issues with English knitting... Until I was bitching to said former acquaintance about wishing there was a way to knit with the yarn in my left hand, and she mentioned Continental knitting.
*facepalm*
Since then I've been knitting away merrily. courts helped me with casting on and working dishcloths, Dawn at my LYS showed me how to purl (and that you don't have to listen to the designer's suggestions for needle sizes!), and caitir_eadoin showed me how to join in the round for circular knitting. That - and a few good books! - are all I really needed to get where I'm at.
Day 1: What was your first finished project?
Day 2: What is currently on your needles?
Day 3: Do you have any other WIPs (works in progress)?
Day 4: How did you learn how to knit?
Day 5: How long did it take from the time you learned how to knit, to finish your first project?
Day 6: What is your favorite piece that you’ve knit?
Day 7: Your least favorite?
Day 8: What’s your most challenging project?
Day 9: What fiber or yarn do you love working with?
Day 10: Do you have a favorite pattern or designer?
Day 11: Do you have a "Knitter Hero" or someone that is just way too awesome for their own good? Do share!
Day 12: Where do you keep your stash? Post pictures!
Day 13: Do you have yarn that you love but can’t find a project for?
Day 14: What’s the worst yarn/fiber that you’ve worked with and why?
Day 15: What was your least favorite pattern and why?
Day 16: Have you ever had a knitting related injury?
Day 17: Have you ever had a project that you loved become ruined? What’s the story behind it?
Day 18: Do you knit English or Continental?
Day 19: Do you watch movies and/or listen to podcasts while knitting? What are your favorite things to knit to?
Day 20: Do you knit in public? Was anyone offended/incredibly happy/curious that you were doing so?
Day 21: Do you knit gifts for friends and family for the holidays or birthdays?
Day 22: Have you ever stricken someone off your to-knit-for list because they didn’t appreciate/take care of your last knitted gift to them?
Day 23: If you had the supplies (and patience) for it, what project would you start today?
Day 24: Have you ever made your own pattern or dyed your own yarn? How did it turn out?
Day 25: Do you have a knitting book or a place where you keep patterns, ideas, size measurements? Post a picture of it!
Day 26: Have you ever been a part, or wanted to be a part of a knit-a-long? What was it? If not, why?
Day 27: How do you acquire most of yarn? Online retailers, local yarn shops, swaps, or large chain craft stores? What’s your favorite?
Day 28: Do you do any other crafts besides knitting? What are they, and did learning to knit come before or after learning these other crafts?
Day 29: Do you have any tips, or things that you’ve learned from knitting?
Day 30: What’s your name on Ravelry? If you don’t have a Ravelry account, why?