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elizabeth_mn) wrote2007-11-12 08:52 am
elizabeth_mn) wrote2007-11-12 08:52 am
Yay! They're done!
I have achieved mittens!
After all these years, I've finally managed to make a pair of mittens! Yay, my first mittens!
It's very odd, somewhere in the process of my last few knitted articles, I've actually started to enjoy knitting. I never thought that would happen! I've always considered knitting to be a means to an end: I need a hat, so I had better knit one. But I've really been enjoying the process this time. So much that after I finished these, I started another pair of mittens for my honeybunny, in bright red wool.
AND, I've also decided I'm going to start a sweater. It's pretty scary to me, but I bought a pattern and yarn and when I am done with the HB's red mittens, I'm going to start swatching.
This is the pattern I'm using. It's a bolero, so it won't take quite as long as a full sweater, and it's bulky weight, too. I went to my new favorite fiber shop, 3 Kittens, and bought yarn yesterday.
I think I've decided that I am a 'real' knitter now. Ha!
After all these years, I've finally managed to make a pair of mittens! Yay, my first mittens!
It's very odd, somewhere in the process of my last few knitted articles, I've actually started to enjoy knitting. I never thought that would happen! I've always considered knitting to be a means to an end: I need a hat, so I had better knit one. But I've really been enjoying the process this time. So much that after I finished these, I started another pair of mittens for my honeybunny, in bright red wool.
AND, I've also decided I'm going to start a sweater. It's pretty scary to me, but I bought a pattern and yarn and when I am done with the HB's red mittens, I'm going to start swatching.
This is the pattern I'm using. It's a bolero, so it won't take quite as long as a full sweater, and it's bulky weight, too. I went to my new favorite fiber shop, 3 Kittens, and bought yarn yesterday.
I think I've decided that I am a 'real' knitter now. Ha!
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I'm going to start my first yarn project with making a blanket for a Xmas gift. I'm just going to crochet it, because that's what most people here do and they say it's easier to learn.
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Good luck with the crochet; I don't know how to do it and even though lots of people say it's easier, I have never been able to figure it out.