I Can Knit!!!

I would say about a year ago I decided that I wanted to learn how to knit. I must have been watching my mom do it and was intrigued by it. I was with my mom at Michael's before we flew to Miami in November and saw this beautiful red yarn and asked her if she would teach me how to knit on the plane. That is where I got my lesson, it was pretty cool because on the plane I was in the middle seat, my mom was teaching me to knit and was on my right and my grandmom was micro-managing my mother's teaching on my left. 3 Generations of women talking about knitting...pretty amazing I think! When I got back from my trip to Miami I kept at it, I was knitting a scarf which is the typical first knitting project. Let's fast forward to New Years Eve! Yes I was STILL working on the scarf at that point! I had gotten pretty far BUT, somehow I had managed to pick up some extra stitches and since I was only doing a knit stitch, I didn't like the way it was looking. On New Year's Eve my grandmom had me, my mom, and Bella over for dinner. I brought my scarf and yarn and asked my mom to teach me a different stitch and remind me how to cast on! After dinner, my mom taught me how to purl, once I had practiced on my scarf or what could have been a mini blanket, we painfully pulled it apart so I could start over. My grandmother thought it was hilarious that I was still working on the same project since Nov. She said that I better hurry up and finish the scarf so that I could wear it while it was still winter! So I started over, cutting down the number of stitches and doing knit 2 purl 2. I was so excited after I did a couple of rows and saw how it was looking!! Thus my new addiction was born. Pretty much every night, I would put on a movie and work on my scarf. Knitting is so peaceful and relaxing, I seriously LOVE it. Here is a photo of my finished scarf!



My mom was impressed by how well it looked and said for a first project it looked awesome. She said I always was quick study! I have already started another knitting project...can you guess what it is??? Headbands!!! I bought some very pretty yarns and am almost done the first prototype! So stay tuned! I definitely have a long way to go in terms of learning more about knitting but I am excited about all of the possibilities this can bring to my Etsy shop! And now I have something else I can make for everyone next Christmas!