so how is the knitting going?

Do you remember back in December I wanted to learn to knit? Well a little progress has been made, but not many photos have been taken.

I found this cotton at my local op shop for 50c and have knitted it up in plain stitch. I like plain. I can do plain. Plain is my friend.

With this cream that mum started me on originally, I have undone it so many times. I tried the design like Inga and I kept getting out of whack and although pretty (I thought) it definately wasn't looking like it should. In the end I tried to stick with what I think is called Stocking Stitch, a row of plain and a row of purl? But then again, I kept forgetting what I was up too, and would have two rows the same and anyway you get the picture.

Then I decided to try circular needles and as you can see what I bought was too small, and it is just to fiddley for me to be bothered.

So then Inga started working on a crochet ripple, that she found on Lucy's sight. WOW, Lucy is amazing, I love her colours and her tutorials are so easy for a beginner. So mum lent me a crocher hook and the mint and I gave it a whirl. Kinda got it.

So then I found myself at Spotlight and the red was $1 each, and the green $2.99 so I splurged and decided I was ready for a larger ripple and I would make a cushion. I think you can see, that I wasn't ready and I will be undoing that and starting again.

But in the mean time I was at my local op shop again, and the two varigated balls below were only 50c each. NO IDEA what I will do with them but at that price.........

During the same trip, the two balls below where also only 50c each, and with Lucy's tutorial, I am pleased to finally have sometihng to show. This one is now larger and I am ready to start on the back.

Jodie

17

It is the 17th of December!! Where has the time gone? I know I have been recording each day in pictures, BUT how is it now just a week until the man himself starts his sleigh ride?

It also means we only have one week left with Meteor. The pesky reindeer will be collected from under our tree next Thursday night when Santa makes his rounds!!

We cleaned out DD2 room today and her wardrobe and we have a huge bag to be donated and we have all her clean laundered clothes hung up. By the time that was done we were hot and bothered and my back was protesting.

Lunch, shower then over to my Mum and Dads. The next bit you will never guess!! I started knitting. My mum can knit, crochet, sew clothes, all the practical things. Me I am the creative one, you know the sort, can just manage to sew a button. I wanted to learn to crochet several years ago, so mum lent me a hook, some wool and a book. I took it all back, I couldn't follow it and mum couldn't/wouldn't teach me. She doesn't have that sort of patience. So fast forward to today. I remember how to knit (kinda) from when I was a kid. Mum remembers it too, she told me today. So well that she discouraged me then and offered to do it, and tried it again today. But I stuck to my guns and below is my mum''s 4 ply cotton, my mum's number 10 knitting needles and MY KNITTING ATTEMPT!!

I am very proud. Think I have already picked up some extra stitches. I would like this to be my first attempt at a washcloth. At worst I can undo it all and it will have been a practice piece.

The pattern I am doing is one row plain, next row knit 1, purl 1. My inspiration is here, although mine is looking nothing like Inga's! :)

Jodie