I dragged G to Hobbycraft today.
Been laid up with the sniffles is so boring I thought I'd make use of my time and start knitting again.
I've never finished knitting anything in particular but I really enjoy it and am super duper keen to learn to make socks for two reasons.
1) my feet get super duper cold
2) G has size 15 (uk) feet thus can never find socks that fit him
So we went to Hobbycraft which made me all excited. I got the Stitch & Bitch book (it makes NO sense, thank god for YouTube!), yarn, new needles, crochet hook, markers, yarn needles etc etc etc
Spent the evening practicing and have started a chunky knit scarf in this lush, school skirt grey. The yarn I got is like part Alpaca which means it's snuggle warm.
So far so good, it's kept me quiet (much to G's joy. He can play Fable 3 in peace) and hasn't had me swearing and cursing yet.
The cold has eased off loads so back to the grindstone tomorrow. Despite genuinely being quite I'll I always feel shitty taking sick leave. My manager wasn't best pleased when I moaned in my delirious/snot filled haze I felt like I was "playing musical chairs" this morning after being handed to no less than 5 people since calling in.
Anyway it's 2am and I need my beauty sleep (mainly to see if can work out how to purl... It evades me so much I may cry!)
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Here's the thing. My fiancee recently took up knitting. And then swore loudly for approximately three hours straight before giving up and settling down with a copy of The National Enquirer.
ReplyDeleteSo I guess my question is this. Is there some sort of secret to enjoying knitting? Or do you just have to have patience? And vodka?
Mmm vodka does help. I think it's one of those things that once you get the knack it should shut you up for a while.
ReplyDeleteI found myself getting really frustrated trying to follow diagrams in books (Stitch N Bitch etc) but when I looked online I found videos that I just replayed and replayed until I got it.
I plan on doing this again when I attempt to purl again (it's been a few months since I tried).
The thing is I think it's something you have to practice at, so when you get good it's enjoyable... like learning the piano or something. Super frustrating at first but then you just get it.
And if in doubt, dark rum makes an excellent substitute to vodka :)