My First Projects

So i suppose its time to tell you about my finished and current projects. There are a few both finished and current which we will get to in a minuet.

When i had the urge to pick my needles up again i had no idea what to make. Also i had a fear that i had forgotten the most basic techniques. My grandma never taught me to cast on, she always did it for me and off i went, so it was time to learn the most basic and first technique of them all.

At the time i didn't live close to home so it wasn't just easy to nip and see her. So i turned to the Internet. YouTube is the most brilliant invention in my view. It helped me to learn the basic long tail cast on and refresh my memory of the knit and purl stitch. In later projects it would also prove useful in making socks and other stitches i haven heard of before.

After refreshing my memory of the basics it was time to decide what to make. Now, as i have learnt, the best thing and most basic item a new knitter can make it the beautiful scarf. So easy, no pattern needed really and you can go on for as long as you like!!!! So that was it sorted, i went and dug out my 4mm needles and went a raided grandma's spare yarn cupboard.

As time went on with the first project i decided to experiment with different colours and joining a ball of yarn. So again i turned to YouTube and hey presto a finished first item.

After that i was away making different item here there and everywhere. I went on to creating phone covers which i sold on eBay. As time went on i got a little bit more adventurous and started thinking about my first garment. I went through all the patterns in mums shop and found a very basic cardigan. Choose the wool and i was off. Within a month i had a finished chunky cardigan.

Over the past year i have made many things. Phone covers, toys, jumper (yet to be finished) cable scarf (again yet to be finished) and even socks. I love sock knitting. I may even do a separate post just on my socks as i love them.

Currently on the needles and will more than likely be finished tonight is some wrist warmers. The cold winter nights are drawing in now and need to keep nice and toasty warm.

I'll add as many pictures as i can to my blog so you can all see my items. For the moment people take care and ill be back soon.

Jay x