Knitting. Ta Dah! The Completed Project!

As I was saying in my last knitting post Martha, our knitting instructor assured me that, even from my meagre knitting efforts, I could make a little bag. First I had to learn how to make a button hole. No, you don’t just “drop a stitch” (whoops) which is what I thought was the way to do it. I had to knit the line to half way, then cast off a stitch, actually two stitches cause I chose a big button, then knit the rest of the line. Then, on the way back, I added those two dropped stitches back in (cast on) and knit a few more lines. When I was happy I’d enough of a flap, I cast off. Which is basically knit a stitch, then knit another stitch and pull the first stitch over the second and carry on like this until you reach the end! Easy peasy. On the last stitch though, you knit another stitch and pull the wool through, cut it and pull it tight and you have made a knot, so your project won’t unravel on you. There are loads of types of knitting stitches, a bit like potatoes, you don’t realize there are so many types ’til you go planting them! I was doing Garter stitch, and there is also Moss stitch, Purl stitch, Rib stitches, Eyelet and Lace stitches……. And on and on. Its a bit mind boggling. Seeing as my little knitting project worked out so well and I’m really diving in at the deep end here, but I’m going to make a jumper. A little one! Can’t be that hard….. Can it? (You may be waiting a few months for the end result). I will endeavor to keep the blog updated with my undoubtedly disastrous knitting attempts and my, inevitable(!!) triumphant outcome. Stayed tuned to this knitting channel!!!