Knitting

Knitting necessities – A pair of knitting needles and some yarn.

I tried knitting some years ago. A friend of mine had taken an interest in knitting then. She said she learned how to knit from YouTube videos. I was impressed and expressed my interest in knitting too. She gave me some spare yarns of hers for me to practice, to see if I really like to knit before investing in the knitting materials.

I managed to knit a couple of beanies and scarves – all learned from YouTube videos. It was a sort of challenge to myself, to see if I could do it. I succeeded. I am proud of myself for that minor accomplishment.

The knits were not perfect. But if one didn’t know better and didn’t look too closely, they wouldn’t have noticed the amateurish workmanship. They worked fine keeping the head and the neck warm from the cold weather without falling apart.

Knitting is fun. It has a meditative and calming effect on the mind. If I didn’t have other interests fighting for my time and attention, I would have continued knitting. But time seems so limited nowadays. There seem to be so many things to do. So, I had to give up on knitting. It was good that I tried, enjoyed it and succeeded in knowing how to knit simple patterns.

Anyhow, I was going through my stuff the other day and noticed that there were some spare yarns lying about. I wondered what to do with them. I could throw them out or leave them there taking up space. In the end, I decided to make the most of them instead of just throwing them out.

After some ‘revision’ from the videos, I knitted some coasters. I think they will come in useful at some point. If not, they will be souvenirs from my knitting. They are not perfect knits. But they have no problem serving their purpose. Perfectly useable.

A simple pattern using garter stitch, the most basic of knitting stitches.

A rib stitch pattern using single knit stitch, and single purl stitch.

A double rib stitch pattern using two knit stitches and two purl stitches.

Once you know the basic stitches you can play around with the designs. For more complicated designs, and knitting more complicated stuff like a sweater or a pair of socks etc.., it would be better to sign up for a knitting class. It is better to have expert guidance, a teacher to guide you and impart the finer points of knitting to you. This will save you the frustrations when you go wrong. I found some uses for my knits.

g) My sister used to crochet in her younger days. She has got a small box of unused yarns. Seeing me knit, she said she will leave the yarns with me to do as I please. So, I guess my next project would be to learn how to crochet. I will let you know how that turned out. But don’t hold your breath. I would like to do a bit of sketching and painting first.

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