Photo taken with my Lensbaby
Last week, I learned color work knitting and I got a smidge obsessed. I started drafting new designs immediately and knit up test hats. There were a lot of lonely late nights, last week. The husband was preparing for his business trip, so after the boys went down it was just me, my yarn, and Season 1 of Angel. Learning to knit English style has made these super quick to whip up, so a word to the wise: LEARN BOTH METHODS OF KNITTING!
And if you’re already knitting English style, learn Continental and you’re half way to learning crochet. :)
I taught myself to knit…and not very well. lol
LOVE your stuff…and your spirit. Thanks for sharing.
K.
Thank you! Practice and you’ll improve. Promise!
Gorgeous mix of colors! Lovely photo.
Thank you, Judy!
I just taught myself to knit. Since I already crochet, Continental seemed the obvious choice. I haven’t come across any need to try English style yet but maybe if I try colorwork I will. If I get that far. At this point, I am wondering why I even bothered since crochet offers so many more stitch choices. But it has only been 9 days so I should give it a chance :)
That is my plan. And your knit projects will inspire me.
to be honest, when I first learned to knit I had NIGHTMARES where I was just knitting stockinette FOREVER. It was one of those dreams that felt like a lifetime and I woke up and didn’t want to touch my needles. Granted, I was sick with a fever, it was still pretty scary!
Knitting creates such a different fabric and has it’s place. That’s why I love being able to do both. It’s nice that you only need to know a few different techniques in knitting to be able to complete most patterns!
The realization that you can’t have a reversible fabric that is just the pretty v knit stitches was a real downer for me. But that does make it good for sweaters. I promise that I will at least complete a scarf before I give up and go back to exclusively crochet.
These hats are adorable!! I haven’t figured out multiple colors yet. I knit English, but learned Continental. I’m so used to English now, it would take a while for me to go back to Continental. And I knew a few basic crochet stitches at one point, but my hooks and needles are a little dusty… :S
Thank you! It took me 4 years to give this a good try. I’ve experimented before, but nothing stuck until now.
i am teaching myself some colorwork as well…i’m so particular!! it has to be perfect. i really should teach myself english knitting…sighh…there aren’t enough hours in the day…
wait….i think i already AM an english knitter. i hold the yarn in my right hand. left is for continental correct?
oh geeze….
Yes! I find continental much faster, but that’s probably because it was how I learned. I used videos on knittinghelp.com to learn.