Reasons Mothers are better than the Internet.
Knitting makes me angry sometimes in the way kids get frustrated by not being able to do things. Actually it’s exactly the same.
I suppose it’s one of those things you need to learn from someone showing you but I live in a house full of guys and my Mother is on the end a telephone. So I resorted to the internet.
1. The photo/picture type model does not always work. Even if you do resort to ringing your Mother, pointing her to the online pictures, and using her as an audio guide.
2. Youtube is not always right. You may require three videos. The best way to learn is often to ignore every word said and watch the demonstrator’s hands like a hawk.
After five hours there was progress of twenty stitches. The lovely feeling of getting it right was so good that I didn’t really care I’d been doing the wrong technique for 4 hours and 50 minutes.
I’ve made a beautiful red square and have developed a super-tough knitting finger (one of the sexy aspects).
Category: Arty, things and adventures by me | Tags: craft, knitting, wool, youtube 2 comments »
December 4th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
…if I remember correctly, that technique you have used there is known as pearling (I think… I can’t actually remember exactly as it’s been like 13 years since I knitted anything!) Well done! It’s an ace square and a gorgeous colour!! (I like red-ish things
) Hope you didn’t use the Pritt-Stick to cheat…? 
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