Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Proving To {him} that "Purl" does not mean something kinky

A little over a year ago, I decided to teach myself to sew. What that meant was I sat down with the instruction manual to my sewing machine and read it cover to cover. I then went online and found a tutorial and went to work making aprons. Which I was fairly successful at and actually sold quite a few.

When my co-worker asked me if I'd like to learn to knit, given my recent blogging hiatus, I jumped all over the opportunity. So one day over a half hour lunch she showed me the most basic knit stitch and sent me on my way with my needles and two balls of yarn.

Over the next two weeks I knitted mega rectangles of dropped stitch goodness. I picked around the internet for videos and taught myself to cast-on, bind off, purl and other basic knitting goodness.

And then I found it. My first masterpiece. I felt comfortable enough in my new found skills to add a little more complicated stitching to this project. I'm an ego-maniac like that.

My daughter has a fascination with fingerless gloves (I blame myself) and was looking a tad hobo in the ratty ones I bought her two years ago. So this was an instant love connection.



Seriously, I only had to restart them like five times. That makes me "mega-knitter". I promise.

While I was practicing knitting until my fingers bled, almost literally, the kid and I spent a night watching the best movies ever. Juno, Darjeeling Limited and Napoleon Dynamite (I said ever, hmmm). So keeping in the spirit, I made her do a Napoleon Dynamite glamour shot photo session to show off her new gear. She eased her fist up under her chin and tilted her chin like a champ. We were only sad that we didn't have like a vest or some gold bracelets to make her look official.



Next knitting project is a matching neck warmer. Her arms and neck will never be cold again.

Also? I used the word mega twice.

5 comments:

Gypsy said...

Those are so darling. Nice work!

Lancelot told me just last night that I need to learn how to sew. I think he's lost his fool mind.

Anonymous said...

Knitting is the best. But beware, the better you get, the more expensive a habit it becomes...when you quit buying yarn at the hobby shop and start trolling the high-end yarn shops where a skein of cashmere costs the equivalent of two steak dinners at Mortons.

Holly Bee said...

Rock on! Knitting and fingerless mitts to boot. Keep up the awesome.

Sam said...

AWESOME! I just picked up a crochet hook last weekend and have been outputting a lot of scarves. I am thinking I might switch to the needles for the versatility. Thanks for the inspiration! Love the gloves!

Mrs. Booms said...

Thanks to all of you! I had such a hard time knitting last night I was frustrated, especially since I was only working on another pair of these. I was having an off night. Kind words will inspire me to get back at it.