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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

My Newest Hobby ... Knitting!!

Just a few weeks ago I entered the wonderful world of knitting!! Since then I have met SO many extremely friendly and helpful people! It seems like every knitter I have met is so excited for me, very encouraging and always willing to offer advice.
I love learning new things and feeling the challenge of a new art as well as the satisfaction it brings to succeed at a project. So, after watching a few YouTube videos I was ready to take on knitting!
I made a little scarf for Addie and had such fun doing it that I was ready for project #2. I could not decide what to make next, but I had heard a lot of people talk about the "purl stitch" so I thought I better practice that! So I started by casting on 30 stitches and then knit stitch 2 rows and purl stitch 2 rows. It has been fabulous practice and I am loving the pattern it makes so I plan on makin this into some type of neck warmer with a fun button...which means I will get to learn to knit a button whole! I'm definitely not the fastest knitter, but I just hope I finish this before the cold snap gets here!
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5 comments:

  1. Nicole @ she-laughsSeptember 27, 2011 at 8:36 PM

    Ooooh!! I love it!

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  2. Homestead RootsSeptember 29, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    Thanks Nicole :) It SOOO fun!!

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  3. JenOctober 15, 2011 at 3:56 PM

    I don't know if you've discovered ravelry.com yet, but I have an account, and I love it!!! (Knitter for 5 years).
    -Jen

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  4. Homestead RootsOctober 15, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    I do have a ravelry account and I LOVE it!! The folks at my local yarn shop told me that I HAD to get an account :) I have several patterns saved, but so far havent successfully finished anything :)

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  5. HerrypontingOctober 28, 2011 at 12:42 AM

    I punched to this blog..nice stuff
    http://www.herbscity.com/brand/all-terrain.html

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