Knitting fearlessly
This link had a cool concept. It was linked from a daily mailing today. The two main questions today were:
I'm still such a new knitter that I do still have quite a few things that make me nervous. There's a ton of techniques that I know are supposed to make my (knitting) life better, but I am scared for whatever reason. Here's an example - I know that the idea of knitting two socks on two circulars should really help me get a pair done both the same way for each and probably more quickly. But I'm scared that I put my money into buying circs for the technique and then don't enjoy doing it.
One thing that is nice about knitting is that it can always be ripped out, and this removes some of the fear that normal crafting has (glue or cutting are more permanent).
I also am scared of picking the wrong colors or the wrong yarn. I don't always like the yarn in a pattern, and so I want to substitute, but i'm always a little nervous doing that. Right now, I'm trying to pick out the yarn for a sweater I want to make, but I'm just not sure if the yarn I want is going to pool. Some pictures it does, and others it doesn't (obviously, different stitch counts, but that doesn't necessarily give me confidence). For socks, pooling is okay, but on a sweater, not so much.
So yeah, all good thoughts! Check out this daily email, it really has nice thoughtful content that I enjoy receiving.
- What are your knitting fears?
- What would it take for you to become a truly fearless knitter?
I'm still such a new knitter that I do still have quite a few things that make me nervous. There's a ton of techniques that I know are supposed to make my (knitting) life better, but I am scared for whatever reason. Here's an example - I know that the idea of knitting two socks on two circulars should really help me get a pair done both the same way for each and probably more quickly. But I'm scared that I put my money into buying circs for the technique and then don't enjoy doing it.
One thing that is nice about knitting is that it can always be ripped out, and this removes some of the fear that normal crafting has (glue or cutting are more permanent).
I also am scared of picking the wrong colors or the wrong yarn. I don't always like the yarn in a pattern, and so I want to substitute, but i'm always a little nervous doing that. Right now, I'm trying to pick out the yarn for a sweater I want to make, but I'm just not sure if the yarn I want is going to pool. Some pictures it does, and others it doesn't (obviously, different stitch counts, but that doesn't necessarily give me confidence). For socks, pooling is okay, but on a sweater, not so much.
So yeah, all good thoughts! Check out this daily email, it really has nice thoughtful content that I enjoy receiving.
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As for knitting, I think that the more I practice, the better I am. :) One of the ladies in my knitting group said something about how fast I grew my skills in the last year, but really, it was because I spent a lot of time working on it, and not being afraid to rip i out and try again.
So far, I like the idea of 2 circs better than Magic Loop, because the idea of rearranging stitches on a single circular needle seems fussy. With 2 circs, you keep half on one and half on the other, and so there's less rearranging, it seems.