My Knitting Start

When I started knitting I was really excited and I couldn’t wait to start the scarf I had been dreaming about making. I seemed to have set myself up for failure. I was only about 9 or 10 at the time and that is quite a daunting task to have to complete, needless to say as I was just learning I got discouraged very quickly. I saw that while yes, I was making progress it was still so far that I had to go so I got extremely frustrated. It really turned me off of knitting for a long time. In fact about 8 years.

When I started college I met this amazing girl, her name is Lauryn. I thought she was stalking me the first week because we had 3 classes together. We became fast friends and she reintroduced me to knitting. At first I was just extremely jealous of all the fun it looked like she was having. I love being crafty and making things and not being able to take part was not fun. However, a couple days later she re-taught me how to knit. At first I had no project in mind and was just practicing the motions. When I had the stitch down it was time for me to start a project. The first thing that came to my mind was a scarf. So I said I wanted to make a scarf. She gave me the oddest look and said “are you sure?? That’s like hard. “And thank goodness she did because I totally forgot that is what got me into the mess in the first place.

I then was at a lost for what to make so I then Lauryn started listing off suggestions. I decided on a head wrap. I was so eager to start and I worked on it avidly. I finished it in about 2 days. Having completed my first project by myself it boosted my confidence immensely. After making the one head wrap I ended up making 4 more to give as Christmas presents.

Making head wraps are an excellent first project to try and I would really recommend it. You should start with an easy project that will build your confidence, i.e. not a scarf. I have recently moved on to harder patterns and am currently working on a hat. But if I get over whelmed I just pause and think how I can do other things and can do this. It was a learning process that I am still going through. I have yet to attempt a scarf but I do see it as a project in the near future.           

If you get discouraged because you picked a hard project, added or dropped a stitch don’t freak out it is not the end of the world! One mistake or even a couple wont ruin a project. Have fun and knit on!

XOXO Tessa