I think I told you I learned to knit. Yes, I did but I only do scarfs because it is easy. I was reading "Our Tragic Universe" by Scarlet Thomas and the protagonist learns to knit in one afternoon and that gave me new hopes for learning. I know is a book and that people can do things that us "mortals" might not, but I decided to give it a second chance. Yes, a second chance because my sister in law tried to teach me one Christmas but it was a mess. She was not here for me to ask, I didn't know how to fix "bubus" or better said errors or horrors so I gave up really fast. But if Scarlet Thomas can make her protagonist learn in one afternoon I also can learn with youtube!
So, I went and bought some wool and found the knit stitch tutorial and started knitting. It was not bad and I knitted a whole scarf in 4 days. I was so happy that decided to start a new one the next day, bought 4 different colors and started my neon scarf... pretty easy. Then, when I started my third scarf I found out the I had been doing the point backwards, luckily I was consistent and it looks OK.
I am in my sixth or seventh scarf, made one for my aunt and one for my grandmother and a the rest for me... do not know what I will do with them but is the only thing I know how to make. What I try to do is to change stitch, so I learn a new one with every scarf. Maybe some day I will try some other thing... but for now, scarfs it is.
My First Scarf (Knit stitch)
Neon Scarf (Knit stitch)
Turkis Scarf (Seed stitch)
Grandma's Scarf (Purse stitch)
Titi Rosi's Scarf (Drop stitch)
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