Global Warming with Crochet

A chronicle of the scarves and hats I have crocheted along with links to the patterns or other resources I used. These scarves and hats will go to the wonderful charities I support. This blog is dedicated to my grandmother, Bess Allison (Mama Bess), who taught me to crochet, and to my father, Bill Bishop, both of whom have passed on. I also dedicate this site to my mother, Jeanette Bishop, who has always been such an inspiration to me in so many ways. I love you all so much.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

My First Attempt at Knitting a real item!

After many, many fits and starts, I have some rows completed for a knitted scarf!!! I'm very excited! Thank goodness for Youtube and a video that showed me how to cast on. I first tried to do it from a book very unsuccessfully. Once I got the hang of casting on and learning the knit and purl stitches, I tried my hand with the stockinette stitch (one row of knit, one row of purl) but it was curling rather badly so I ripped it out. I found out later that it is supposed to do that. LOL Perfect for a hat, but not a scarf, I guess. Anyway, these rows are done with K2, P2, beginning and ending with K2. I'm very proud of it even though it's definitely not perfect. I found that knitting is pretty forgiving with tension, but how to hold the yarn and trying to get my stitches consistent are my biggest challenges right now.