Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Learning to Knit!
I've started learning to Knit using The Art of Knitting and finding it easy to follow. I think I tried knitting when I was a child but couldn't get the hang of it - especially casting on and off so ended up giving it up and sticking to crochet.
I decided recently to give it another go and it seems to be easier. I've managed to finish the first three squares from the series recently.
The first square is a Garter stitch square.
The second a Stocking stitch square with a garter stitch border.
The third square is Chequerboard Stitch.
This was more difficult and I had to start over twice due to errors I made. Thankfully I read some comments on the facebook page and realised where I had gone wrong. It hasn't stitched to the same size it should be so must not have used the right tension. Something to work on in future!
When I get closer to making up the throw rug I will see how to add a border to the square to increase the size of the square to match the others.