I recently picked up a really nice knitting pattern from etsy seller- jmaccknitt. This is the first clothing pattern for anything I’ve ever used. It has been a bit of a challenge getting it started, but now that I’m rolling and understand what the pattern is asking me to do. I really love it.
It was lucky I saw my family at Thanksgiving last night. My mom lent me the size 5 DPN (double pointed needles) I needed to get started, and my sister was able to clarify the pattern for me. New techniques for me with this pattern, are the cable knit and knitting in a round. So far I have the knitting in the round down. I got through the preliminary part of the pattern and had to take it out, as I missed adding a stitch and messed up un-kitting the row. Un-knitting makes me cringe and laugh. Unwinding hours of work is a strange feeling, but I look at it as good practice.
Two great sites my sister shared with me are:
Knitting Help.com - has great videos of stitches being done. If you don’t know how to do something you can pretty much learn how there.
Knitty - has pages of free patterns you can use. I like the black and white optical illusion blanket.
I’ll post a pic of the arm-warmers when I’ve finished.
