Where I stand

I've knitted before, but not a lot. I think I've completed 2 scarves. And then I picked up crochet and preferred it for its portability. Plus, knitting stresses me out. Well, ok, it doesn't always stress me out - just when I make a mistake. I love how in crochet, if I screw up, I can just pull out the stitches until I get to my mistake. Fixing mistakes in knitting isn't so easy... *That* stresses me out.

That said, I feel such an accomplishment at completing just a little bit of knitting, where crochet just flows for me. Of course, I feel accomplished when I finish a crochet project, but it's not the same.

I spent this weekend knitting and undoing my mistakes. Over and over again. Finally last night it clicked that I had been purling wrong all weekend. Duh!

So tonight I re-started a project I had given up on Friday night, which other than a few small mistakes that I don't care enough about to fix, is going well. And I just frogged - again - my malabrigo because I *do* care about the mistakes I had made in it. I'm going to restart that project and hopefully I'll have good news next time I post!

Yarn blog. Day one.

After much thought, I've decided to start a blog for my yarn activity. I've been crocheting for a while now, and I picked up knitting over the weekend. (Not a first attempt, but I'm enough of a newbie to consider it a fresh start.) I want a place to talk about the trials and tribulations of being a newbie knitter, plus a place to post pictures of my works in progress. I'm on Ravelry (SheMumbles), but I want a different sort of thing for this. I hope you enjoy reading!