So far, so good!!

I've knitted about an inch and a half to two inches of the scarf so far. I hope I don't majorly mess up on this. According to the website I've looked up about scarf lengths. I should knit about 60 inches of length to it, which is rounded off from my height. Apparently, one should knit the scarf as long as the recipient is tall. When I am done knitting this scarf, I am going to add fringe to it to make it look nice. Going to have look up how to do that though.

Frogging it!!

As fellow knitters might know, the term "frogging it" or simply, "frog", means to tear out the knitted piece completely and to start it over again.

I've done that at least three times with this scarf, maybe more. I've never gotten to more than 5 rows on it without messing it up and making it look very wonky. I am practicing not picking up stitches on each row. I've found out that keeping the yarn down when you move your work back to the hand you hold the yarn with helps tremendously. If you hold it up and over the needle, it looks like two stitches.

Learning to Knit

Hello there, glad you found this blog. I created it to keep track of my knitting progress. You see, I've just recently learned how to knit and am super excited about it. My mother taught me a little about it and I've been learning from websites like www.knittinghelp.com and www.raverly.com. Both are great resources for any knitter, whether or not they are new to the craft, or an old hand.

I am creating my first project right now. It was going to be a pot holder, til I was told by a fellow knitter that, since I was using an acrylic yarn, it would melt. Right onto my hands in fact. So, its going to be a scarf now. I am not using anything more than the basic knit stitch. I want to practice it til I have it down pact. The yarn I am using is a lovely lilac color from Caron. I am using a 16 oz, or pound, skein.

If this goes well, I might get more yarn to make a hat to go with it.

Well that's it for now. Bye!