Monday, July 15, 2013

Episode 1: In the Beginning

I learned to knit for the second time when I was 19.

The first time, I was 9.  My grandmother tried to teach me garter stitch.
My "scarf" somehow miraculously gained a bunch of stitches...
Needless to say, that didn't last very long.

At 19 I got the basics all right.
Heck, I could even get the difference between stockinette and garter.
There was ribbing and moss stitch too.  I thought I was pretty slick.
I figured there wasn't much I couldn't handle.

Then I saw my first lace chart.
Eh, maybe later.





I went on this way in ignorant bliss for years.  And then...