When I was 10 or 11 years old, I joined a 4-H knitting club in my neighborhood. There were only three other girls in the group, and we met once a week at Mrs. Payson's house across the street for an hour or two to learn how to turn yarn into something useful. I enjoyed it and mastered the basics of knitting quickly, and at the county fair that fall I was elated when I got blue ribbons for my knitted scarf, pincushion, and headband!
Fast forward to 2012. I've done very little knitting since my 4-H days, but I have this Blythe doll hobby now, and I've been seeing a lot of
cuuuuute knitted doll hats that I would love to make...so when I saw
this pattern at
XOXO Blythe for a simple, basic hat,
I decided to give it a try. I went to Joann's and ventured past the fabric (my ususal stop) into the yarn section, where I bought some double-pointed needles and varigated yarn. I got down to work, and much to my surprise, I still know how to knit! Here's an in-progress shot--look at that, I'm using
five needles at once!
This is exciting--it came out looking just like a real hat! The variations of color in the yarn make the stripes happen without any effort on the part of the knitter.
Hey--it fits my doll just like a real hat too! I was so happy with how quickly it came together that I made a second one (I only mention that because some of you will notice that the stripe placement is different in the hat above and the hat below!) I feel empowered and emboldened by my success! Who knows what I will knit next?
I think Grace likes it even more than I do! (And yes, I did make her cute little
skirt and matching
t-shirt!) The hat pattern includes a pom-pom on top, but I like it better like this.
In case you find yourself interested in learning to knit, let me tell you that I've recently noticed a website called
Craftsy which offers online video classes for all kinds of creative things, including knitting. I am considering taking their class for basic crochet, because I tried to teach myself to crochet from a book last year, with dismal results. Writing this has caused me to make a decision: I WILL take their class, and I will report back to you here with my findings. Stay tuned!
2 comments:
Very impressive. i am just rubbish at knitting. My gran could knit anything and made me beautiful things when I was younger. I, however, never got beyond counting the stitches at the end of each row. I don't crochet either but it is on my to do list.
I love it! You should visit Norway, all the women there are always knitting.
You could knit socks, I've seen them been knitted with 5 needles too.
Are you familiar with the website of Drops? If not GO AND VISIT it: lots of patterns free available in many languages. It is a Norwegian company (of course) so also lots of Norwegian patterns with pretty patterns.
www.garnstudio.com
Enjoy!
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