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[sourland]

I'm getting worried now. I'm not even 30 years old yet, and I'm sitting here reading a description on crocheting together a blanket and thinking "Hey, this looks pretty cool... wonder if I should try this at some point..."

Try it now before your hands become arthritic.

 

[vehve]

Quote: My knitting skills are dismal at best. Wouldn't make for a very pretty en product. I'm too impatient for that sort of thing. I prefer sewing, although I may have broken Karin's Singer at some point so I haven't been doing that in a while either.

 

[rancher hicks]

I'm getting worried now. I'm not even 30 years old yet, and I'm sitting here reading a description on crocheting together a blanket and thinking "Hey, this looks pretty cool... wonder if I should try this at some point..."

Why are you worried? Is it because you think crochet is an old persons thing?

IF you think that is the, case don't. Anyone who is good at needlework started young. Too needlework is ART. It take an imagination to come up with new designs and styles. At least to the serious "Fabric Arts" person.

Yarn is just thicker thread. Weaving new designs and patterns. Oriental Rugs are made with yarns and threads.

My daughter is here from TX asking me to make her an afghan. My 5 year old granddaughter is asking for a new blanket. It takes skill to do these types of things with yarn and fabric. Too many yarns are not 100% wool, or different types of wool. Some yarn is bamboo. Most commercial work is made with cheaper and non lasting materials.

Should you decide to take it up, know that your work will be one of a kind, since you chose the colors and design. Even the swap squares will have to be added to and attached in a way different from anyone else.

Start to practice now. Some of these ladies are very talented. Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace making and Quilting are become lost arts.

 

[vehve]

Quote: I have great respect for people who have taken the time to learn a skill, and have mastered it. It's amazing to watch my girlfriends grandmother knit a pair of socks, something she pulls of in an evening would take me weeks to do. I didn't mean to insult anyone who has taken the time to learn one or many of these skills, it was more of a joke, and an attempt to laugh at myself.

Personally, I don't think knitting is for me however. I've tried to learn it many times, and have come to the conclusion that I'm better at other things. Ropework I can do, but knitting is too detailed for me.

 

[rancher hicks]

I have great respect for people who have taken the time to learn a skill, and have mastered it. It's amazing to watch my girlfriends grandmother knit a pair of socks, something she pulls of in an evening would take me weeks to do. I didn't mean to insult anyone who has taken the time to learn one or many of these skills, it was more of a joke, and an attempt to laugh at myself.

Personally, I don't think knitting is for me however. I've tried to learn it many times, and have come to the conclusion that I'm better at other things. Ropework I can do, but knitting is too detailed for me.

I wasn't offended. I was just trying to encourage you to give it a go.

 

[vehve]

Quote: Last time I tried, I intended to make a sock. Or hat. Or scarf. Ended up as sort of a woolen worm looking weird knot.

 

[rancher hicks]

Last time I tried, I intended to make a sock. Or hat. Or scarf. Ended up as sort of a woolen worm looking weird knot.

If you'd like to learn I suggest starting with a simple square of Stockinette stitch. Perhaps 10 -15 stitches. That's how I began, just making squares. Then I moved on to Purl stitches.

Hats and Scarves are easier than socks.

I've made four needle mittens but never socks. My hands I think are too big for socks.

I did the same with crochet.

 

[vehve]

Quote: I can do the first row. When it's time to start the second layer, it all goes horribly wrong.

 

[vehve]

Quote: I can do the first row. When it's time to start the second layer, it all goes horribly wrong.
But for now, I'll stick to cooking and woodwork and other projects and let Karin do the knitting. She's pretty good, she's made socks, and sweaters for our dachshund. She tried to make me a hat once, but that turned out more like a yarmulke.

 

[rancher hicks]

Holy rain drops Batman, is it raining out!

I should have hung on to my ducks instead of trading them but I can get more ducks. Columbian Rocks are not so cheap nor easy to get.