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[asterroc]

OMG, I finally "get" knitting! Thanks so much to soapfaerie and the_xtina who made it possible! If soapfaerie hadn't sent me the "ingredients," I would've sat on my @$$ forever before getting started on this. And the_xtina, one thing that KnittingHelp.com made clear to me through it's many videos on how to do the exact same thing, is that there really ARE many ways to do each thing. By comparing the "suggested" video with the book soapfaerie sent me, I was able to put together a 3-D image in my head of which string is going where, and realized that I didn't have to hold the string like either was showing me and could instead do it the way I was used to doing for macrame (friendship bracelets) with only very minor modifications, so what looked to me (in my previous attempts at knitting) like a Gordian knot of sixteen steps for each individual stitch, is now just one or two steps!

Next step: learn purl. :-P Maybe I'll change my mind about the ease of this now... But thanks so much guys!

Edit: OMG, purl is so much harder! Not impossible, but significantly more difficult. I think it'll take me a few rows to feel comfortable with this one. Then I'll get to switch it up! I want to learn cables and braids - I'm going to need to buy more stuff for that.

Comments

[meleah.livejournal.com]

Good lord. Its really very easy. Get someone to show you one-on-one. I promise, you'll have it in seconds. Purls too.

But congrats! I can't say for sure I have a perfect 3D picture, although when I first started, I used to dream knitting, and then it made absolute sense. These days, I get it less I think, but I do more complex stuff. Weird.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know, if you read directions in a book they always show the hardest way of doing it, so it really looks like each stitch takes multiple steps. But seriously, the videos on that webpage show a few different ways to do them, and therefore you have the option to pick which you think is easiest. :)

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the cult! :-)

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Finally! Crochet just doesn't do what I want.

[soapfaerie.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm so glad that you could put the items to good use! :)