Knitting Passion

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The Intimidation of Knitting
Guest post by Winnie from Watching the View

In the past few years, I have really wanted to learn to knit. I have a few blog friends who knit and they post such cute creations. Whenever I see their photos, I say, “I wanna do that!” I would love to be able to make a scarf for my mom or a cute little hat for my forthcoming new nephew.

The idea is not completely ridiculous; I do have a crafty side. I like to paint, make collages, and do other small crafts. I can even sew somewhat. But knitting? It scares me. It may go back to third grade art class. We had to do a little art project for mother’s day that doesn’t even probably qualify as knitting, but there was yarn and some kind of needle. All I remember was that I could not get the yarn to go where it was supposed to in order to make a flower thing on the fabric. I went home and cried and my mom let me stay home the next day we had art class. (Yes, it was that traumatic).

Fast forward to yesterday when I was at Michaels for some other craft needs. I perused the knitting aisle as I do from time to time and saw a “Knitting for Dummies” book which came with some needles and some other weird things. I thought about getting it and even planned to tell the clerk that it was for my niece (I don’t have one), because otherwise I would have to admit my true crafting inadequacy. I ended up not getting it, though, because it did not come with any yarn and didn’t seem to explain what kind I would need.

I imagine that one day I will have to breakdown and take a class, because it seems like it is something that you have to learn by watching someone, sort of like dancing, which, by the way, I can’t do either.

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