Sunday, September 28, 2008

Obsessive much?

I spent a large majority of my day looking up patterns I wanted to try for various things and starting a few projects. I managed to make Rayna's hat today on the loom, in pink and black, so I felt accomplished. I also taught Alex a few things and I'm teaching Rayna how to knit (if she finishes all her homework!) on tomorrow.. technically, later today.
Alex is trying to work on a biased scarf as well, but is having some difficulty remembering which row she's on. I told her I used to have the same problem and maybe starting to write it down would help. It did a bit, but I think she had already made enough mistakes that she just wanted to rip it out and start over. She wants to do some projects as well (chokers, bookmarks, little bags, etc) and I keep having to explain to her that she can't go forward until she's mastered the basics. I know she gets frustrated (I still do over my own mistakes and I've been knitting wayyy longer than she has!!), but I have high hopes. Rayna, I'm a little skeptical about teaching, just because she's still very young and has about a 3.2 second attention span. She's been begging to learn how to knit, "like Megan and Alex do", since she saw me knit the first time, so I figured why not. I'm going to have her start on the loom first, to test her patience. I told her that it's always alright if she just doesn't have the patience for it yet and I'd teach her when she gets a little older, but she's persistant about learning. I'm trying to complete my little projects (i.e. scarf/hat combos) before I start on the big ones; mostly so that I can see that I've already accomplished something so I won't feel like I'm stuck doing the same project forever. By tomorrow I should have Rayna's scarf, hat, and purse done. I also want to make some major progress on a scarf for Charlene and try to figure out more about a "Fibonacci" scarf. I can't wait to head back to the knitting shop on Monday. I'm excited about the prospect of working there, but I reallllly wanna check out some yarns for a few of my "special" projects. Until next time!!

1 comment:

Robin said...

Can't wait to see the pictures of your projects!