I always wanted to learn how knit. When I was young (probably 6 or 7), Mum taught me but I was far from interested. I remember being so afraid to tell her because I was afraid I'd hurt her feelings. Eventually, I told her anyway and she was cool about it - phewph!
It was almost winter in Sydney and Anita was busy knitting. I made her teach me how to knit a scarf so I trotted off to the city and bought yarn from this huge haberdashery shop located within the Pitt Street Mall (I can't recall the name - if I'm not mistaken, it is Lincraft).
She patiently taught me the basics- Bind On and Bind Off and the purl stitch. I had a full scarf by winter which I wore everywhere!
When I got back to KL, I found wool and yarn at home and decided to pick up knitting again. I was almost done with my scarf and I totally forgot how to end it.
I found this instructional video on how to Bind Off (as attached). It is much easier to watch a video than to learn how to do it by reading a booklet. I recommend theknitwitch for clear and easy to understand instructional knitting videos.
5 comments:
"haberdashery ?" That would rock on Worsdcraper!
Nice. What does your scarf look like now?
@ranga: OMG YEAH!
@praveen: The scarf looks EXACTLY like the first scarf I made three years ago :P
I used to knit too. But all I ever knitted were scarfs. Couldn't do anything more complicated than that.Too dificult for me ;P PLUS don't you find the yarns are sold so expensively in M'sia?!! In my time (like 7 years ago), it was like RM18-19 a ball. A scarf needed like 3-4 balls.Hope it's cheaper now.
@chip-pea: Haha me too! Scarfs are the easiest, and you can do it while watching tv, doesn't require much concentration. Yes, yarn is expensive in KL, what I have is actually yarn my mom bought a while ago, most probably on one of our overseas visits. But I'm expecting my knitting phase to expire soon hehe...
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