But now I want to join the land of knitting bloggers. Do you all know about knitting and blogs? It's out of control...it started (for me) almost a year ago when I stumbled on my favorite knitting designer's blog- http://susanbanderson.blogspot.com/ and now I'm hooked (no pun intended b/c in fact, knitting does not require hooks, unless you drop a stitch, but that's another topic...anyway, using a hook to create fibrous objects is crocheting...)
Susan wrote these books Itty Bitty Hats, Itty Bitty Nursery, Itty Bitty Toys (I own them all) and she's on FB and she's really, really nice (or seems to be since I don't actually know her at all) and so talented. I don't know that I could ever be a knitting designer. I don't know when to decrease left or right; I don't take risks with stitches. Knitting and cooking are the two areas of my life where I need to have all the exact right tools (and ingredients) and make it just the way the pattern (recipe) tells me. In fact, I made Susan's Elephante and the pattern specifically says "this is the yarn I used but you'll only be using a little so don't go out and buy it" and what did I do? Bought all the yarn that she specifically used...and now I can make at least 4 Elephantes! Here's a picture of my finished one....
I gave him to a little baby named Maya whose nursery theme was... elephants! A few years back I got into knitting teddy bears, from a book called The Knitted Teddy Bear I made one for my daughter, which was a slight disaster-- it was a really big one and I had to use plastic joints and I don't know, in general, I wasn't pleased with it. I gave it to Goodwill, I think. I also made one for my son, smaller-- like 9 inches, with much better results. We still have that one. I'll take a picture and share it another day. In general, knitting toys is so satisfying. You can't stop thinking while you are doing it "how is this going to look like an elephant?" and also about the person you are giving it to. Maybe that's what I love about knitting in general, and, why designing is out of the question. I love how, for me, at least, I just follow the pattern step-by-step trusting the author of the pattern knows what he/she is doing and then I am amazed that it all comes together just like it's supposed to. Huh...that is a lesson I have only learned in knitting and cannot seem to apply it to my life; I guess because in knitting you have a picture you are starting from-- you know what the final product is you are aiming for, you just have to trust how to get there following someone else's lead. I want to open a knitting store in Tucson. I have a picture of it in my head-- a classic Tucson home with a front porch and inside couches and work tables and tons of boutique yarn all around. That's the picture I need to hold on to as my final product and trust life will get me there....
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