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What is the first thing you ever knit?

4/23/2011

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The first things I knit were not exceptionally pretty. In fact, I must have threw away the first thing I made because I didn't even remember it until I found a picture in an old photo album on facebook. If I remember correctly, it was supposed to be a case for my camera. If I also remember correctly, my camera didn't even fit in it well [which probably explains why I tossed it.] Here's the picture I found. It was taken in January 2006 which is when I decided to learn to knit.
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I made this decision because I like winter hats and thought it'd be awesome if I could make one myself. I didn't know anyone who could teach me so I went to AC Moore, bought a how to knit book, some needles and some yarn and tried to figure it all out myself. I screwed up a whole bunch but eventually figured out that to make it look right you had to knit one side and purl the other. I made a really short, really hideous scarf using the same multicolored yarn as the "camera case." I made a case for my ipod too but it met the same fate as the camera case, only without a picture to document its existance. Since I was really interested in making hats, I went back in search of patterns. 
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I bought this book, knit hats!  [I think it may be out of print] I like it because it clearly explains knitting techniques. Although I had no interest in most of the patterns, I REALLY wanted to knit the Bunnies and Carrots hat on page 48... which was a bit ambitious for a beginning knitter... knitting in the round, knitting on DPNs, and color work. This is what I came up with:
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For some reason I can't throw this guy away. There are so many problems... it is way too tight because I didn't leave the strands loose when I switched colors... I'm not sure why I decided to purl the orange half of the checker border... the white stitching is coming undone... the carrot is falling off... but it was my first big knitting project and it is what it is. I'm not embarrassed that I made it [although I am a bit embarrassed that I wore it around campus!] 

I have made a lot of hats since then and, to be honest, all the techniques I learned from knitting hats I used when I started to design knit monsters! I had no idea. Tonight I found the etsy shop of woodsmokewoolworks, the woman who designed the Bunnies and Carrots hat. Her hats are great. woodsmokewoolworks.etsy.com. Check it out!

So, to all those knitters and makers of things... What's your story? How did you learn to do what you do? What was your first project? 
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Jessica Pitingolo link
4/23/2011 09:02:02 am

My big thing is crocheting. My Mom taught it to me way back when and I finally admitted to a friend why she taught me and we had a good laugh. It was the end of The Secret of NIMH where Jeremy the crow and the female crow he just met were intertwining string. I used to try and do that with yarn (yes I know I'm lame) and my Mom suggested I learn to crochet. I guess that puts it at almost 18 years that I have known (I am almost 26)

Goodness only knows what my first pieces were. It was so long ago I know nothing remains. Probably small squares or something for my stuffed toys.

As I grew things got a bit more... creative. I have never been able to understand patterns. I am extremely visual in my mind so I pretty much just replicate what is in my head. Usually no two pieces are alike. If it is something I might want reproduced and looking similar I will take a few notes (and usually promptly lose it or forget about it)

To this day Mom does neat patterns that never in my life I understand and not unlike me she can't undersand my methods of "freestyle" crochet. lol.

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