Originally Posted by ginnie6
well I know how to crochet but haven't done it in years. My Grannie and I learned to crochet at the same time and she is the one who taught me to sew. I want to make socks though! I had a stepmother teach me cross stitch and I still do that occasionally.
If you can learn to relax and do two stitches, you will be able to make anything .... knit and purl ...
I have met many people who have decided to knit and picked a difficult project, then became frustrated and never wanted to do it again!
the first project I ever did was twenty stitches wide, and straight knit stitch ... a pincushion in four pieces, each piece sewed into a tube ... and nestled inside each other, oh my goodness! 47 years ago! mom still has that original pincushion ... bless her heart <g>
Anyway, don't be in too much hurry ... first learn the basic stitch of knitting, say a scarf on size 10 needles, two strands of four ply yarn, cast on twenty stitches and knit every row
(almost everything we learn to do, we learn by doing the same thing over and over and over again)
with knitting ... you have to learn how to relax, take one stitch at a time, and be consistent with your tension, not too tight, not too loose, and how to use needles as a tool, instead of something that doesn't really fit in your hands ...
one stitch, two needles, patience with yourself ... and, VIOLA! In three months you will be showing us your socks!
might want to practice knitting in fifteen minute increments ... sometimes frustration is best handled in little doses, and then you realize ... oh, my goodness! This isn't as frustrating today as it was yesterday!