nursie76

I am the same way! When one project is finished, I wonder around feeling lost...until I start the next project. I can knit and crochet and embroider, do counted cross stitch and regular sewing. Taught myself to crochet when I was pregnant with my first baby (now 36 and a goldsmith). I prefer crocheting over knitting...I have trouble with the 2 needles. Also, I quickly found out that it was easier to pick up lost stitches with crocheting. (the stitches that got pulled out when my then 3 year old son would grab my yarn and run away wanting me to chase him and play!)

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.

omak

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!

MamaBear61

Knitting and crocheting are like everything else it just takes time patience and practise. Have been crocheting since I was a kid and took up knitting in the last couple of years and now I can complete a project with only a few frustrations and having to take out stitches. Don't give up, you can do it

ginnie6

thank you Omak! I got casting down pretty good and I did ok on the knitting stitch. Then at purling I couldn't keep it on the needles. Of course it didn't help that by that time I had acquired 5 observers who were making comments! I am going to keep on until i get it though!

polly13

Many years ago my sister-in-law taught me to knit. She told me there would be many tears and I would hate her, but I would know how to knit when I finished my first project. Her ending comment was, "And believe me, you WILL finish this project. Whether you ever knit again is up to you." I swear I knitted two inches and she would rip out three, but I did finish those argyle socks and have had many years of knitting since then. I can empathize with you though as I now am knitting my granddaughter a sweater and have one section that I just can't figure out. I won't give up, but quilt in between the frustrating moments. I have every confidence a light bult will shine in my brain soon. Don't give up. Start on something simple. It is a great pasttime for tv watching.

omak

Good girl! Perseverence is most of the battle <g>

nette

I started knitting, crocheting and embroidering as a very young child. THEN, I discovered quilting and the rest is history. And I do mean the rest. lol :-)

Dkm

Very funny, I have finished my work also. I went to Joann's and got some yarn and decided to make a scarf(for something to do). I got it about 3/4 finished and decided it was to big. My husband said all that work and your going to pull it out. Started over and now have completed it. I guess now I'll finish the book I'm reading and think about the next sewing project.

gma2JR BT JL and CK

I crochet and I taught myself how to needle tat and I embroider. In my opinion, needle tatting isn't that hard to do and I'm going to learn how to tat with a shuttle one of these days
Kendra B.