Three Olives And Some Yarn

SO.. I was learning to knit a few years ago.. a friend of mine volunteered to teach me.. so I went to her house every wednesday evening and we sat and talked and knit( I would say we talked more than we knitted or I knitted).. I didnt do so well and I didnt practice like I should have so.. of course.. I didnt get very good .. I decided knit just wasnt my bag..so recently I had the urge to pick the needles up again and try to relearn what I had put down.. I met another friend.. she sat me down and "refreshed" me.. I went out and bought a couple books to help me out.. and in general got seriously frustrated again.. and was about to give up.. then I picked up the book one last time to look through and saw that I was totally missing the option about continental knitting instead of english.. well .. being a crocheter.. the continental method made way more sense to me because of how the yarn is held.. I picked up my needles and started again.. I was like fucking MAGIC! The yarn literally flew off the ball and on to the needles.. of course its not perfect.. but I think it looks pretty good for some one that hasnt knit in about 5 years and struggled with it at that time.. so here is what I have been working on in rotation with the Mardi Gras Throw..

its just going to be a tube.. a shoulder warmer of sorts.. I will crochet some flowers or somthing for a little accent .. I am holding 4 strands of yarn .. a red mohair... and aqua mohair.. a little sparkle thread.. and a rainbow coloured thick thin... I think its turning out quite nice.. !! I might get brave and try to read a pattern soon.. now that I have this down.. I doubt there is anything I cant do! woohooo!!

10 Comments:

At 10:19 PM, Amy said…

Looks good, girl! Now, what the fuck is Continental knitting?
At 10:39 PM, ThreeOliveMartini said…

its basically just the difference in how you hold your yarn to hook it around your needles the english way you hold it in your right hand (if you are right handed) and loop it around your needle each stitch... the continental way you hold the yarn in your left hand (kind of like crochet) and loop the yarn that way .. i am sure i am over simplifying this..
At 7:57 AM, Deneen said…

Argh!! You're becoming a KNIT-TER!
At 9:55 AM, kitten said…

hey..its a rectangle! I make LOTS of those ...because, have you ever seen one of those so called "knitting patterns"?/ I think it is really some ancient lost language....,,

v. confusing...
At 10:00 AM, froggiemeanie said…

That's awesome! I got a bit of a chuckle out of your post because I had the exact opposite experience with a friend. She was an avid knitter who wanted to learn how to crochet. I was teaching her but she was getting really frustrated till she decided to crochet the English way. It blew my mind how quickly she 'got it' after that.
At 10:15 AM, Colette said…

I can't knit continental to save my life and I was a crocheter first too! Go figure. Your knitting looks very pretty - I love the colors.
At 3:04 PM, Anonymous said…

Wish you were close by I have had the same experience with learning to knit and wish I had someone to sit down with me. I REALLY want to learn to knit too! Yours looks great. Sutty
At 8:15 PM, Burfica said…

BLOGGER I HATE YOU!!!!!!! It wouldn't let me comment on your blog for the past couple days. Dam you blogger!!!!

LOL
At 10:26 AM, Mandi said…

I learned to knit before crochet and I hated it. I worked on the same damn scarf for 6 freakin years! I didn't even know that the continental method existed. You've sparked my interest to pick up my needles again. Which books are you using?
At 9:57 AM, Astrid said…

I say 3 thumbs up or -now wait- I only have 2!!! Oh, well, 2 thumbs up and my left toe then!!!!

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