My Creative Space: Knit 1, Purl 1

Well knit 1 row, purl 1 row and you get a pretty stockinette stitch. Knit only and you get a garter stitch.
I bought the needles a couple of months ago and attempted knitting and for some reason tried continental but it wouldn’t work, then a more experience knitter/crocheter suggested I try throwing. Turns out she was right. My left hand just would not do what I wanted it to do to knit because it knew what it should do when it crochets stuff so the trick was to use my right hand.

And because I am totally crazy instead of practicing until I feel confident enough, I know I will probably pick a project, buy all the needle sizes I can find and just jump right in.
Check out everyone else’s creative spaces this week.


6 responses to “My Creative Space: Knit 1, Purl 1”

  1. Pearlin J says:

    oooh you’ve started knitting now! Yay!way to go!

  2. So good to see you joining in with the creative space! Happy Ramadan to you too! xxx

    • jessyz says:

      Happy Ramadan! I’ve been lurking and checking out everyone’s links but didn’t feel ready to join in until I had this blog up.

  3. Nicki4 says:

    Ooh, congrats on starting knitting. 🙂 The hardest thing for me was learning to cast on. I throw too, I cannot knit continental at all (and I knit right handed, oddly enough, even though I crochet left handed).

    If you alternate a yarn over with a knit 2 together you will get eyelets. 🙂

    And if you slip 2 stitches and then knit them together you will get a decrease leaning the other way.

    • jessyz says:

      It is good to know I am not the only one who has hands that won’t listen to my head :-).
      I am still practicing knits and purls I’ll try the slip stitches, it is all so interesting