Lately I have been complaining of being cold at work and last week I
decided to do something about it. I made R.(my boss) and I each a
pair of fingerless gloves. I didn't have a pattern, so just tried to
match them to my hand. Her's are the red ones and mine are the blue
ones. Mine for some reason, turned out larger than her's using the
exact pattern & needles. I may redo them before next winter,
but for now - they do the job.
I
can't remember, do you knit or just crochet? These are knit & I
created the pattern as I went along, but it wouldn't be too hard to do
them in crochet either.
I
started to teach myself to knit, but only got as far as being
comfortable with the "knit" stitch. I can make a scarf, that's about
it! Crocheting came much more naturally to me, partially because I
wanted to make some cute amigurumi creations so badly!
I
learned to crochet at 6 years old from a blind woman my grandmother
took care of - her name was Mrs. Morton. Didn't know how to read
patterns though.
At 10, I took a knitting class with my mother
& learned to read patterns (so then could teach myself to read
crochet patterns) - but never finished that 1st sweater we bought all
the yarn for.
Then I pretty much only crocheted until I was in my
20's - when my mil decided to make the kids all a hat & mittens in a
1 week visit. The girls fit fine, but E's hat was way too big
(would have even been too big on D!) and so I took it back out after
she left & redid it. And I was then hooked on knitting.
I
prefer afghans & such to be crochet (although I might change that
now that I have learned to hide the ends better! At least when using 1
color) and for sweaters & such to be knit.
At 10, I took a knitting class with my mother & learned to read patterns (so then could teach myself to read crochet patterns) - but never finished that 1st sweater we bought all the yarn for.
Then I pretty much only crocheted until I was in my 20's - when my mil decided to make the kids all a hat & mittens in a 1 week visit. The girls fit fine, but E's hat was way too big (would have even been too big on D!) and so I took it back out after she left & redid it. And I was then hooked on knitting.
I prefer afghans & such to be crochet (although I might change that now that I have learned to hide the ends better! At least when using 1 color) and for sweaters & such to be knit.