Hats and other wierdness.

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I confess, I have been knitting less than six months and have only been spinning since July '08.

I go to a Friday knit night here ; http://www.beauknitsltd.com/ Beauknits

They have NOT seen my halting 20 stitch cast on practice project that I ripped out because it's "only knitting" They have only seen me do this :



Which I was crazy enough to do twice.

Pattern available here. Hat for a Boyfriend

I admit, the Plymouth Yarn Boku
was damned fiddly and kept splitting when I was knitting it.

and they saw me work on this;




Pattern here Helmet Liner

So it's weird being the only male to show up Friday's (until recently) and being taken for an experienced knitter.

If they only knew ;-)

If they only knew when I get trusted to look at screwed up knitting and see where the mistakes where. I was most honored when I was asked for a second opinion.

I love the fact that I was accepted into this circle; also I am NOT AFRAID to take on new projects.

Comments

  1. HarrietFebruary 26, 2009 at 9:16 AM

    And yet, I expect you in the "Beyond the Basics" class in March. Seriously, though, your projects are wonderful. Your lack of fear is awesome. No pictures of the sock in process?

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  2. ComputerMechanicFebruary 26, 2009 at 11:54 AM

    "No pictures of the sock in process?"

    Soon, soon as I am at the point of binding off the first and have 2" of ribbing.

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