To deal with my anxiety (and life in general), I've decided to learn to knit. Many people find this a great way to deal with issues in life, as well as a practical way as you get the bonus of having some brand spanking new thing afterwards. Knitting is also something I've been curious about for a while, half because it would be a cool thing for gifts and half because one never knows what skills you might need should an apocalypse occur :p. I also have a fond memory of being seven and (with extreme help from my Nana) knitting a dish cloth for my mother for Christmas, a dish cloth that I'm pretty sure she still has never used because of sentimental value <3! Knitting always seemed like a soothing, calming thing.
Aww hell was I wrong!
I've been at this for almost 2.5 hours now, 2.5 hours which could have been used to do practical things like home work or eating dinner. To be fair, not all of these hours were spent trying to knit, large portions were spent procrastinating, searching knitting videos, getting confused with these videos and stabbing my couch with the needles. And what do I have to show for it? A freaking 28 rows of stitches, that's what!
Haven't even been able to actually do the knit stitch yet! I've tried, but I can't understand the freaking stitch! I think I'm getting better, last time I got to 15 stitches before something went wrong and I pulled all the yarn off the needle. But I'm too frustrated with the friggin' thing to try it again right now. Perhaps tomorrow I'll have better luck. On the plus side, after starting over 3 times now, I've gotten very good at long tail casting off! LOOK AT THAT ONE ROW! It's beautiful, is it not? Maybe eventually it will be a rectangle someday!
Till the next post, keep on smiling!
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