Guess what today is? It's the anniversary of the first day I started knitting. :D
Last year at 6:00 am I couldn't take it anymore and HAD to start knitting. I kinda wrote about that fateful day and how I got started with knitting on this post here. It also includes my first cast on and a few other things. *L*
I'm still very much in love with knitting and even though I've had some heartbreaks and life lessons. There have been far more wins than losses in the first year of my journey. The Bunny Bag was a great experience. As was the Bitchin' Mittens for which I won a prize for most Unique design. *L* I think if I had to choose my favorite thing I've knit so far it would be my Pink Dream Socks. Yummy Yarn makes everything better. :D
I've also met some really wonderful people in the last year. Y'all know who you are. Online and in person and in a few cases both. Still have lots to get to know and get to know better. :D Knitting has also allowed me to connect with my best friend on a different level. She's always made me magical yarny things and I never understood how a person could do that. It seriously seemed beyond my brain, until I just picked up some yarn and got started one day. Now we can share the magical yarny knitting world and it's so much fun! :D
I've also learned that not all knitters are the peachy keen perfect people some people would have you believe all knitters are. We're just people and as we all know people have a great capacity to suck ass. Anyone that tells you otherwise likely has something to sell you or is off their rocker a bit and thinks they can hide their own flaws in the wool. Nope. Still humans.
Well not me. I'm an Otter. :P
Crazy Knitters can't hold back any of the fun associated with knitting though. They'd be crazy even if they didn't play with yarn so what's it matter. *L*
It's been a GREAT year. I can't believe I ever didn't knit. Odd how it's become such a part of who I am. What the hell did my hands do before I knit? It boggles my mind. *L*
Here's the first thing I cast onto, knit and bound off on, one year later. It's my Swatch Cloth. Heh
Here it is in progress.
Funny how it kept getting wider and wider and all those lacy holes. I'm a freakin' genius! :P
I actually cast onto that last year on this date. Cookie suggested I go get some Bamboo needles and gave me several pointers since I was still confused and without a book, a lesson or a brain. I ran right out and got those needles and got started... and here we are today. *smile*
I can't wait to see what this next year holds for my knitting. :D
I still remember e-mailing you photos of knitting in a sad attempt to help you. *L*
You've come a long way, honey. Just think what you'll do with this year of knitting. :D
Posted by: Cookie | March 25, 2007 at 11:32 AM
Happy Knithday!!
Posted by: pamela wynne | March 25, 2007 at 11:40 AM
Happy Anniversary and may there be many, many more wooly ones to come!
Posted by: Devorah | March 25, 2007 at 11:44 AM
Wahoo...happy knitting day!
I had a total blast last night! I am glad you started knitting and I'm glad that I started knitting that we met ...you are way cool person...I have fun around you everytime we get together to play yarn! :-D
Posted by: Vikkie aka Yarnatic | March 25, 2007 at 12:53 PM
Woo-hoo, happy knitaversary!! It's a thing to celebrate, for sure.
Posted by: Norma | March 25, 2007 at 03:39 PM
AWWWW! I'm so glad you started knitting and had such a great friend to help you. I'm so glad you have this blog too... because you give good recipe.
Posted by: Stacey | March 25, 2007 at 05:57 PM
HAPPY KNITTERVERSARY!
Really? Only a year? It seems like I've known you a lot longer than that.
Posted by: Dave Daniels | March 25, 2007 at 06:31 PM
Congratulations on the mile stone. It seems that we just knit..until we look back on the things we have accomplished in the last year. That's the really cool part of a blog..looking back, reflecting and seeing how much your skills have improved.
You learned all of this in only a year??? I am so impressed.
Posted by: Ann | March 25, 2007 at 06:42 PM
You've done awesome! My first year, I learned to knit, felt intensely proud...and put it down to crochet more. It felt too slow and not right to me. But then I made a New Year's Resolution to get better at it, and now it's about all I do. So congratulations on a great year, and finding the yarny + needles + blog = great fun connection :)
Posted by: Jenn | March 25, 2007 at 10:09 PM
Happy Knitting Birthday!!!
I know this comment is a little late, but still WOOHOO!!
It's been wonderful getting to know you my knitting friend; I look forward to new adventures and new names you will come up with for me. :-) I am still considering consulting miss denise about therapy. LOL
Again, Happy Knitting Birthday!!
Love,
Monkey Socks (me)
Posted by: Monkey Socks | March 27, 2007 at 09:41 AM