For a long time, I have wanted to learn to knit. About 3 years ago, my good friend, Michelle, tried to teach me. It resulted in potentially the worst scarf ever half-made ... I never finished. After Campbell was born, I needed a new hobby. My mom is the absolute greatest, and scheduled for the "B" family girls to take a knitting class. Bobbie was already way ahead of the game, and my mom had been an old pro at one point in her life, but the rest of us were pretty uneducated when it came to making anything beautiful with yarn.
Our first project was a simple baby hat. They all turned out pretty cute, and we were all sold on the whole idea of knitting. The second project was a dishcloth. I may be the only one who finished this project, and I made two for myself, and two for my MIL for Mother's Day. I'm pretty proud of them, and what I could create with my own hands.
But I think my favorite project so far was what I made for my mom for Mother's Day. I decided to make her a knitting needle carrying case (though she doesn't have too many to fill it with yet, I'm hoping she'll be as excited about knitting as I am, and fill it sooner or later). I had so much fun making it, and am really happy about how it turned out. I used a combination of a couple of tutorials I found online, and then made a few adjustments. You can find the tutorials here and here. I added some batting to give it some more heft, and changed the fabric combination for the inside. Now I need to make one for myself :).
Our first project was a simple baby hat. They all turned out pretty cute, and we were all sold on the whole idea of knitting. The second project was a dishcloth. I may be the only one who finished this project, and I made two for myself, and two for my MIL for Mother's Day. I'm pretty proud of them, and what I could create with my own hands.
But I think my favorite project so far was what I made for my mom for Mother's Day. I decided to make her a knitting needle carrying case (though she doesn't have too many to fill it with yet, I'm hoping she'll be as excited about knitting as I am, and fill it sooner or later). I had so much fun making it, and am really happy about how it turned out. I used a combination of a couple of tutorials I found online, and then made a few adjustments. You can find the tutorials here and here. I added some batting to give it some more heft, and changed the fabric combination for the inside. Now I need to make one for myself :).
The Inside
The Outside
A little flower embellishment
Voila!
7 comments:
Ridiculously cute! I need to try knitting again one of these days...
I finished my dishcloth too, just to clear things up :) WAY cute, Linds! Love it! Maybe we can have that be a project when you come visit us in AZ!
so cute!! you are so creative. and what a thoughtful gift!! i hope you are well!
That is so cute! I love the fabric choices. Forget knitting - you are a seamstress!
Oh I love it! Also, I did not make a dishcloth, but due to no fault of my own--no one ever taught me how! So I'll probably need you to teach me one of these days :)
Congrats on your cute stuff. You are awesome! I love you, my friend!
That is so so cute! I am way impressed!
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