Knitting Progression

As I said, I joined a knitting class. It was so great to meet some awesome ladies and discuss much more than knitting. Rose Tree really has a great little community, and it is nice to know they are so willing to help beginners with obvious questions!

Here are a few pictures of the first thing I ever knitted...

If you are asking yourself...What is that? Don't feel bad, looking back now I am wondering the same thing. But it was just a practice swatch so I tried lots of "techniques" and "failures" on it. 

After this, I felt pretty confident- so I chose a bulky yarn and set out to make a scarf. With my own "made up/adapted" pattern and only a few minor issues, I finished a scarf and a matching brown one for my mom. 

 When I started knitting two things I definitely wanted to make: socks and hats. I was too scared to attempt knitting in the round, so I found a pattern that was knitting flat and seaming up the hat. Who cares if sometimes it makes you look like a cone-head, I made it! With my own two hands!

At this point I was in between my beginning class and beyond beginning and was getting really frustrated because I didn't understand patterns that well, but wanted to make something other than a scarf. A couple days a week I babysit next door, I noticed that their wash clothes were knit and thought that should be an easy pattern. I hit the jack pot, and wash clothes of all colors started emerging from my knitting needles.

 Here is the pattern:

Materials:

1 ball of knit worsted weight cotton (Sugar N’ Cream) 50 gm size (Only $1.97 at Wal-Mart, makes 2 wash clothes) 
Size 6-8 needles (personal preference, I made some on each size) 

DIRECTIONS
Cast on 4 sts.

Row 1: Knit one row.

Row 2: K2, YO, knit to the end of the row.

Repeat row 2 until there are 40 sts (for dish scrubber) or 50 sts (for face
cloth).

Next row: K1, K2tog, YO, K2tog, knit to the end of the row.

Continue decreasing until 4 sts left. Cast off.

Knitting in a round, a sneak peek