My first sewing project

When I started knitting I bought a book/magazine called Complete Guide to Knitting & Crochet and, believe it or not, I actually got my first sewing project idea from this. It had what was called a needle udder. It is a pouch you can roll up that you keep your knitting needles in and I think it was called an udder as the fabric used was cow skin-esque fur with a pink inner fabric. I decided to use other materials but used the concept from the book for how to make it. The fur I used for the outside is soooooo soft! There were cheaper furs, but they looked cheap and felt pretty nasty so I decided to spoil myself. I then used a small flower print fabric for the inside. (I actually bought too much of this fabric, as you will see it crops up in a few more of my later projects.) Oct 2009

My first knitting project

I started by practicing purl and knit stitches on some cheap wool and then played around with doing a rib stitch. Once I was happy with that I started my first project, a simple scarf. I made a rib scarf out of chunky wool. I used needles that were too small for the wool so it's quite a tight rib but for a first try, making it up as I went, I thought I did quite well. Whilst watching films (ones I had seen before) I would pick up my knitting. As my first project I couldn’t put it down and could often be found knitting late into the night.
I wasn’t making the scarf for anyone particular but when one of my sisters saw it she decided she wanted it as her birthday present (Oct 2009). And so it began, nearly everything I have made since has been given away as presents, hence I have taken pictures of everything so I had some evidence that I have actually made anything.


Scarf Info:
Robin Super Chunky Shade 1306
8mm needles (should have been 9mm)

30stitches
row 1: k
row 2: k
row 3: p
row 4: p
repeat for rows 5-8
row 9 onwards: k2 p2
When scarf is required length repeat rows 1-8
Add tassels by wrapping wool around a CD case three times. Cut and pull through knitting with a crochet hook.