The struggle for starting a project and than moving onto a new project before the last project is finished has caused me to become creative. In getting down to the square root of my knitting problem, I came up with a unique solution. I would knit a 7" x 7" square at a time. Each day I have taken to doing this unusual method. I'm now finding that I am slowly finishing my projects at one square at a time. Eventually I will have a finished blanket or shawl at this rate. For me, it has brought a beginning and an ending to the projects that I am doing.
As I go down the road in my skill in knitting, I will eventually come to the point of actually knitting a sweater. But for now, the pleasure of the slow and simple knitting project is what I need. The other pleasure is the practice of the knit stitch and gaining of speed while doing it. It also gives me practice in finding out what types of yarn do when knitted by different size needles. I'm slowly starting to have an understanding what different types of yarn do under different types of situations. As I measure the square and match the next one with the last, the idea of counting each stitch slowly starts to be understood. In my skill of knitting, I'm becoming more aware of how to read a pattern. I'm not quite there yet, but I'm slowly getting there.
It sounds as if you so enjoy the process of knitting. I think that perhaps adding some pictures for your viewers would be very beneficial to your posts.
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