This is my first post about knitting on steemit. The main reason is the price of wool here, when I lived in Macedonia wool was very cheap there(still get a lot when I visit). Crocheting gives me the same feeling but uses way less materials. I actually started knitting before crocheting.
When I first learned how to knit my sister (@kristyglas)tried teaching me with a low quality laptop camera, I ended up looking for videos online. The method I first learned used up insane amounts of wool since it was really tight.(a 2meter scarf weighted about a kilo xD ). I took apart that scarf and made a blanket instead after learning a much looser method which I don't know the name of.
Since scarves were the first thing I learned, here are three of my favorite scarves. Left one is made with color changing wool. Middle scarf is massive, around 4 meters, after spinning it three times around my neck it reaches a bit over my knees(I'm 185 cm). It's more than long enough for 2 people, I tried. Right one is the same material as the middle one but way shorter, I also had a medium length but I think I gave it away. I've given away and sold a bunch of scarves.
These two are big blankets, didn't really have a good way of capturing them so I folded them, They are about the size of a single bed. Top one is full black while bottom is black and white.
This is a slightly smaller scarf I made for my highschool teacher, besides that one line on the left side It was really well done. I learned how painful it is to try returning 100+ stitches on a needle.
This was my last and most complicated knitting project, It was made of a few parts, sleeves separate, neck piece, front and back separate. I experimented with many things I've never tried before, adding rows, reducing, changing patterns. I'm also terrible with needlework so stitching it all together was really tough. I modeled it after this sweater I knew fit me:
It's a really comfy sweater, like wearing a blanket, mostly wore it at home while laying in bed since a jacket doesn't really fit over it well.
Thanks for reading, I might start knitting again as soon as I get more materials.