When I began knitting, I told myself that I wanted to get to the skill level that I could knit socks.
Here are my first pair!
I decided that I better get a plan because knitting socks
wouldn't just happen. So, I purchased a couple of books, the
easiest to use by Ann Budd, called Getting Started Knitting Socks.
I read through the book, and was stumped. I read through it
again, and was confused still, but decided knitting socks
might be like swimming; jump in. It took a few tries, some
pulling out, some rereading directions, but finally they were
finished. By no means are they perfect, but they are good
enough. I learned two things; setting a goal with a plan
is effective even with knitting. Second, learning a new
knitting technique requires a willingness and the courage to
jump in and try, even though there will be lots of mistakes,
the learning happens in the trying. Something happens during
the process. The vision of the project and the techniques
become more clear as you hold the needles and yarn in
your hands, something that can't happen by just studying
the directions.
