Knitting work! Think I should retire early!

These knitting needles are bloody

huge!

Ughh, no sixth form for the past two weeks has been incredibly boring for me; I feel like I`ve got absolutely nothing to do all of the time... So, I`ve had to improvise quite a bit and make something for me to do! If that even makes any sense...

I`ve invested some money in some pieces of fabric and stuffing, some new knitting needles and some new small balls of wool that I got locally! There`s a small haberdashery that`s been in Ilkeston for years, and it`s just around the corner from the library in town;  I remember my grandma going in there quite a bit, but I`ve never actually been in there by myself or bought something.
It`s only small, but it`s got a giant range of practical textile equipment and sewing machines, at AMAZING prices; Definitely the cheapest place I`ve been too, and from using the wool and the new knitting needles, I`d say that their really good quality.

I can`t believe how cute this

fabric is!
I haven`t cut it all up yet..

I`m definitely going back there for more materials, I got half a metre of the cutest fabric for only £2.65! and the chunky knitting needles I got where only £6, and they`re 15mm; they`re bloody huge, but they`re very easy to use. At the moment I`ve got tons of balls of wool, I`m not sure as to why I keep on buying even more, I`m beginning to run out of room for everything, I don`t know how I`m going to cope when I got to University and I`m bringing all of my equipment and materials home!

Despite running out of room in my own bedroom, I do want to invest in a pattern book for my sewing machine, embroidery and knitting. I am thinking that I might aswell retire right now, but I`m finding it as a quite fun hobby whilst I`m not at sixth form; I may pop in though soon to scan some work in and then photoshop for redbubble, but for now it`ll just be knitting and sewing machine work.
Hopefully, If I do find a decent pattern book for my sewing machine then I`ll be able to make a lot of my own clothing, and it`ll hopefully be quite useful for when I go to University; it`ll definitely show that I`ve got more skills than throwing paint at a canvas.

Just as a beginning to my knitting and sewing work, I started off by making a some small samples that are now in my knitting and sewing scrapbook... which is under my bed and under all of my other sketchbooks and giant portfolio, so I actually can`t get it out.
Through the samples and practicing my knitting with small needles, I`ve used my bigger needles to try and make something practical that I can actually use. So I went for the easiest thing that I could think of, a bloody scarf.

Yes, how very original and complicated; but then again I`ve only just started doing knitting and things that I should start doing when I`m retired...

I used two separate balls of wool to make the scarf, and it isn`t too long since all of my other scarfs always poke out the bottom of coats. It was a bit weird using two different balls to knit with at the same time, and because it was my first time using two balls of wool; I kept on getting confused and ended up adding stitches by accident... I`ve got no idea as to how I kept on doing that, but it meant that my scarf started off quite slim and then got bigger towards the end, kind of like a chubby worm? Yeah, let`s go with a chubby worm.

Since the weather has also dropped slightly cold around here, I sat with it around my neck for a while to keep me warm. I have to say, I`m quite impressed with myself; even though to make a scarf like mine, you just keep on using the same simple knit stitch until you think it`s long enough... I just kept on measuring mine by wrapping it around my neck and then seeing how far it comes down my torso. It really is comfy, I thought that I wouldn`t be able tog et it that long and that I would run out of wool before it got that long, I only had about 4 inches left of white wool by the time I had finished my scarf.

Next I`m going to knit my nephew a blue and white scarf, and then my older sister is going to have a red and white scarf; So I`m going to have to go out and try and find some similar coloured wool to what I have now, since I don`t think I`ll have enough to finish enough complete scarf. 

it really was easy to make, I would say that this should be a starting point for anyone who`s just starting out at knitting and textile work.
The best thing is, my mum and little sister know how to crochet; so last night we all sat down and watched Wimbledon whilst knitting and crocheting. It was weird, very weird, there was wool everywhere and the dogs where lying all over what we where doing because it was warm and soft for them.... Think I need to move into the care home that I`m working at!


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