Crystal Madrilejos

A few weeks ago I was home sick from work and decided that it was about time that I learned to knit. I’ve said that too many times to count, and have even had people offer to teach me but finally I just hunkered down and did it.

I’ve tried to learn on my own in the past but let my frustrations get the better of me. Being a crocheter, I couldn’t figure out how to get the stitches to stay on the needles and using two needles just seemed so cumbersome. But I finally got the hang of it this time. I started with instructions that I had photocopied years ago out of an old Martha Stewart Living Magazine, which you can see an abbreviated version of here online. But that only got me so far before I realized that video tutorials help immensely!!! Knittinghelp.com is where I got most of my basic info and I joined Ravelry a knit and crochet community to find patterns and such.

My first project was a baby vest that I found on Ravelry (my finished vest is pictured above). Here is a link to the designers blog, Bibliosophy, and the original blog post where you can download the pattern. Being that this was my first attempt at knitting, it’s a little bit wonky and I won’t even show you the mess I made of the back!

Here is a detail shot of the buttons going down the side.

I’m in the process of making another one in black and I have to say it’s going a lot smoother this time around.

–c.