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When and where did you learn.  What kinds of things do you knit?

I learned how to Tunisian knit last year.....I just make scarves    I am not good at needle knitting...tooooooooo much counting etc...LOL

I can crochet tho...I prob have at least 3 afghans going.............

Not really.  I taught myself from online videos one summer a few years back...made one scarf.  And that's about it...lol.

CarrieG wrote:I learned how to Tunisian knit last year.....I just make scarves    I am not good at needle knitting...tooooooooo much counting etc...LOL

I can crochet tho...I prob have at least 3 afghans going.............
 

you might want to look for the "Do You Crochet" thread too.  lol   points are being sprinkled everywhere . . . . . .  just saying

I love to knit but find it hard to have more than a couple hobbies...  I learned when I was pregnant with my first son almost 20 years ago.  I did a lot of knitting for about 5 years--sweaters, hats, blankets--now I have tubs of yarn that I stockpiled.  I keep saying that I will pick it back up when my scrapbooks are up to date...

Heck, yeah!  I've knitted since I was 16 (that was almost 24 years ago).  My best friend's mom taught a class to a bunch of girls at school.  The others didn't stay with it too well.  I do lots of scarves (I usually give those away to the homeless shelter) and baby blankets and regular size throws/blankets.  Usually nothing too complicated.  I like to be able to knit while I watch tv or travel in the car. 

My mum and daughter are avid knitters, but I have enough trouble finding time for scrapbooking!

No, but I have a friend who does

Unfortunately no. I want to learn and keep looking for local teachers for a number of different types of crafting, like sewing and quilting.

never learned how to knit. 

I don't knit but I wish that I did.  I need one of those "knitting for dummies" type of book so that I can learn!

Very poorly...

My mom tried teaching me but it just didn't grab me at all.

No but I would love to learn one of these days.

mom taught us when we were little. I never made anything, besides a Barbie cover up! 

I learned to knit afghans in college and tried to pick it up again a couple of years ago, but didn;t do it so well.

ok this will tell you how really old I am.  When I was 17, I took 2.00 and went to the dime store and bought a pair of knitting needles, a how-to book and a ball of yarn. I had a dollar left from the 2.00 (lol-see I am old) and got a couple tacos and a Dr. Pepper and went home and taught myself to knit.  lol    I knit just about anything I feel like or see a pattern to and if y'all were around here I would teach every one of you that wants to learn.  I taught a former work friend how to do the basics and then after her first scarf, she found a youtube video that helped her when I didn't have time and now she knits like she has been doing it all her life.    Unfortunately the cost of yarn is making it tough to knit really large things much anymore.

Yes -- but not well! My grandmother taught my sister and I at different times. My sister is amazing and can make anything. Me not so much, but I do have all my grandmothers knitting needles( they were not with the crochet hooks lol )!!!

I took a beginner knit class at a local yarn class with three other scrapbookers about four years ago.  Now there are only two of us that still scrapbook AND knit.  I'm the most active scrapper!!