Knitting Miseries

To put it mildly, my knitting is not going well. Even though I took up this new hobby six months ago, I still seem to have trouble learning and incorporating new techniques..

I attended a "Knitting 102" class at my LYS yesterday, and felt so nervous and anxious about not being able to keep up I was embarrassed. The instructor, who is a professional art teacher and was excellent, covered topics such as gauge, increasing and decreasing, and pattern interpretation. The project assigned was a scarf knitted of panels highlighting the new stitches.

Well, I was all thumbs. I had only gotten four hours sleep the night before, and made the mistake of drinking a Red Bull directly before the class began. After all, knitting is supposed to be relaxing, but I was instead a nervous wreck throughout the entirety of the two-hour period.

I've found it difficult, in a class setting, to concentrate while the rest of the class is talking incessantly. I just can't focus.

The end result is that I learned virtually nothing in the class that I can now recall. I will have to pick up directions for the various stitches from the Internet, and that usually works prettty well. But I must admit I'm tiring of knitting and purling; I'm ready to proceed to a higher level with my knitting. The problem is it's not happening.

Yet I continue to practice, practice, practice. I love knitting and can't get enough of it, even if I do knit like shit. I'm determined to continue to learn and improve my skills. In fact, I'm counting on it.