AAhhhhhh! Frustrated!!!

[Jennifer Z]

I got all ambitious and went out and bought my second "learn to knit" kit....I got one when I was pregnant and never got it to work, couldn't find the needles, so I bought another kit and two skeins of yarn. First a softer one that I couldn't see my stitches with and went out and got a nice white skein so I could see what I was doing. (thinking that would help)

I can't even get the *#%@#*!@! cast on right! Between my own ineptness and two little hands that think the yarn is to play with and runs off with my instruction book, this is REALLY frustrating!

I will have to see if there are knitting classes around here or something.

I think I am making this too hard, I don't know. I really want to be able to do this.

Maybe I will get to soakers by the time I have grandchildren...lol.

I just needed to vent.

[kate42]

I'm with you, Jennifer!

I bought a kit at Michael's a few weekends ago and gave up after about half and hour. :

I had all these fantasies about knitting my own soakers, but I seriously think that the learning process makes my blood pressure rise too much!

I can crochet fairly well, so I was dumb enough to think that knitting would be a breeze.

Hats off to all the knitters out there, I don't know how you do it!!!

[Maribel]

I'm sorry, but those kits suck. I couldn't learn with them. I'm a hands-on visual learner, so I need to see someone doing it in order for me to "get it". I took a knitting class at a local yarn shop. The project was a baby sweater. It was a lot of fun. If your yarn shop doesn't have classes, the ladies there are usually very helpful and will teach you right then and there.

[LdyBluNH@aol]

casting on is the hardest thing to figure out

if you can see it done, it makes sense but otherwise its kinda trickly to explain


maybe try going to a local bookstore and reading thru some instruction books

otherwise i'm sure a local yarn/knit shop could help

[Mattia]

I agree, casting on was the trickiest to learn.

I taught myself to knit from a 'how-to' book. It took me hours to get past the slip knot! You are so not alone, sister!

I also recommend going to a yarn shoppe, or have someone you know who knits show you the ropes. I've heard it's a lot easier to learn when you have someone to show you how!