Bow for my Hair

Remember this? It's the thing I made yesterday when I was learning how to knit.

Well it's not much use by itself is it? I'd better turn it into something. I start by sewing the edges together to make a loop of knitting.

Then I flatten it and stitch through both layers.

I found this piece of ribbon - I'm going to stitch it to the back, then wrap the ribbon around and stitch it in place.

Now I'll cut another length of ribbon and do this triangle cut this on the ends (secured against fraying with a tiny bit of glue.

This is a blank hair clip.

Not for long though. First I'll tie a length of thread onto the edge of the clip (there's a convenient little hole for this) and I'll make a couple of stitches in the wool. Then I'll wrap the thread around the clip, making more stitches in my bow along the way. Then I just tie the thread in the hole at the other end and the clip is finished.

I quite like this. I think I'll make the next one even better.

Knitting

Today Mummy taught me how to knit. I did plan on showing how in pictures, but it's really hard to take photos of it when you don't have a good camera. It doesn't like to focus and the flash is too bright. I'll take some pictures of how to knit maybe another time.

I acquired these knitting needles a few months ago. Granny didn't want them anymore.

Mummy showed me how to cast on and then how to make the next row of stitches.

Then I was on a roll :)

And after ninety minutes or so I'd done this much!

Yeah, knitting takes a long time. It was about then that I tried to move my fingers and realised that I couldn't. Mummy said it was because I'm not used to it.

So I had a little break and then I carried on.

After a while it occurred to me that if I took my knitting off its needle the whole thing would unravel, so there must be another thing to learn. Mummy called it casting off. It was a bit tricky at first - you have to make two stitches, then pull the first one over the second one and off the needle, without dropping the second one. Then you make a third stitch and pull the second one over it and drop it. And so on. But my fingers wouldn't move properly so Mummy finished it for me. 

My piece took about two and a half hours, and it's not very big. It must take years to knit a jumper! Here's the thing I made.

It would seem that I managed to make more stitches on each row. Maybe next time I'll find a simpler wool to use. This one's got two different types of thread wrapped around each other, which is pretty but not all that good for beginners.