At first, it was very confusing, with C6F and T2B and crazy chart symbols. Kelly, the manager at the Elegant Ewe, was quite patient with me and explained things in a step by step manner. It reminded me of when I learned to tie my shoes. I was in tears one morning because everyone else seemed to know how to tie their shoes and I just didn't. My mother sat beside on the bed and said, "this is how." She demonstrated once: "This is the bird's wing, straight and tall. This is the bird's beak, grooming around the base of his wing in a circle. Then he tucks his other wing up beside the first, just as tall. When he flies, he pulls them out like this and they stand out straight!" Then I did it myself, her words recited in my head... I never needed another lesson, from then on. I was suddenly a shoe-lace tie-er, just like everybody else! I just needed to be shown, and to try it out in the presence of someone who knew how. I guess that makes me a kinesthetic learner. It's convenient, because it means I learn by doing. I just have to have the courage to try, and almost anything is possible...
Here is my first cable, a little tight, but my own!
The yarn is Sublime Extra Fine Merino, which I love. This is the yarn I bought, in a dusky green, for the IK Tilted Duster, which is still barely begun. So many projects, so little time!
3 comments:
Love that 'Sublime', and congrats on learning a new technique!
Thanks!
I do love the Sublime yarns, too. I've heard that the ones that aren't 100% natural don't knit up as nicely, but this baby merino is very nice, smooth, and pleasant to knit with!
I love the bird wing analogy - I've actually never heard that before! I learned by watching the bunny run around in a circle before disappearing down the hole. Or something like that.. I never understood the rhyme.
Congrats on learning a new skill - I'm a kinesthetic learner too!
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