Genius Hour 2.2
While working on my genius hour this week I had some struggles. I had gotten the basics of the knit stitches and purl stitches down, so I tried finishing off a project by binding the stitches off. This went perfectly fine, it was easy and simple. This is how my final practice stitches looked.
After I had practiced these techniques and got them down, I decided that I would try one of the projects that they give to me in the back of my book. The project was a type of hat, it was really difficult and I could not figure out how to do it. I would get my stitches cast on, then the next row you are supposed to knit two stitches, purl two stitches, and continue that all the way down. I was doing the stitches loose but they kept ending up really tight to the needle so when I would go to the next row of stitches I wouldn't be able to get my other needle into the yarn. I kept taking it off and trying again, but still couldn't get it right. So, I went and looked in my book to see specifically how to do it, and I figured out that I was supposed to move my working yarn to the other side of the needle after every two stitches.
Once I had figured that out I knit the rest of the rows like that and it went pretty smoothly. But I’m hoping to finish my hat for next weeks blog.
After I had practiced these techniques and got them down, I decided that I would try one of the projects that they give to me in the back of my book. The project was a type of hat, it was really difficult and I could not figure out how to do it. I would get my stitches cast on, then the next row you are supposed to knit two stitches, purl two stitches, and continue that all the way down. I was doing the stitches loose but they kept ending up really tight to the needle so when I would go to the next row of stitches I wouldn't be able to get my other needle into the yarn. I kept taking it off and trying again, but still couldn't get it right. So, I went and looked in my book to see specifically how to do it, and I figured out that I was supposed to move my working yarn to the other side of the needle after every two stitches.
Once I had figured that out I knit the rest of the rows like that and it went pretty smoothly. But I’m hoping to finish my hat for next weeks blog.
I like the final look of your project Ali. Have you thought of trying out different thicknesses of yarn and seeing if one works better than the other? I am also interested in how long it takes you to finish one of your projects. Keep up the good work, can't wait to see what's next.
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