I made a thing!

[kareila]

I knitted a garter stitch square, then kept going until it was longer than my knitting needles, then bound off halfway and knitted a bit more to make a top flap, sewed the bottom and side seams together and... voila! A pouch to hold my knitting needles!



It even has a buttonhole! I followed the advice of the "Buttonholes are Bastards" chapter of Knitting in Plain English and ended up with something that wasn't too terrible!

If I were going to make another one, I would try knitting the pouch in the round to avoid the side seam. But considering this is My First Knit Ever I am very pleased with how it turned out.

Now that I more-or-less have the hang of knitting, I need to figure out purling.

(crossposted from kareila)

Comments

[anatsuno]

Woot! Bravo!

[jackandahat]

Congratulations!

[nonniemous]

That's so much fun, when your first knitted thing really comes together. Congratulations!

[laughingrat]

It is a thing indeed! And it is cute and functional! :-D

[moonpuppy]

Now that I more-or-less have the hang of knitting, I need to figure out purling.

It's exactly like knitting, except, ya know, backwards.

::ducks and runs::

[afuna]

\o/!

[indywind]

congratulations!

[zats_clear]

fabulous! btw, make that again in a felting wool, larger than needed, and then felt it and your needles won't even poke thru!

*is impressed by your buttonhole superpowers*

[kareila]

Felting is another Great Mystery I'm not prepared to tackle yet. :)

[zats_clear]

actually, I was quite pleased. It was just me, my washer, and my little project and voila...

[kareila]

Ooh, so you're not actually distressing the fibers by hand - you're just machine washing it repeatedly to get the same effect?

[kareila]

I don't have a Ravelry account yet. I guess I should get around to it...

[zats_clear]

the best thing about Ravelry is that I can keep track of what yarns I use for each project and what the pitfalls were. For that, it is invaluable!

[kareila]

Heh, I'm using a scrapbook for that. I guess that's the analog version. :)

[tantekoo]

Congratulations on your first Thing! Well done! 8D