The end is nigh! Having arrived at the final blog post I find myself reflecting on my original learning goal for this project. Wisely, I did not define success as looking like a finished shawl (phew!) but to: -have a strong grasp on the physical motions required to do the stitch and can do it…

I have really, really struggled to find the motivation or time to work on my shawl this week. It’s not that I don’t want to, but there always seems to be something more pressing on my plate, and when I finally do have the time for something other than writing lesson plans, I generally want…

According to my learning plan, my goal for this week is to ”work on memorizing the repeats so that I can work the pattern without always having it in front of me.” I haven’t quite made it to the point where I can get through a row without referencing the pattern at some point, but…

According to my learning plan, this week I’m supposed to be “reading and watching videos that explain how mosaic knitting actually works so that I can fix mistakes.” Ooooh boy, this couldn’t have come at a better time. It’s almost like I could see the future when I wrote that! A Little Too Much Confidence…

My goal for this week according to my learning plan is: keep working on becoming comfortable with the hand motion and develop the ability to do it more smoothly and at a faster/more rhythmic pace. How it’s going I’ve always found that the most effective way to improve at any knitting skill is through repetition.…

According to my learning plan, my task this week is: cast on project and try to work the first repeat, however slow or frustrating it might be. Casting on Honestly, I’ve been putting off casting this project on. I find casting on any project frustrating, and this one uses a technique that I’ve always avoided:…

According to my learning plan, this week I need to choose and purchase yarn, needles and pattern, read over pattern in depth and watch YouTube videos demonstrating mosaic knitting technique. Yarn Well, I was so excited about my new project that I went and purchased the yarn right away as shown in my last blog…

Two years ago, during the onset of Covid-19, everything went online. School, work, entertainment, socializing—suddenly I went from experiencing everything in person to through a screen and I developed a need for something tactile, something real and hands-on. That’s when I decided to teach myself to knit. It wasn’t an entirely new concept to me…