A Tale of Knitting Bitterly
I first tried knitting in 2002 or 2003. I'm not sure which--I was sixteen or seventeen at the time. I learned how to do a long-tail cast on and how to knit and purl. As a result, I knitted a piece about eighteen inches wide and four inches tall in 2x2 rib. And then the royal blue yarn and the aluminum size 9 needles sat abandoned in my closet. And then I moved, and they sat abandoned in my new closet. Eleven months ago today, 22 September, I walked into the yarn store near my university and bought yarn and knitting needles. I had seen a pattern online for a Hogwarts scarf and wanted to make one for my little sister for Christmas, so I purchased yellow and black yarn (Hufflepuff colours) and a size 7 circular needle and, with the help of YouTube and half a dozen knitting sites, I cast on again, some seven or eight years after I first attempted knitting, and began knitting again. Just knitting. Solid knitting. Solid stockinette...