For the most part, I consider myself to be a beginner when it comes to knitting. Yes, as a child my grandmother introduced me to some basic knitting techniques including the knit stitch, and I learned how to cast on much later, learned to purl, taught myself the elongated stitch, and with my grandmother's help, even completed a keyhole scarf, but other than that I've never completed anything. I seem to keep coming back to knitting over the years, always tempted by the lovely knitting patterns and colourful wools, but I haven't accomplished much.
About a year and a half ago my sister and I were in a local wool store and suddenly got tempted by one of berroco's knitting pattern books. In particular, we really wanted to have the red sweater on the front, and so we quite spontaneously bought nine balls of berroco's blackstone tweed yarn with the intention that we would each knit half of the sweater. A year and a half later, I'm only just starting on it, and definitely not without a struggle. In case you're interested, you can find a picture of the sweater at the following URL: http://www.berroco.com/287.291/288/288_nectarine_pv.html.
I've found that the yarn splits very easily, so it took me a few gos before I managed to get the stitches cast on properly; I kept breaking the yarn and always had to start over. I finally cast the stitches on very loosely so that I wouldn't have to be as forceful with the yarn, and so far so good. I have about two inches of the lower ribbing on the back of the sweater done, with only one more inch to go before I have to go onto the next step. I'm quite please with the consistent tension of my knitting so far, and it already feels like a big accomplishment to have something that resembles a piece of the sweater.
I'll keep updating my progress here. Hopefully this is a knitting project I will finish!
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