Knitting Disasters and Crunchy Leaves

Hello All!

As we approach the cool months of fall and winter, I think it's time to take out my needles and knit a scarf. There is one problem. I am a terrible knitter. I know this may come as a shock to you because if I'm a true old person, I should be a professional speed knitter and just whip out a scarf in a day. This, although it's hard to believe, is not true. Not in the slightest. Don't get me wrong, I love knitting, but the only time I have knitted a scarf I didn't even finish it. It began with this beautiful column of intertwined yarn and turned into an ever-expanding, kindergarten-level blob of string with gaping holes and getting wider with each row. It was awful to say the least. Okay, maybe it wasn't as awful as that. See attached picture and make that judgement for yourself. Oh gosh. I'm so embarrassed just to show you. Don't worry, I'm working on improving my skill.

Ugly, right??

So I think I'm going to start over; no apparent reason. If anyone else has knitting fail stories or knitting triumph stories, feel free to share them in the comments. (Although if you share a triumphant knitting story, I may get really jealous and have you knit me something and I'll just say I made it.) Definitely putting that on the knitting wall of shame. I'm sure there will be others to be on there too. I'm going to try to start again and hopefully it will turn out better this time. No guarantees.

If you see me around in the next few months, I'll most likely have my yarn and needles at hand for any free opportunity to knit. My goal is to knit one decent looking scarf by, oh let's say, Christmas? That might be too far of a stretch for me, I'm pretty slow. If anyone wants to teach me how to be a better knitter, that would be greatly appreciated. I'm sure it'll just take lots of time and practice to get better. I love doing it, so I'll just have to be patient with the process. 

In other, non-knitting related news, I finally made time to go out to the park on a fall photo excursion. I got a couple good shots, here's one of my favorites. My favorite part about fall is the changing colors of the leaves and being able to step on them and hear them crunch. (I honestly don't think there is anything that is more satisfying.) 

I haven't had a lot of times in the past week that I've felt like an old person. Although I say that now as I'm listening to classical piano music. Sometimes I do things and don't even realize that it's just not a normal thing to do. What other eighteen year old listens to classical music for pleasure? I'm sure there are tons, right? That doesn't make me old, does it? I'm sure there is a group of people that listen to classical piano music. I'll just keep telling myself that.

Well I hope you all are having a great week. Make sure to share this blog with your friends if you think they would find it interesting. And make sure to send in your Fantastic Photo Friday pictures to me by Friday morning! If you don't know what I'm talking about, read the post before this one.  

Thank you for all your kind words and support already, I can't wait to share more with you! 


Madeline