Grandmother's Favorite Dishcloth

The other day, I blogged about my first knitting project.  This is another one of those great first knitting projects.  It has only additional skill than the garter stitch scarf, the yarn over.  That makes this an awesome second project for beginning knitters.

It is a great mindless project for knitting while watching TV.  I think that I will knit up some more for my family's grab bag this year for Christmas.  The theme this year is made in the USA.  Obviously anything that I knit is made in America, but I think that I'll use American grown cotton to make it extra appropriate.

Happy knitting!

~Colleen

Looking Back at My First Knitting Project

My first ever knitting project was a scarf (shocking, I know).  I made a simple garter stitch scarf.  There is a reason, of course, why this is the first project that every knitter tries their hand at.  The only skills that one needs to know in order to make it are:

• cast on
• garter stitch/the knit stitch
• bind off

Seriously it is the best project to start with to familiarize yourself with the very basics of knitting.  To make it a little more challenging you could add stripes to it to practice changing yarns.  One mistake I made as a beginner knitter, was making several of these scarves as gifts for everyone I knew.  This makes a great first project, however one is enough.  After you have made one of these it's time to try something different to add to your skill set.

I'm curious what everyone else starts with as their first project.  If your reading this I would love to hear about your first knitting projects in the comments!

~Colleen