I have been knitting for stress relief for the better part of a decade now. When I was young, I taught myself how to cast on, knit, and cast off using the instructions in a book written for 6-10 year olds. I did a few squares and scarves, but nothing more than that. I knew I was missing a lot of information on how to knit since I never could understand the way that people could make sweaters or anything like it. Fast forward to 2002 when a knitting friend of mine showed me how to purl for the first time. That was it. From that point on, my knitting skills just took off. I went back to my favourite way of learning, by reading knitting books and managed to learn plenty of new skills. 10 years later, I am attempting my first complex project without a pattern.
The image shown with this post is a photo of a dress that I started knitting on a whim. A friend of mine had passed away and I needed something to occupy my time. As the work progressed, I would think of things I wanted to insert into the project. Turns out making design decisions on the fly was easier than one would think. But since it is being designed on the fly, I am not sure what the end product will look like. There is a kind of exciting feeling that goes with this kind of work. I will keep you posted on the work as it progresses. It should be an interesting project.
