30 Day Knitting Challenge
Day 11: Do you have a “Knitter Hero” or someone that is just way too awesome for their own good? Do share!

One of them would definitely be Eunny Jang. I came across a video of her explaining how to manage colourwork and almost immediately, she became one of my favourite online knitters.

Another Knitting Hero would be hands-down, elsteffo on YouTube. Eight years ago, I was only taught the knit stitch. Abbreviations like ”k2tog, psso, slk, yo” etc were like an alien language to me. While knitting my first lace project, elsteffo was the knitter that helped me out the most. Her video is clear, she is clear, she demonstrates well and I could understand what she was doing after the first playthrough.

PS. I don’t have a favourite pattern or designer, so I changed the question a little. >w<

30 Day Knitting Challenge
Day 10: Do you have a favourite pattern or designer? stitch? 

Stockinette. I love stockinette far too much than I should. 

This is a small snippet of a hat I’m currently knitting and it’s the first time I’ve knitted stockinette in the round. I have never seen my tension so pretty before… ever. Eveerrrr… 

Usually the purl side will muck it up, but there is no purl side here! =D 

*dances around*

30 Day Knitting Challenge
Day 9: What fibre or yarn do you love working with?

I don’t really have a set preference for yarn quite yet, but I’m pretty okay with anything I’m working with. Currently, I’m in that trial-and-error stage where I buy some new yarn, get to know the imperfections, and use it anyway. lollol. I’ve only started buying other brands of yarn quite recently. (mostly because before this, I was pretty occupied with getting that Gryffindor scarf finished)

The only time I can actually buy yarn is when I’m at college, ironically. There’s a place across the street and it’s the only yarn store I like buying from. mostly because the store-owners of other yarn stores in my area are TOTAL snobs and sharks… It’s okay, they can be rude… I just won’t buy from them. lol

So yeah, I’m kinda stuck with these guys here till Christmas break ends. *cuddles skeins* :3

The Gryffindor scarf: |here| and |here|

30 Day Knitting Challenge
Day 8: What’s your most challenging project?

The Merc’s Pride Scarf… 

In all honesty, it’s quite easy. Basic stockinette stitch and all that. The problem I’m having with it is that it constantly slows me down whenever I get to the stripes and that’s incredibly frustrating for me. It’s like taking a hundred-mile-roadtrip on an empty highway… with a Ferrari. Only problem is that this highway has a million-and-one speed bumps.

So you kinda speed up, bump, oops there goes your momentum, bump, there it goes again.

How did I ever convince myself this was a good idea? 

| Another post about the Merc’s Pride Scarf |

30 Day Knitting Challenge
Day 7: Your least favourite? (piece that you’ve knit)

None, really. ^^; Whenever I knit a new pattern and realise I’ll hate it, or find out that the size is grotesquely off (usually, after the first few inches/ hours), I’ll undo it. Yeah, it does hurt, so I’ll have to close my eyes and hold my breath before I can pull the stitches off the needles. xD I don’t mind my time going to waste, but I can’t stand my yarn going to waste. I’m an odd child.

I can confidently say that the projects I’ve actually finished are about 50% of the projects that I’ve started. ^^;

30 Day Knitting Challenge
Day 6: What is your favourite piece that you’ve knit?

Hands down, the Gryffindor scarf I made for my friend. ^^

This was the last picture I took of it before I packed it for my friend. It was a nice scarf. Soft, big and comfy. It measured up to around 7 feet or so. I had fun seeing how many times it could wrap around my head. lol xD Nin-nin! (points for you if you get the reference)

And, yes, that is my scrawny hand

Please avert your eyes from the colourful mass of yarn and whatnot on the table to your left. Nothing to see here, guys… Nothing to see……. xD

30 Day Knitting Challenge
Day 5: How long did it take from the time you learned how to knit, to finish your first project? 

In all honesty, I can’t remember. It was eight years ago. lol

Maybe a few days?

It was a simple garter stitch shirt with large bamboo needles, so it didn’t take too long. I remember curling up on my bed every night, knitting from 8pm to 9pm which is usually the hour I use to read my Enid Blyton books before sleeping. I used to be quite the Enid Blyton fan. ^^

30 Day Knitting Challenge
Day 4: How did you learn how to knit?

When I was 10, I went to a learning centre called “Kumon” twice a week after school for Math classes. One day, I had finished my work before my little brother and went to the waiting room outside (when you’re done with your work, you don’t linger in the classrooms).

I remember a lady - around 30-ish - sitting on one of the sofas knitting. Curiously, I watched her and then, she asked me, “Do you want to try?”

She taught me the knit stitch (though I didn’t know what it was at the time) and I remember that she was knitting something in stockinette. So, after I did the knit row, she’d purl the wrong side and hand it back to me to knit. After awhile, my mom came into the waiting room to pick me up and she saw me knitting. My mom used to crochet, and my grandmum used to do both, so I guess it was natural that she was supportive of my newfound interest. ^^

The next day, my mom brought me to a yarn store, where we bought needles and yarn and the store-owner taught me how to knit. I already had a vague idea, so I caught on easily. But honestly, the lady at the learning centre was much more supportive, patient and kind. The yarn-store owner might’ve taught me, but “the lady” was my real teacher. :)

She was probably someone’s mother. I never saw her after that day. :(

Though, I’d like to meet her again to say “thank you”.

30 Day Knitting Challenge
Day 3 - Do you have any other WIPs (works in progress)?

Shamelessly, yes. xD

I’m working on some cabled arm warmers because my arms get really cold when I’m writing or playing games and I have to wear a jacket most of the time. (the logic behind that is really stupid, actually, so I won’t delve too deep on that. lol)

Also, I have yet to properly sew together the two parts of the Gryffindor scarf I’ve been knitting. ><;

And I think the knitted flower I was making awhile back is still missing a few petals…

*shameshameshame*

PS. The colour isn’t too accurate because the picture was taken with warm lighting. (was knitting this in my grandmum’s house yesterday)