Oh yes, she has finally gone over to the dark side. Her friends kept insisting that she needed to learn to knit. Crocheting since she was ten is fine but she needs to broaden her horizons, be more creative. She needs to be able to "speak" in knitting terms so she can understand her friends when they talk about knitting two together or passing over a slip stitch or using the million different ways to cast on.
So, she started on a pretty scarf pattern. She cast on, stitched till she was blue in the face and still had to tear it out several times! Did she persevere - yes, because her friends love her and would not steer her wrong - but not with that pattern! She looked over a variety of repeat knit patterns and decided to just do a scarf out of that - a simple lace to make a small scarf. It worked!!! She is actually knitting, the stitches are coming out evenly, she has not had to tear it out and the scarf is looking pretty good!
Does she still favor crochet - of-course! It is easy, fast and has so many options for a variety of fabrics that it will continue to be her top choice. But, now that she can knit a little, she can indeed broaden her horizons and be more creative and enter into knitting conversations with her friends:-) The dark side is not as dim as she thought it would be!
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