New To Knitting.....

Hello, I guess I should introduce myself to the world. I am Katy 35 married from the UK. I taught myself to crochet some 8 years ago now via youtube when I was needing something in my life at a very difficult time with my mental health and I love it so much. My nan had taught me to knit when I was a small child, I think around 9 years old I was and oh my I was so funny, she would cast me on 20 stitches and I would always end up with 3 or so stitches left and huge holes from dropping the stitches hahaha, I really never could work out how i managed it. So some years later I really wanted to give it another go as I was seeing such beautiful knitted socks all over instagram and I wanted in on this fun and all that stunning hand dyed yarn all over Etsy was screaming my name, January 1st 2017 set me on a new path to where I am now. Oh boy did i scream and say some very choice works while trying to cast on! Good old YouTube to the rescue and what can i say? the rest is history. I have taught myself to knit socks and am now on pair number 7 for the year. I am taking part in a KAL over on Ravelry, you knit 12 pairs of socks (4ply) in 12 months and keep them all in a pretty box. You can find the group YarnGasm Podcast honestly i have never enjoyed something so much as I am right now. So here are my first ever pair of hand knitted socks from January. The yarn is from FeltFusion on Etsy, all the yarn I buy is from UK sellers due to high postage and custom charges for me to buy it sadly.

Next time I will show you my second pair of socks I have done and so on. I am going through a very hard time with my mental health and my best friend in the entire world has just passed away my gran and I am struggling so I will be back soon to show you more. Well that's if anyone finds this little old blog of mine.

Till next time, Happy Knitting x