i learned the kitchener stitch today. so now i know how to knit, purl, kitchener, cast on , cast off. i own a couple sets of straights, 2 bamboo and 2 metal; and one boye interchangeable set. I really want to follow a ravelers suggestion and get a gunsmith to combine my boye needles with knit picks cables (unless someone convinces me that addi turbo interchangeables would be better than this.)
i have made one full sweater in my life. got another going. learned 2 at a time socks pretty quickly. so much fun! I used to think of myself as a strict pattern follower. now i feel like maybe i can create something on my own. i have heard elizabeth zimmerman’s books are great; i own none. my question now is which of her books should i buy first? my goal is to be able to say oohhh i want to make a sweater (or socks) like this and then create such without following a pattern per se.
am i learning backwards? learning to follow patterns before creation? or do others create first and then make patterns from what they create ( like several designers i have heard and read about on ravelry) ?
