Day 6: What do you have left to learn?

Today's blog should be pretty easy.  The topic per the site - Is there a pattern or skill that you don’t yet feel ready to tackle but which you hope to (or think you can only dream of) tackling in the future, near or distant? Is there a skill or project that makes your mind boggle at the sheer time, dedication and mastery of the craft? Maybe the skill or pattern is one that you don’t even personally want to make but can stand back and admire those that do. Maybe it is something you think you will never be bothered to actually make bu can admire the result of those that have.

I have a ton more to learn about knitting!  This year so far has been a blockbuster of a year of learning, even if I don't learn anything else the rest of this year - though that isn't likely!  I think that my biggest knitting weakness has to do with garments - both the knitting of and the understanding of fit.  I have knit one sweater and let's just say that I've never worn it.  It was a really fun knit, but the fit just didn't turn out right.  It was young in my knitting career and I just thought, well I will knit it as written and it will turn out perfectly!  Wrong!  The fit is close, but it's just not right.  I am truly in awe of people who can knit garments that actually fit AND look good. 

One of the problems I had is that I didn't try on the sweater enough during the knitting process.  Another problem is that I just didn't understand taking proper measurements.  I still don't think I understand proper measurements, but it is something that I'd like to learn/understand.  My interested in knitting garments really waned after that experience, but I'm beginning to catch the bug again.  Luckily for me, the topic for this month's Knitting Guild is about understanding fit in knitting as related to garments! I'm really looking forward to this learning experience!

It has also been brought to my attention that one can really learn a lot about knitting by reading books about knitting.  You mean, I'm not just suppose to buy them and let them sit on my shelf like pretty decorations??! Who knew! Okay, maybe I knew on some level.  I'm going to set a goal for myself to read my knitting books.  What's the worse that could happen?  I learn a thing or two (or three or four)?! That sounds pretty awesome to me.  

My first hat with cables - also first time doing cables