Recently I learned how to knit Continental style, and I have been loving every minute of it! I pull out my supplies and pull up Netflix. I knit and watch a show, it is the most relaxing thing ever. Laughing to whatever show I am watching, but paying attention to what I am knitting. Doing projects at a beginner level is the perfect amount of focus I need when wanting to relax. When watching Netflix, I just feel like I'm sitting there. I'm enjoying the show, but it just doesn't feel like I can relax. I have a desire to play on my phone, or fiddle with something. By introducing knitting, it gives me the right amount of focus I need while enjoying my entertainment. It is not as in depth and stressful like the amount of focus being a student requires.

Within the first few days, I made a really nice rug! A handful of snow days canceling classes definitely gave me lots of time to get a head start on my project.

While I am neither a professional at knitting or crocheting, I have found that I enjoy knitting much more. Knitting just seems more involved, I don't know why I feel like that. When doing crochet, after a few rows, I find myself growing bored with it and put it down. Also, keeping the correct tension as your knitting seems to be much easier as compared to crocheting. Before learning, I never knew there was two different types of knitting, Continental Knitting, and American Knitting. Check out this YouTube video that explains the differences. Continental Knitting vs. American Knitting

What I need to work on is learning the lingo of knitting, I don't understand what different abbreviations or words mean. I also need to learn how to purl.I'm not exactly sure what purling does differently to the pattern, but I'm going to find out soon!