I've tried to learn to knit probably ten times over the course of... about as many years.

I crochet (badly), and picked that up very quickly. Knitting always seemed ridiculously hard and complicated by comparison. I could not get my head around making both hands work together, or pulling the yarn through the loops without a hook on the end of the needle.

Then, last time I learnt to knit - just before Christmas - I tried to learn again and it just... clicked? I made a bunch of knit squares thinking I might seam them up and make a blanket (I loved crocheting blankets), then got bored. I really wanted to learn how to knit to make socks, so I decided to make some socks. There's some pictures and some rambling about it behind the cut.

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