I just realized something. Knitting is like a foreign language. For some, the language is easy to learn, others, not so easy.
The Basic Knit Stitch= Hello, how are you?
The Purl Stitch= Thank you very much!
Decrease= What time is it?
Increase= Where is the bathroom?
SSK= How much for the drugs?
YO= Go to h@#$!
And so on and so on, we are continually learning more of the language. Once we can knit a sweater without a pattern, we're fluent and thinking in that language. Not just translating in our minds. We always keep learning new words and phrases (3 needle bind-off, kitchener stitch, magic loop). Knitters speak the same language, with varying degrees of fluency, dialect, and educational level. Knitters understand each other.
Source: ox2.org
On another note, I'm totally obsessed with Wenlan Chia's stuff right now. I think it is the fast factor that has hooked me in. There is a skirt in her book "Twinkle's Big City Knits" that I adore. (The book looks strangely dated to me already, can't explain it) She uses Bulky Lopi for the skirt...Excuse me!?! Can you believe this chick? The nerve! I would not make a skirt, a lovely evening skirt in Lopi! Is she is out of her mind? Burly Spun, maybe! But doubtful. Yarn selection will be tricky here.
I'll figure it out. In the mean time, I'll work on the other 26 UFOs in my possession. I know, I know!
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