R's First FO

Confession:  I've been a terrible mom/blogger.  I've been remiss in the timely sharing of these pictures of R's very first knitted finished object, a scarf.  These were taken, pre-haircuts, during the summer.  He started knitting it here on July 13th, 2005  and, picking it up again from time to time over the year, he finished it this last summer.   I just checked the date these pictures were taken and guess what day it was:  July 12, 2006!  It took him EXACTLY one year to make his first scarf!!!!   (Well, that's when I got around to weaving all the ends in, anyways.)  He made it for his cousin, my brother's son, and presented it to him a week before his 2nd birthday when we were in Seattle in the end of September.  The picture of E from the same day is just because he asked me to take one of him, too.

R has been asking me to teach him the purl stitch for awhile and finally I agreed the other evening before bedtime.  He tried, quickly getting frustrated by it because he was too tired.  It is rare that I'm up and about before the boys are but the following morning I was awake and enjoying a few minutes of quiet knitting before he came down the stairs.  He took one look at me, didn't say a word, went and got his needles and yarn, crawled into bed with me and, within a few minutes, with a little help, was knitting and purling every other row, "making the V stitches" or, alternatively, "making the teepee stitches," as he calls stockinette stitch.  He made a square, casting off by  himself, and is sending it off to my mom to show her that he can purl now. 

Comments

[Carrie]

What a doll. How sweet that he is so proud of his knitting! Good for you teaching him to knit. My husband has already been making those macho "no son of mine" rumblings, but I told him if he discouraged our boy from learning something he wanted to learn, I wouldn't let Bug play football or go hunting and I'd make him wear pink to school. He knows I'm kidding, but I think I made my point. :-D

[Christine]

That's the cutest thing I've seen all day! My son is also begging to learn to knit. My children's school has a "knitting club" going on once a week and I have the feeling I'll be helping quite a bit with that! I'll have to show him this post later today!

[terhi]

Oh what a look on his face! Well done R!

[Sheree]

How cool is that! My little man asks to learn to knit, but we try and he can't quite get it. He's only 4.5 so it might be a while before he gets the hang of it.

Love how proud your boy looks!

[Angsoka]

That's so sweet !
My boyfriend asked me to teach him but he stopped quickly... he hadn't much time for that did he said ;o)

[peg]

What a neat little guy - his first FO in knitting. I bet he is starting to make wonderful 'v' stitches. Won't his grandma be so pleased! You can bet it gets a place of honour!

[chelee]

That is one great looking scarf! My ds H is still on the knit stitch and needs me to CO for him. However, I think he's ready to try when he asks.

Congratulations!

[Bethany]

How awesome is that!! Congratulations R, your scarf is beautiful!

[wenders]

Gorgeous! The knitting, the kids...!

[caro]

Amazing! Very, very, very cool.

[maryse]

congratulations R! what a wonderful scarf! and what a lucky cousin he has!

[Michelle]

Good job R! What a piece of art. Color, texture, shape--it's all there. Can't wait to see what you'll make next. :)

[laurie]

it's funny that you mentioned the boys hair. that's the 1st thing i thought of, right after, "cute scarf!!", boy does their hair grow fast!

[Sue]

Wow how terrific is that. I just taught my daughter how to knit a few months ago (she is 5)and she picks it up every now and then. She does rather well unless she wraps an extra bit of yarn around the needle, and then creates a big hole, but I think it so cute that they learn something so young. Your sons look so cute in those pictures too.

[Nadia]

I love the pride in both of their eyes!

[Krista M]

Way to go R! You did an outstanding job and you should be proud of yourself! Doesn't it feel good to give others a gift you created? That's one of the many reasons I knit.

[georgia]

what a sweet story! the scarf looks great. and good job for learning how to purl so quickly. it took me days.

[Julia]

too cute! Congrats R!!

[Debi]

Such adorable young men, and now R's a knitter too! How cool is that? :)

[Allegra]

That scarf is adorable, as are your boys! I love the determination R has!

[kmkat]

Awww, what a guy!

[Carmen]

i love this scarf!

[lla]

Wonderful - your boys, the scarf, all of it....