When I was a little girl, my Mom patiently tried to teach me how to crochet & knit. The crocheting came rather easily to me as long as I could crochet one looooong chain and didn’t have to figure out how to turn and then build something out of the massive chain. Unfortunately, I didn’t really have a need for a yarn chain that was two miles long… so I quit! The knitting on the other had was a little more challenging, you know… having to use two needles for a young girl who had no hand-eye coordination to speak of was almost impossible.
Fast forward several years… My sweet Mother-in-Law came to visit and taught me how to crochet FOR REAL and I discovered a love of the yarn arts. Knitting on the other hand, as much as I would love to knit… I have to admit that art has been a bit of a challenge for me. It’s a hand-eye coordination thing again, I can’t play video games either.
That is until I discovered Craftsy…
Have you discovered this site yet? It’s amazing! The team at Craftsy has worked really hard to create a site that is not only beautiful, but super user-friendly. I wrote a full craftsy review here.
It delivers top-notch online video classes that are unmatched on any other site that I have seen. They have searched high and low to find instructors that are masters at their crafts and then given them the tools to create the best online learning environment out there. Here’s an example…
If you are taking a class on how to quilt and half way through the video a question pops into your head. You can pause the video at that point and type your question right there in the user interface and the INSTRUCTOR will answer your question as soon as they see it!! How cool is that?
So here’s my thought… I want to learn how to knit. I want to be cool like Julia Roberts and all those other cool knitting people or if you just want to gift someone a handmade gift. I am going to sign-up for…the Knit Lab at Craftsy and I would LOVE it if you guys {all of you who don’t know how to knit, or would like to brush-up on your skills} to join me!! Won’t that be fun?
The sweet folks at Craftsy have given all of you guys a 25% discount on the price of the class. It’s only $29.99 for all my sweet WhipperBerry friends! Head over to Craftsy and check out The Knitting Lab and see all that it has to offer. You can even watch sample videos to see if this is something that you would like to do.
So, come learn to knit with me! If you decide to accept this challenge, leave a comment in the comments section and then let’s get started! I will check in with a post next week to show how far I have gotten and then maybe we can set-up a link party for everyone to show off what they’ve made in a few weeks.
So who’s in? I can’t wait to give this a go!!
