My First Knitted Project

Hey needlework friends! So a while back I remember there was a "then and now" contest, but at the time I didn't know where my "then" was, lol. Anyway, in my recent move, I found it, so I thought I'd do a little reminiscing and show y'all my very first knitted project ever!

I was 11 years old when I made this, way back in 1989. One of the teachers at my elementary school started a knitting club and a bunch of us sixth grade kids would stay after school to learn to knit.

You can see where I started off slow and careful, and then once I felt more confident I got fast and sloppy, ha ha:

And then once I realized that was a problem, I figured out how to keep things neat by the end:

This was, as I recall, done on size 8 needles (I still have them).

My most recent scarf would be Brighid's scarf, done on teeny tiny size 2 needles, hee hee:

Thanks for reading my very belated "then and now" post! 😄