Mikah Jones

Not many people know this about me, but I love to knit. The funny thing about my knitting past is that the first time I actually tried to knit, it turned out to be a complete failure. I had gotten a knitting kit from one of those scholastic fairs and I was ready to begin knitting. I pictured myself making gloves, socks, sweaters, and really anything that could be made with yarn. There was only one thing that was stopping me from accomplishing that dream, I couldn't figure out how to cast on. For anyone who doesn't know what casting on it, it is essentially getting the yarn on the needle. Since I couldn't get the yarn on the needle properly, I gave up on knitting and decided that my knitting career was over (dramatic, I know).

After my initial knitting encounter, I didn't think that I would attempt knitting again. At one point I tried crocheting . My friend tried to teach me, but just like knitting, it turned out to be a failure as well. I was starting to think that anything involving yarn was my downfall. That was until one of my teachers started a knitting club. I didn't know about it until one day I was after school my friend wanted em to join her. I was very reluctant to pick up knitting needles again, but I went with it. I'm not sure what went different this time around, but I was actually getting the hang of it. I was able to get the yarn on the needle properly and was finally able to complete my first pattern. I had even accidentally mastered a knitting skill that wasn't taught to me yet. I was so excited that I had successfully learned how to knit that I was practicing it every chance that I got. Soon enough, I was asking for more patterns to try out and even helping my friends out.

Though most people don't think knitting is very significant, I have come to learn that something as small a knitting can be incorporated into other bigger aspects of my life.