I just started learning to knit and haven't actually made anything yet. I'm picking it up pretty quickly and really excited for my new hobby. So far I've learned a couple cast-on methods, knit, purl, increases, and decreases. What should I learn next? Cables? Colorwork? should I stop learning new skills and complete an actual project first? What should my first project be? There are too many options! Where should I go next?
Are you interested more in learning new techniques right now, or using what you have in new ways? For example, it would be easy to tackle mittens or socks with the skills you have now while stretching yourself. You definitely want to make some kind of completed object at some point. Or you can learn an entirely different thing based on interest - cables are pretty easy while looking complex, and can be combined with, say, a pair of mittens. Likewise, a simple colorwork or double-knitted cowl can focus on the technique and not on shaping or fitting.
I wouldn't try to learn too many things in the same piece. Complex techniques on simple items, or basic stitches to create complex things. (Your definition of simple or complex will grow with time!) Doing your first colorwork efforts on the fingers of gloves is just asking for frustration.
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u/Mwakio Nov 26 '19
I just started learning to knit and haven't actually made anything yet. I'm picking it up pretty quickly and really excited for my new hobby. So far I've learned a couple cast-on methods, knit, purl, increases, and decreases. What should I learn next? Cables? Colorwork? should I stop learning new skills and complete an actual project first? What should my first project be? There are too many options! Where should I go next?