How old where you when you first knitted your first scarf??

@Anne18 (11029)
November 13, 2012 3:13pm CST
I was a late starter when it came to knitting, maybe because its because i'm left handed, I don't really know. So I was 12 years old when I knitted my first scarf, it was very holey as I dropped many stitches while knitting the scarf, and the casting on and off was very loopy!!! BUT...... I did it.. I knitted my first scarf! My knitting hasn't progressed that much in all of the following years, I can cast on and off neatly and follow a basic pattern as longs as its in what they call garter stitch. SO.... how old were you when you knitted your first scarf?
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
14 Nov 12
I don't remember when I knitted my first scarf, but the first thing I knitted was a dog blanket for my (tiny) terrier cross. I was a young teenager, probably 13 or 14. I'm glad the dog wasn't too picky.
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@Anne18 (11029)
14 Nov 12
The dog wouldn't have minded if you had droped a few stitches etc, he would just enjoy being warm
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
14 Nov 12
I doubt he ever noticed.
• United States
14 Nov 12
28! I didn't have anyone to teach me how to knit so I had to teach myself from books... my first scarf looked like a zigzag I do much better now though...
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@Anne18 (11029)
14 Nov 12
Zig zag can be very fashionable. Well done on teaching yourself from books
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
21 Nov 12
I also knitted my first scarf (my first anything) when I was about 12. I did one side purl and the other side palin and so the sides curled in. . It was a learning curve (pun intended). It was red and white for my football team. I also tried to do tassels on the ends but I failed in that department. I've knitted many jumpers and cardigans since then.
@AmbiePam (85593)
• United States
18 Nov 12
Oh you braggart! I wish I knew how to knit. My grandmother can, actually both of my grandmas could although one is now gone. They have done some wonderful work and I'm happy to have some of it as a keepsake.
@BarBaraPrz (45511)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
13 Nov 12
I don't remember how old I was. I do, however, remember my mother trying to teach my sister to knit and my sister wondering why her scarf wasn't getting any longer... turns out she was just moving the stitches from one needle to the other, without actually knitting.
@Anne18 (11029)
13 Nov 12
Thats cute, I reemmber winding the wool round the needles at a young age and saying that I was really knitting!! The things we try and get away with when we were children.
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@meowchie (992)
• Philippines
15 Nov 12
Wow good for you! I honestly had kits for this when I was younger, but never learned doing it right so I left that activity behind.. @.@
@Anne18 (11029)
15 Nov 12
Perhaps you will now try again? Let us know how you get on if you decide to try