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Well, this is my first meme, but it's one that I'm interested in doing, just to tally up all the things I've learned in the past year or so that I've gotten back into knitting. I learned to knit as a child from my mom, but it wasn't until I found knitting blogs and sites like Knitty and Magknits that I got excited about knitting again! Super Eggplant was the first blog I ever read. I stumbled upon her blog via her totebag tutorial, and noticed that she also wrote about knitting. From there, I found Yarn-a-go-go, Half baked, and of course the Yarn Harlot. I was hooked! Eventually I got tired of stalking each blog to see if they'd posted anything new, and found Bloglines. Now my Bloglines list is totally out of control, as you can see in the right sidebar, but it's fun, and I can usually get through new posts by sitting down a little at a time on the weekends.

And now, on to the meme! Prior to this newfound excitement, the only things I had ever knit were a garter stitch blanket for my Grover doll out of something akin to Red Heart "Mexicana" (my very first project), and numerous feather-and-fan baby blankets for my friends in my 20s when they all started having kids. Everything else has been in the last year or so, and I'm so glad to have found a way to satisfy my thirst for learning new things in something I really enjoy!

Bold for stuff you’ve done, italics for stuff you plan to do one day, and normal for stuff you’re not planning on doing. I added links to representative FOs, where it made sense to. I tried not to have any repeats, but there are a couple.

Afghan/Blanket
I-cord
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl (Icarus WIP)
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up
Knitting with camel yarn
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Hat
Knitting with silk (again, Icarus WIP)
Moebius band knitting
Participating in a KAL
Sweater
Drop stitch patterns
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
Slip stitch patterns
Knitting with banana fiber yarn
Domino knitting (modular knitting)
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Two end knitting
Charity knitting
Knitting with soy yarn
Cardigan
Toy/doll clothing
Knitting with circular needles
Knitting with your own handspun yarn
Slippers
Graffiti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street)
Continental knitting (I can do it, but I'm not that fast at it)
Designing knitted garments (just basic stuff so far)
Cable stitch patterns (incl. Aran)
Lace patterns
Publishing a knitting book
Scarf
Teaching a child to knit
American/English knitting (as opposed to continental)
Knitting to make money
Button holes
Knitting with alpaca
Fair Isle knitting
Norwegian knitting
Dying with plant colors
Knitting items for a wedding
Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cozies…)
Knitting socks (or other small tubular items) on two circulars
Olympic knitting
Knitting with someone else’s handspun yarn
Knitting with DPNs
Holiday related knitting
Teaching a male how to knit
Bobbles
Knitting for a living
Knitting with cotton
Knitting smocking
Dying yarn
Steeks
Knitting art
Fulling/felting
Knitting with wool
Textured knitting
Kitchener BO
Purses/bags
Knitting with beads
Swatching
Long Tail CO
Entrelac
Knitting and purling backwards (during the entrelac scarf previously linked)
Machine knitting
Knitting with self-patterning/self-striping/variegating yarn
Stuffed toys
Baby items
Knitting with cashmere (Branching Out WIP)
Darning
Jewelry
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Writing a pattern (again, basic stuff)
Gloves
Intarsia
Knitting with linen
Knitting for preemies
Tubular CO
Freeform knitting
Short rows
Cuffs/fingerless mitts/arm warmers
Pillows
Knitting a pattern from an on-line knitting magazine
RugKnitting on a loom
Thrummed knitting
Knitting a gift
Knitting for pets
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Hair accessories
Knitting in public

Looking at this list, the things I'd like to tackle in the next year are: steeks, button bands/buttonholes, tubular caston and castoff, and mittens/gloves.

Woo, that list makes me feel really good. For people who say that knitting is hard, or that certain techniques used in knitting are hard, I have to say just try it. There are so many resources available on the internet to help out. Instructions, tutorials, photos, even videos. I didn't know how to do any of this a year ago. I could do knits, purls, k2tog, and yarn over. That was it! Just try it, and you can learn new things, too!