We've started a group at school making story sacks, currently working on The Hungry Caterpillar which involves knitting a lot of green balls. Now I've always known I was a slow knitter, going for consistency rather than speed(!), but at the first meeting it got ridiculous. So I've been inspired to try to speed up my knitting, or at least make it more efficient.
After much envious watching of the Yarn Harlot on youtube, and after reading somewhere that if you do something every day for a month it will become a habit, I decided that my just-started cardigan was the ideal project on which to learn lever knitting. I'm knitting Common Ground, which starts with garter stitch (practise the knit stitch first), then has a period of stocking stitch (add in the purling) before doing a little light lace work and ending with the ultimate challenge, ribbing.
I'm now part way down the lace section and I can report that the knit stitches are ok, the lace a little more challenging, and the purling still rubbish. Still, I've got till New Year to practice, and I should get a bit more knitting time once Christmas actually gets here.
