So, youre sitting on the bus home from work, or maybe the ferry, or the train, just fascinated with the young woman across from you working on her knitting. The color purple, needles flying away, it looks so complicated, but so beautiful! Youre intrigued, and youre thinking....I wish I knew how to do that!

Well, you can learn knitting if you wish. Let me be your fairy godmother! I can grant your knitting wish, without so much as waving a magic wand! But, if you insist, just imagine that silvery scepter and a bit of abracadabra twirling over your head, infusing you with all kinds of knitting secrets!

The 5 Easy Steps To Becoming A Knitter are as follows:

1) You need to get motivated! Think back to the first time you learned to ride a bicycle. Maybe you used training wheels for a while, or your mom or dad just hung on the side until you were ready to go it alone. But, there came a time when you knew...this is it! And away you went, solo, for the first time! You were scared, sure, but you were also absolutely determined to see it through without landing on the ground! You were motivated!

That same feeling is present in everything we do. The degree of intensity is the only difference. If you really want to learn to knit, or do anything else for that matter, something inside will be nagging at you to find out more.

Pick up a knitting magazine and find the simplest pattern there, or go online to a few of the better pattern sites. Choose a simple scarf, block afghan, purse, or vest to start with.

2) Put time aside. You do for everything else, dont you? You always have that extra hour for American Idol or CSI, so you need to put time aside for knitting, too. Of course, once it becomes second nature to you, knitting goes just great with TV or picnics, or train rides, or whatever. If you can find time to shop at the mall three times this week, and you really want to learn knitting, you will find the time!

3) Are you willing to learn new skills? Now thats a silly question, because we all learn new skills all the time, only we dont pay it much attention. If you work for a living or take classes, or mind babies, or run your own company, then you have your own special set of skills. The best part here is that you can fill up on as many new skills as you like and never have to worry about calories! Unlike school, there is no homework either!

4) Are you willing to make mistakes? If youre not, dont try knitting! Dont try anything new, as a matter of fact! If you think about it, everything you have ever done in your life you made mistakes at. Learning to walk, talk, use a cellphone, drive a car, take a test, speak a foreign language, drive out-of-state, be a parent, or be a child, mistakes are all around us! Thats how we learn. So, take a chance on you! You will be pleasantly surprised!

5) Pick up a simple knitting guide to help you learn best! I cant think of one better than my own, of course, Ready Or Knit...Here I Come! which can be found at my website, [www.TheKnitStitch.com]. This guide will walk you through all you need to know about learning to knit, complete with patterns, information on yarns, accessories, and lots of helpful tips to get you going!

So, remember, if you really, really, really, want to learn knitting, follow these 5 simple steps and the next time you are on your way home on that bus, ferry or train, it will be your purple (or red or yellow) yarn, and your needles flying, and I can just bet you this: there will be someone watching saying, I wish I knew how to do that!

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