Hi! I just learnt how to knit a couple months ago, when I started to attend a meetup group with my mom. I learned to crochet in school, but I always failed to learn knitting, maybe because I'm left handed?. But something clicked now that I'm an adult and I'm hooked. I'm mostly taking on smaller projects like hats and mittens, these are the first I made to give away to a friend for her little girl (3yo) but they ended up being too small lol.
Used free patterns found online, the mittens were done with crochet. I don't know what else to put in here ๐ So feel free to ask if I'm missing some important info here, please.
Edit: Thank you everyone for your kind words, I look forward to keep sharing my projects in such an encouraging and lovely community ๐
Aha! Yes mom definitely knows what she's talking about ๐ The more complex the stitch pattern the more solid the colourway is definitely a good rule to live by, although in fairness a lot of people love to use variegated for everything even if the stitch pattern does ultimately get a bit lost.
It's one of those personal preference things you'll end up just experimenting with here and there. I was so afraid of making the "wrong" yarn choice I stuck to entirely solids for probably a year haha, don't be like me, it's not that big a deal.