I thought it was impossible for me to learn until a friend agreed to teach me. The first lesson was three hours. 
I learned several ways to cast on, all the basic stitches, and how to cast off. I thought I was done, but she told me that my homework was to practice all of the stitches for several rows and create a swatch of my progress. During the second lesson, she brought some ruffle yarn and had me begin a scarf that I was supposed to complete by the third lesson. Knitting with the ruffle yarn was so much easier so I made scarves for my daughter, sister, and a close friend. But I was not off the hook for regular knitting. My third and final lesson helped clear up a lot of the confusion about needle knitting. After the lesson, I made some terrible attempts at scarves and hats for family. My niece outgrew her hat, but still wears the scarf. I am determined to get it back from her so there is no record of how bad I started out. I had to FROG (take apart) so many projects that I started looking for an easier way to knit. I found Denise at LoomAHat.com and I was in heaven. I bought some looms and even got my kids involved. 
We made scarves for them, their teachers, and their bus drivers. I had found a new love and devoured everything I could find on the Internet about it. As I was searching, I found other crafts that I wanted to explore. Long story short, this is now my crafting space.
I created Ama Alimayu Designs to share my crafts with the rest of the world and to provide a means for funding the college educations of my children. I look forward to your feedback, suggestions, and purchases.
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