a new knitter's first FO!

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While hospitalized over the holidays, when family and friends asked what they could bring me, on a completely random whim I told everyone I wanted to learn how to knit (I'm 23, I've never had any experience with knitting, crocheting, or even the simplest of sewing - my mom was never into this kind of thing to teach me). So after getting tons of books, yarn, and needles, I took a few weeks to make different swatches and learn different patterns, and today completed my first FO.

My mom refuses to wear a hat, but asked if I could make earwarmers instead. She picked out the yarn, and said she wanted a really wide headband.





(She wouldn't let me take a picture of her, so I had to be my own model. >_>) It is my very first completely finished object, so I feel very proud of myself. And she loves it. And I thought it looked good on me, so now I have to make another one with my own yarn.

Yaaay accomplishment. Crossposted to my personal journal and knitting.