Pedro Pascal

You see my vision.

The devastatingly hilarious reaction of the 'Eddington' cast to the spoiler about Joel Miller's death. And then there's Pedro.

There are no levels in knitting, there are no exams to pass or goals to achieve before you can continue.

The Handsome Chris is a perfect beginner project. It's all one color, it's knit flat, you get to learn lots of new techniques all at once, but most of all it's engaging and you're working towards a goal you really like.

I would have impaled myself on my needles if I'd been forced to complete a Sophie scarf before I got to advance to something more "challenging" like a washcloth, or God forbid a ribbed hat.

My very first project was a self-drafted 11-strand intarsia double sided cable scarf, because I didn't know I wasn't allowed and that was what I wanted to make.

This attitude of mystifying certain fabrics as advanced really twists my stitches. I cannot do simple stockinette colorwork to save my life, but I can 3-color brioche without looking.

There are no levels in knitting.

Literally every skill you learn has levels

They may not be formal or well defined but I assure you everything you've ever learned has levels. If you can walk now, there was a time in your life when you couldn't. A time when you were wobbly. A time when you needed a physical support. A time when you fell a lot. At some point you were a beginner at anything you can do. When you started writing you didn't produce full pages of work, you traced the shapes of the letters.

And the reason I need to yell this is because telling a beginner they can make that sweater is setting them up for failure.

There's a teaching concept called L+1, which says you should practice doing something one level more difficult than your current abilities. If you ask someone to perform a skill 10x more difficult than they are able to succeed at, they will get discouraged and quit learning the skill altogether.

My first knitting project was a scarf. The stitches are uneven, it's different widths in places and the ends aren't especially well sewn in. But it helped me build the muscle memory needed for stitches and gave me a chance to learn to correct my own mistakes. It gave me the beginner skills needed to try something a little harder.

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