I have been practicing my hand knitting with some of
Lesley Stanfield's knitted flowers.
As a hand knitting beginner, the 'basic' patterns were easy to follow,
I even managed the scary bits of the pattern like ssk and ssk2tpo!!
and after much practice I can also do a french knot!
My new year's resolution is to learn how to crochet so I can try some of the beautiful crochet flowers.