I was taught to knit when I was an exchange student in Sweden in 1985-1986. My host mother taught me, and I learned the terminology in Swedish. I also knit "backward" from most Americans, so I'm a bit of an anomaly among local knitters.
I hadn't knitted for years, but started up again last fall at the urging of some lovely ladies that I work with. I found out that they get together to knit at lunchtime every day. I had been thinking longingly of knitting for a while, but didn't think I had time to do it. You know, two boys who are involved in EVERY sport, a husband, a full-time job, and all that reading I'll never get caught up on. Anyway, I figured that if they were getting together every day, I didn't really have an excuse not to join them.
I started with some yarn I had laying around, knitting up a scarf with a pattern I found online. It's pretty, but you can tell my tension is very uneven. I then had the great good fortune to win a knitting basket at our workplace United Way raffle. Therein I found some lovely yarn, notions, and books to get the creative juices flowing. Since then, I've knitted scarves, hats, and ear warmers for my family. I've found that the boys' sports are actually great for knitting: I can work on a project and keep an eye on them at the same time. Bonus!
At Christmas I got my sisters, nieces, and nephews involved by buying them each a Klutz knitting book
. I wanted them to learn something that I was having so much fun with.I realized the other day that I haven't knit anything for myself other than the hat from the Klutz book. I've decided to make myself a scarf that will match my winter jacket, and have ordered some lovely cotton yarn, tagging onto an order one of my knitting colleagues is placing. I can't wait to get started. :)
Now my oldest son, Will, has told me he wants to learn how to knit. I'm wondering if I should have him start with the Klutz book, or try to teach him myself.
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