This week, I taught my housemate to knit.
Does this make me an experienced knitter?!
Since she moved in Gail has been keen to learn to knit gifts for her family. The cold weather has increased her enthusiasm and on Monday night I was unexpectedly home thanks to the Tube strike scuppering my social plans and we were able to have our first lesson.
Now, showing someone to do something you do on a daily basis may not seem like too tall an order. But. I am left-handed. Gail is not. So, I had to ‘think backwards’ to show her how.
I’m pleased to say I managed, she was a quick learner, and I’m confident her family will be receiving all sorts of lovely gifties very soon!
Wednesday 1 December 2010
Beret bonus
A couple of months ago, a friend of mine asked me to make her a slouchy beret in peach-pink or grey.
Now, here’s a warning to the wise knitter: STOP putting newer knitters off techniques that you found difficult! I was quite daunted by the beret pattern because it involved cabling, and whenever I mentioned this to anyone they made a point of telling me how fiddly and difficult it was. So, as you can imagine, this led me to put those skeins of yarn to one side and leave it to the last minute.
Finally, I decided to bite the bullet and give it a go – and it was so much fun knitting that beret, I decided to make my friend two – one really thick, wintry one in peachy-pink and one in a light grey alpaca.
My friend was delighted with them and my housemate, who saw me finishing the grey one, was so impressed she asked me to make one for her, in green. I did, and when her friends saw it, two of them asked me to make berets for them!
So now I have quite a hit on my hands, and I have learnt to cable.
Now, here’s a warning to the wise knitter: STOP putting newer knitters off techniques that you found difficult! I was quite daunted by the beret pattern because it involved cabling, and whenever I mentioned this to anyone they made a point of telling me how fiddly and difficult it was. So, as you can imagine, this led me to put those skeins of yarn to one side and leave it to the last minute.
Finally, I decided to bite the bullet and give it a go – and it was so much fun knitting that beret, I decided to make my friend two – one really thick, wintry one in peachy-pink and one in a light grey alpaca.
My friend was delighted with them and my housemate, who saw me finishing the grey one, was so impressed she asked me to make one for her, in green. I did, and when her friends saw it, two of them asked me to make berets for them!
So now I have quite a hit on my hands, and I have learnt to cable.
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