Friday Morning Knit Group

Every Friday morning my mom and sister, if she's not working, go to Twisted (yarnshop in the Gulch) to knit. They meet up with a number of friends and knit for most of the day. The group usually starts at 11 o'clock when the store opens. I never get to knit with the group because I'm always working. I have to work at noon on Fridays but by the time I get to the store and unpack my knitting, I have to leave.
I usually stop in to say hello with my knitting bag but never actually take it out to knit. I come by to say hello to my mom because I know it makes her happy. Everyone is so happy to see me and they always ask if I'm staying to knit, but no, I have to go to work.
I wish that I could knit with them but I can't. Maybe some day I'll take a friday off so I can knit with my mom and my sister.
It's a great thing to be able to knit with your mom and sister. I did knit today, but I was alone.

The Morning Knit

Usually I wake up in the morning thinking about knitting. If I'm working on a project all I can think about is knitting. I woke up this morning...barely had my eyes open and was thinking about the row I had left off at the night before. It was a purl row. I could see the color of my shawl, that spring water green color and the gradual increasing pattern that would soon be wrapped around my shoulders. I got out of bed to knit. Knitting is a good reason to get out of bed.

Two Rows

The thing about knitting is you can knit 2 rows and be completely satisfied. You don't have to have tons of time. If you only have 15 minutes, you can still knit. That's why I love to knit.

My Shawl

It's hard to keep up with this writing thing. I have no problem keeping up with my knitting. It will definitely be hard to keep writing. I think I like the knitting better. I've been doing alot of knitting since I last wrote.
I'm still working on my lovely spring water color shawl. It's going to be fabulous. I wasn't quite sure that I was going to actually make it. I must have started the darn thing at least a dozen times. I didn't like the way it was coming out and I couldn't figure out the chart that indicated the leaf pattern in the shawl. Knit, rip, knit, rip, knit rip...
I've been knitting forever and I'm still a miff at the way they write patterns. They just assume you know all sorts of things that aren't written in the directions. It usually takes me a time or two to figure out what I'm doing but eventually I get it. I'm a bit stubborn and I know I'll love knitting the shawl... so I never give up. I bought the yarn and I don't want it to go to waste or sit in my knitting bag too long.
Now that I've figured out the directions and the pattern it's quite easy and I'm very excited to see it finished...that's why I knit.

A New Project

Today I'm going to start a new project. I went to one of my favorite yarn shops, Twisted, and bought 2 skeins of Silky Merino Wool in a 'spring water' yummie color for spring. It's sunny and warm outside today, perfect for the color I bought. I'm making a shawl. It's a beautiful Shetland Triangle with a fun lace pattern. The thing about shawls are they usually don't take that much yarn and they knit up faster than a sweater. They also feel abit fancier than a scarf when you wear them. Time to start my new project.

Valentine's Day Knitting

Happy Valentine's Day to me and you. I'm not knitting today but I wish I was. I have to go to work but I'll be thinking about knitting. I finished my last project and don't have any yarn at home. I'm excited about going to the yarn shop, it's right by my house.
My next project will be something for me. I like to knit something for you and then something for me. I think that's how it goes. When I buy something for someone I always buy some thing for me. So, when I knit it's always some thing for you and then some thing for me.
Now it's time for me.
Happy Valentine's Day. Don't forget..knit for you, knit for others and knit because you love.
I love you

Lara's Scarf

Yesterday I finished a scarf that I knit for my friend Lara. It was a simple cable on the side with a few ribs next door kind of scarf. I used a leftover skien of Lambs Pride worsted wool in a moss green color. It's a lovely scarf. It's thin and not to long. It will go nicely with my friends hair color, which is brownish red and the thinness of the scarf will be perfect for Lara because she's small and petite. I hope she likes it. I haven't given it to her yet but am excited to see her face when I give it to her. I told her that I was making it for her but never said when I would finish it.

That's one of the fun parts of knitting for a friend. If you told them that you were making something for them but they don't know when they are getting it, somewhere along the line they forget that you are making something for them...then...when you tell them that their gift is ready, they are so excited to receive it!

I called my friend Lara and told her that I finished her scarf. She can't wait to wear it. I can't wait to see her try it on. That's why I knit.

My Knitting Story

My knitting story begins much like other knitting stories, my grandmother taught me when I was 7. I’m not sure what the significiance is about the age 7, but I’m sure it has something to do with the developemental stage when you have some ability to sit still and your hands are big enough to hold the needles and you will do anything to play with whoever is around.

My grandmother was a great knitter. She use to knit hats and scarfs for the men at sea. She was patient, kind and stern. She watched every stitch I made. If it wasn’t right, she made me rip my stitches out and start again. Her favorite saying, “ a job worth doing, is worth doing right”. I don’t know about you, but I have riped hundreds of rows out, unraveled full sweaters, taken 2 years to finish a project and started a thing or two over and over again, to get it right!

There was something back then about knittingI loved. I’m sure I didn’t know then but I certainly know now, why I knit. I know there are an infinite number of reasons why and the reasons are different everyday , but the one thing I know for sure is that I love to knit!