Who taught you to knit?

I remember pretty clearly learning to knit with my mom. We would spend weekends down-the-shore in Long Beach Island, New Jersey during Sept/Oct weekends. All my memories of these weekends involved board games and some sort of craft. My mom worked full time and her idea of craft meant a really fun kit of some kind (think Pot-Holder Loops). My mom did not knit but something must have inspired her to get some red white and blue yarn (duh, it was 1976) and make me the most god awful sweater you can imagine. I must have liked it too because I wore it to my school picture day to have it immortalized.

During this patriotic sweater making time, my mom taught me to knit. I didn't really take to it but always wished I had. It was only in my mid twenties that I picked up the needles again and like riding a bicycle, it all came back to me, however slowly.

Do you remember learning to knit? Maybe you were taught at school, or by a member of your family? Perhaps you learned to knit later in life? Did you find it easy or a struggle? Tell me your stories about how you learned to knit.

Who taught you to knit?

I remember pretty clearly learning to knit with my mom. We would spend weekends down-the-shore in Long Beach Island, New Jersey during Sept/Oct weekends. All my memories of these weekends involved board games and some sort of craft. My mom worked full time and her idea of craft meant a really fun kit of some kind (think Pot-Holder Loops). My mom did not knit but something must have inspired her to get some red white and blue yarn (duh, it was 1976) and make me the most god awful sweater you can imagine. I must have liked it too because I wore it to my school picture day to have it immortalized.

During this patriotic sweater making time, my mom taught me to knit. I didn't really take to it but always wished I had. It was only in my mid twenties that I picked up the needles again and like riding a bicycle, it all came back to me, however slowly.

Do you remember learning to knit? Maybe you were taught at school, or by a member of your family? Perhaps you learned to knit later in life? Did you find it easy or a struggle? Tell me your stories about how you learned to knit.

the book the book the book......

All I think about and all I do is work on the book these days. It continues to be highly enjoyable and with the deadline looming in October, I am thinking about what's next for me. I am already thinking about a huge hole in the knitting pattern market for Childrens Patterns (4-10yrs). It seems as though there is not much out there designed for this age group. Having kids this age I know that it is almost impossible to find anything decent to knit them. The things I have found are either highly impracticle (Rowan) or seriously dorky. If you have any recommendations for knitting patterns please let me know.

I have been churning out patterns at record pace and I am really happy with the designs. Some are still being finished but these in the photo are ready to go. The final colors in the book will all be different than the ones shown in the pix. I am taking some more photos today of the next batch of knits completed and hope to have them up by the end of the week. (I am fighting a bit of a cold so we will see how I go).

the book the book the book......

All I think about and all I do is work on the book these days. It continues to be highly enjoyable and with the deadline looming in October, I am thinking about what's next for me. I am already thinking about a huge hole in the knitting pattern market for Childrens Patterns (4-10yrs). It seems as though there is not much out there designed for this age group. Having kids this age I know that it is almost impossible to find anything decent to knit them. The things I have found are either highly impracticle (Rowan) or seriously dorky. If you have any recommendations for knitting patterns please let me know.

I have been churning out patterns at record pace and I am really happy with the designs. Some are still being finished but these in the photo are ready to go. The final colors in the book will all be different than the ones shown in the pix. I am taking some more photos today of the next batch of knits completed and hope to have them up by the end of the week. (I am fighting a bit of a cold so we will see how I go).