Yarnivorous

G'day all! So we've made it to the end of May. May is not my favourite month of the year. Too many deaths of people that matter to me have occurred in May. My father at the start of May, my mother near the end of May, others that have passed on too. I wonder what Mum would've thought of the shawl I knitted this month. I spun the yarn. I chose the Echo Flower pattern . I started knitting. And I kept knitting and knitting and knitting row after row, repeat after repeat of the flower pattern Until I thought I should swap to the border pattern. (I am glad I did swap over then - I don't think I had enough yarn for another repeat of the flower pattern.) I nupp ed until I was done. Then I soaked and blocked the shawl. I think Mum would be surprised that I can knit lace. She told me not to knit it when I was younger. Much younger. She didn't think I had the patience or the counting ability/concentration. I knitted intarsia then, or picture knitting as we called it. I...

G'day all! I've been doing a lot of ravelling recently. Probably too much. Anyway, in the Yarnthropology group we were asked: Tell us your story of how you learned to knit/crochet/spin? Was it part of your culture/history? How will you pass along your knowledge? Why do you do what you do? What would you like to see as the future of your craft? Given it is an older topic and possibly of interest to my readers, all half dozen of you ;-), I thought I would write up a reply here rather than on Ravelry. Tell us your story of how you learned to knit/crochet/spin? I learned to knit when I was mebbe 10. I'm not too sure when, but I know I had knitted myself a jumper (sweater) by the time I was 11 or so. Mum taught me, Western style. I learned how to do that slow way - stick the needle into the stitch, wrap the yarn by taking your hand off the needle, pull the new stitch through. I think Mum was surprised by me being able to pick it up at all - I was a very unco child and lef...