Knitting was always around me, but I only started knitting 4 years ago, when I decided to knit two socks at a time. Today, I can’t imagine a day without knitting. I also like to dabble in quilting, jewelry making, writing, and teaching. On my spare time, I enjoy retirement by signing up to half marathons and all sorts of crazy morning fitness classes.
To my delight, Week 4 was a resounding success. Not only did the group finish the first pair of socks, they had started and even finished a second pair! And now they were wanting more circular needles, to be able to have than one project on the go. And wool,…
Knitting is a cultural thing. The thing is, because I’m used to « knitting » in an English world, YouTube is my best friend when it comes to looking up something I don’t know how to do. I like to say that if « mom is not available, go to…
You’ll recall in yesterday’s post I was quite amazed at the difference in the response I got between hanging a poster all over town, and having my class advertized in La Vallee provincial newspaper, the newspaper having been the most effective! Let me continue my story and tell you about…
We left off yesterday, on a Monday, when I had enough yarn, enough posters put up about town, some circular needles, and no one registered yet for my class on knitting socks with circular needles. And then there’s the issue of privacy, what privacy? Tuesday It was the second week…
I’m fortunate to be retired and to spend my Canadian winters in the Italian Alps. The winters are tamer there, less snow, and a lightweight down-filled coat is all you need. Since I don’t ski, I wanted to occupy myself with other than patchwork and quilting, and so decided to…