Knitting is a skill that I have always wanted to learn but never really understood, so I felt incredibly blessed recently when a beautiful friend from work came to visit and taught me the basics of learning how to knit. In our first lesson together my friend - who was taught by her mother how to knit, showed me how to tie a slip knot and how to cast on. After much practise both casting on and pulling stitches out, I can say with a degree of certainty I have learnt a new skill. The next step will be learning how to knit the knit stitch which will enable me to finally think about making knitted dishcloths!
My grandmother taught me how to knit as a child (the obligatory scarf!). She used to knit constantly....or so it seemed. She knitted socks with all those little needles around the heels and I also remember a big knitting wire loop for knitting skirts.....great start to your blog Clare.
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