One of my fellow knitters-in-church wrote me to say that he’d like to have someplace to write about his knitting things:
I would like to try a herringbone stitch hat, and I’ve seen that Mongolian thing, but I don’t quite understand the stitch. In a couple of weeks can you show me, and possibly make a pattern for that greenish one you showed me when you were working on it. I like that, minus the frilly bottom. See you soon, and that Mongolian hat thingy is pretty cool. If you want me to post some pictures of things I have made, I could get pictures for them, it would look cool on your blog, having a kid do these projects. I finished one of those slippers I was working on over the weekend. Adios amigos, or what ever that is in spanish. =)
So, I’ve invited him to join our little society here (he’s not yet into baking, but there’s still time). We’ll see if he ends up doing the posts himself, or if we end up doing them for him, but I’m thinking he’s savvy enough to be able to manage. If so, welcome! He hasn’t chosen a screen name yet, so … we’ll wait and see how this works out.
He’s currently reading two books by Elizabeth Zimmerman (Knitting Without Tears and Knitters Almanac), knits without looking what he’s doing, and has finally taken to heart Elizabeth’s admonition to Knit Loosely! He still knits “English Style” but he’ll work on that at some point, too, as Elizabeth suggests.
* I added the links to the pieces he was talking about
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I still think it’s very cool that you knit in church services. I think I’d do that, too, if I attended them. I also think it’s great that you are spreading the joy of blogging about knitting (or baking or fill-in-appropriate hobby) and giving space to someone to express themself. Well done!