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26thAvenuePoet (Elizabeth)'s avatar

I am a knitter! Learned as a child, set it down for decades; picked it up again, 20 or so years ago and was delighted to find I remembered knit, purl, and bind-off (had to be reminded how to cast on, lol!) Circular knitting, to make a hat, was my first big breakaway from scarves. Since then I've learned shaping and made sweaters; I love playing with lace, and found myself knitting cables (eek!) on a project or two. Not drawn so far to socks or to intarsia, but I'd love to learn more about mosaic colorwork. Mostly I'm grateful for the process of knitting, the comfort of moving busyness from my brain down into my hands.

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Lisa Rull's avatar

I am a knitter! I started knitting not quite 8 years ago (having previously managed a simple garter stitch scarf/wrap some years earlier). After a couple more garter stitch scarf/wrap items, and an adventure into a cable cowl, I ended up agreeing to knit a top alongside many other knitters for a coach trip to Yarndale. I think about 14 of us made variations of it (I'll try and post a note with a picture!). The pattern nearly kippered wiser yarnists than me thanks to its lace pattern (we'd selected it as voted for at our Knit Nottingham shop party, so it was our choice and our fault 🤣🤦🏼‍♀️). We ended up having late evenings in the shop collectively trying to fathom the pattern. One knitter did a chart to try and help 🤣 it didn't resolve that the pattern was a PITA.

But, having conquered that, I felt set up for anything. And I found my yarny tribe, and for that I'm truly grateful to knitting.

Indeed, I've spent much of the day at my local knit shop, the fabulous Knit Nottingham (now run by Hannah and Dan). I sat, I knitted, I nattered, I fixed knitting errors (and made some more, and fixed those) in the best of company. I bought more yarn (I do not need more yarn 🤣) and have a head full of potential and joyful squishing.

I love being a knitter 🥰

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