Hands up who likes to knit?
I find knitting very relaxing and I remember spending many days when I was very young, with my grandmother who patiently taught me how to knit. I think when we are taught to do something with patience and understanding instead of criticism and disparagement, then we connect with it on a much deeper level.
Even though I don’t knit much these days, I have somehow managed to collect an enormous amount of wool and yarn, mostly hand-dyed, and mostly in small quantities and I’m always hopeful of taking it up again “one of these days”. But at the back of my mind I was never quite sure how all those small bits and pieces of different colors and types of knitting yarn were going to come together. I knew if I waited long enough though, the answer would come .. and sure enough.
Today, knitting has come a long way from those days of thick aran style jumpers and impossibly tiny baby bootees and has reinvented itself and become an art form in itself. If you love knitting or are thinking about taking it up, stop by Jane Thornley’s site and be inspired. I guarantee you won’t look at knitting quite the same way again.
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