Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Blogs
Here I am again trying to start a blog. The aim is to record things that happen that are of interest to me and maybe to others (although I'm not that hopeful) but I shall start as I mean to go on. So this brief post is about knitting.
History
I think I started knitting when I was 9. I can recall being in a classroom in my school in Hayes, Bromley Kent (Baston School) and an elderly teacher called Miss Willmot taught us to knit. I'm not sure if my mother also taught me - she may have done as she was an avid knitter herself but I definitely know we were taught at school. Of course this is no indication of how well I took to this new skill and I don't really have a memory of actually knitting anything but I like to think this is where it all started. Knitting used to be regarded as quite a solitary pastime and my love of it used to wax and wane. I recall knitting matching arran cardigans for my then boyfriend and I whilst he was away training to become a fireman!! I can also remember knitting for money when I was a single parent with my daughter - in fact one kind friend still have the 80's mohair jumper that I made for her. Of course the amount I could charge for the hand knitted jumper was a pittance - it was way below any minimum wage limit!! But every penny counted in those days. About 8 years on renewing my annual Rowan membership I was sent a list of other Rowan members in my area. I think this was Rowans attempt to try and bring us together and I contacted one lady who lived in Hayes Judie who told me she'd just started meeting up with someone and did I want to join them. I did and the Guilty Knitters of Bromley were born. A small group of us knitters have been meeting regularly since then. Meeting has not only revived my love of knitting it has also inspired me to try a multitude of skills within the craft that I wouldn't have tried without the knowledge and support from those ladies. Lace knitting, using circular needles, DPN's, intarsia etc etc. Knitting has become an adventure.
Currently I am into Quince Yarns and when I've worked out how to load a photo I will post a picture of the beautiful yarn.
Jane
History
I think I started knitting when I was 9. I can recall being in a classroom in my school in Hayes, Bromley Kent (Baston School) and an elderly teacher called Miss Willmot taught us to knit. I'm not sure if my mother also taught me - she may have done as she was an avid knitter herself but I definitely know we were taught at school. Of course this is no indication of how well I took to this new skill and I don't really have a memory of actually knitting anything but I like to think this is where it all started. Knitting used to be regarded as quite a solitary pastime and my love of it used to wax and wane. I recall knitting matching arran cardigans for my then boyfriend and I whilst he was away training to become a fireman!! I can also remember knitting for money when I was a single parent with my daughter - in fact one kind friend still have the 80's mohair jumper that I made for her. Of course the amount I could charge for the hand knitted jumper was a pittance - it was way below any minimum wage limit!! But every penny counted in those days. About 8 years on renewing my annual Rowan membership I was sent a list of other Rowan members in my area. I think this was Rowans attempt to try and bring us together and I contacted one lady who lived in Hayes Judie who told me she'd just started meeting up with someone and did I want to join them. I did and the Guilty Knitters of Bromley were born. A small group of us knitters have been meeting regularly since then. Meeting has not only revived my love of knitting it has also inspired me to try a multitude of skills within the craft that I wouldn't have tried without the knowledge and support from those ladies. Lace knitting, using circular needles, DPN's, intarsia etc etc. Knitting has become an adventure.
Currently I am into Quince Yarns and when I've worked out how to load a photo I will post a picture of the beautiful yarn.
Jane
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