I was reintroduced to the art of knitting by one of my best friends a few years ago after she decided to get back into it. Her mother had always been a veracious knitter and was always known to have a project or to 'on the pins'.
With my limited skills comes limited projects. Scarves are always good, and with careful choosing of a thick wool can be completed relatively quickly.
On my quest to stop buying things that are thrown away after limited use I've been knitting up a few cotton dish cloths. It is so relaxing and doesn't involve a lot of brain power. Once I get into it, the process seems to become fairly automatic. There are no embellishments or fancy patterns. Just knit a row, turn it over, knit another row. I would certainly like to make my way up to something like this, but at the moment the super basic version does the job just right.
Take care
I like to crochet dishcloths or something when I am in the same room with tv watchers, that way I can be sociable and I don't feel like I'm held hostage by a program I most likely wouldn't watch by choice! And what is that saying? Idle hands are the devil's workshop? Its a good thing to do. Knit!
ReplyDeleteMary, I am thinking that crochet might be the way to go. It must be a little easier to deal with one hook rather than two needles? Yes?
ReplyDeleteI find knitting also works for car trips but I just need to be careful that I don't end up motion sick. : (