Knitting in public has often been an open invite for people to talk to me, so if you don’t want to interact with others it’s probably best to leave your project at home! I’ve heard all of the following (mostly on airplanes and public transportation): “How nice of you to make me a ____________ {hat, …
One of my long-term students joined me shortly after I started teaching virtually. She and I live on opposite coasts, so without this virtual option we wouldn’t have been able to connect, and I am so glad we did! She started knitting not too long after her father tragically passed away from COVID-19. There was …
What does it mean to be “knitworthy”? Generally I hear this term used when someone is deciding if someone they know ‘deserves’ a hand knit item. This is a fair consideration (I mean, there is even a reddit subthread looking to gain consensus on how to determine if someone is knitworthy!) – it takes a …
Which one is right for you? I went to a small liberal arts college, and loved it. When I say small, I mean my biggest class was orchestra with about 30 of us in it. My smallest class (upper division child development seminar) had 6. One of the things I did at the end of …
One of my students who I have been teaching for the past few years decided she wanted to pick up knitting after her mother passed away. While she was alive, her mother regularly talked about teaching her to knit. After she passed, this became a way to feel connected to her even though she wasn’t …
People often ask me what they should make as their first knitting project. I have heard from many people that making a scarf is a good first project. I disagree. It is true that once you know how to cast on and do the knit stitch you can make really anything that is …
It depends. Not your favorite answer? Well, I can understand that. I saw a post over a year ago asking if people could knit or crochet without looking. “Of course knitting!” I thought, then scrolled through the comments. It was 50/50 on which one people said they could do without looking (and …