Prolapsed vent - am I getting it right?

[Mrs Webmuppet]

I do a lot of knitting. I find it theraputic and I make a lot of gifts for relatives and friends. Last year I knitted a pair of socks for a friend and she burst into tears on recieving them as she said she was so touched that someone would take so much time and care to produce a pressie, instead of just picking something off a shelf.

 

By keeping my fingers occupied it stops me stuffing my mouth full of chocolate.

[..lay a little egg for me]

 

I would also love to knit socks, I can knit in the round, but heals are totally out of my brain capacity

 

cathy

x

 

I was scared of heels too, but in fact they are quite easy (or at least in the sock pattern I use they are). Give it a go Couperwife!

[Fizzle Knit]

Snowey - I was so definitely NOT going to go to the Highcross Centre when it opened (load of hype, consumerism the new religion etc) but my bus home just happens to stop outside John Lewis's so I found myself having a quick peek on my way to the stop! (That's my excuse anyway) Apart from going into Next the haberdashery department was the only other place I looked. Very nice too.

 

Couple of knitting sites that are good:-

angel yarns

and

ravelry.

 

Angel yarns has a forum and lots of links to other sites. Has a dedicated socks bit on the forum which was really helpful when I was knitting my socks.

[MedusA]

I'm also a sporadic knitter and haven't crocheted for years, but I'm sure I could soon get in the swim again if I tried. I also like doing tapestry, cross stitch and make all my own curtains etc. It's been years since I did any proper dress-making, but I do help DD and her OH when they want fancy dress outfits for parties.

 

I tend to have phases of doing various crafts. Currently I'm making woven lavender sachets to hang in the wardrobes etc. I saw a lady doing it at Blists Hill Victorian Town last week and got her to give me a quick lesson. Cheeky or what?

 

I have a real hankering for willow-weaving and basket-making at the moment, but can't find anywhere within easy reach to do it.

[Cate in NZ]

I used to be a fanatical knitter and knitted some really complicated things. But I think I experienced knitters burn out during my first pregnancy, I knitted so many little garments for him it was ridiculous and then, after Seb finally put in an appearance (almost 17 years ago now ) I lost interest in knitting and have never seriously started knitting again since. I did get the cross stitch bug for a while...then I discovered this forum and somehow that free time that I used to spend stitching disappeared

 

I think though that knitting and crochet, and dressmaking too used to be essential skills, in the days that clothes were expensive items and people on a budget did need to make their own. In that sense I'd argue that they are outdated, these days they are hobbies, and often expensive ones at that (I toyed with taking up knitting again recently, found a gorgeous pattern, and the wool to make a jumper for my daughter, but was aghast when I realised it was going to cost the best part of £30 to buy all that, and there was no guarantee I'd finish it . I couldn't justify the expense). Nothing wrong with hobbies, and if you enjoy it, fantastic and I know that you end up with some very special creations to wear, but in fact clothes in the UK can be so scarily cheap that it's simply uneconomical to make them. For that reason I suspect that knitting etc are gradually becoming dying skills

[JM]

I knit when the mood is on me - but I have a very awkward style so I'm not very efficient! I love needlepoint and embroidery though.

 

(My latest craft is silver clay - which is very satisfying - and you end up with lovely silver jewellery!)

[fionne]

I know several 20 yr olds who knit so I think it must be trendy!! I love knitting, did loads of stuff when my two were little. Also pullovers for my father and myself. I still do stuff for my fashionable daughters!! I also do counted cross stitch and jewellery making. I just like doing things especially in the winter it's sort of cosy.

[rusky123]

My elder grandaughter finger knits, she is just 7. she shapes that wool into some fantastic shapes, wether she means it or not!, she loves the feel of real wool in her fingers. My 5 GD tries to follow,but has not got a clue!. I think knitting and crochet has taken a new turn, must be real yarn, not acrylic, feels so much nicer in the hand. BTW has anyone else here opened a bag of alpaca yarn and sent the dog out!. OMG it smells!!

[Hen Watch]

I love needlepoint myself.

 

But I think everyone should learn how to knit (and that includes boys too...... hubbie was taught basic knit and purl by his Gran as a child).

 

Funnily enough my 11 and 9 year old daughters have just started knitting this summer. My 11 year old was lucky enough to take part in filming for a children's TV show a few weeks ago (the Sorcerer's Apprentice) which meant living away from home for a while. Whilst she was away her Chaperone showed all the girls how to knit. So now my two are knitting squares. Not sure what I will do with all these squares though so I expect it will be a very small blanket.