When I was about 4 years old I watched my mother knit.By sitting across from her I learned to knit myself, altough backwards to what she was doing. But being somewhat ambidextrous it came easy.And I'm still knitting that way. When Jeanette was 6 she decided she wanted to learn how to knit. I could not help her, but Beppe to the rescue. That summer the whole family went over to Friesland to spend time with my parents. And yes, Jeanette learned how to knit, as you can see on this picture. (This is the first time I scanned a picture and it looks likeI will need some more instruction). Jeanette knitted for a while and then she found other things to do. I kept on knitting till it just got too hard to do. My shoulders could not take it, so I stopped about 15 years ago.
Now let us forward till about 5 years ago. Jeanette was finished her education and she wanted something crafty to do, but not quilting! So she started to knit and got just as involved with that then I am with my applique. When I saw the beautiful yarns she had, I got the urge again and decided, that I should start with socks. Before I would go to the Spinrite Outlet Store and buy just any yarn, this time I had Jeanette to lead me. I never knew that there is yarn made out of Alpaca, bamboo, silk, soybean, camel, muskox, you name and it is available. The hardest part was to get knitting needles. I need the long, double pointed ones and I had to get them from Holland. Once that problem was solved I was of to the races. I still have to be careful and will only knit a few rows each day.
These are the socks I knitted last year. One pair I send away as a gift.
The 2 socks on the left are out of "Socks that rock" wool, my favorite. The designs are by Cookie A, whose designs I love. They are not easy, but worth the trouble.The tiger striped ones and the multi color ones are wool ,that I got on sale. You notice that only 1 grey sock is done. That yarn I received during one of my workshops. It is home spun and has Malamute(dog) hair spun into . The yarn is thicker and the socks bigger, since they will be for Hubby. I just started sock number 2, but it will not get done for a while.
I'm almost packed for the big trip. By now I'm really looking forward to it and I can hardly wait. More when I'm back again.
When I was about 4 years old I watched my mother knit.By sitting across from her I learned to knit myself, altough backwards to what she was doing. But being somewhat ambidextrous it came easy.And I'm still knitting that way. When Jeanette was 6 she decided she wanted to learn how to knit. I could not help her, but Beppe to the rescue. That summer the whole family went over to Friesland to spend time with my parents. And yes, Jeanette learned how to knit, as you can see on this picture. (This is the first time I scanned a picture and it looks likeI will need some more instruction). Jeanette knitted for a while and then she found other things to do. I kept on knitting till it just got too hard to do. My shoulders could not take it, so I stopped about 15 years ago.
Now let us forward till about 5 years ago. Jeanette was finished her education and she wanted something crafty to do, but not quilting! So she started to knit and got just as involved with that then I am with my applique. When I saw the beautiful yarns she had, I got the urge again and decided, that I should start with socks. Before I would go to the Spinrite Outlet Store and buy just any yarn, this time I had Jeanette to lead me. I never knew that there is yarn made out of Alpaca, bamboo, silk, soybean, camel, muskox, you name and it is available. The hardest part was to get knitting needles. I need the long, double pointed ones and I had to get them from Holland. Once that problem was solved I was of to the races. I still have to be careful and will only knit a few rows each day.
These are the socks I knitted last year. One pair I send away as a gift.
The 2 socks on the left are out of "Socks that rock" wool, my favorite. The designs are by Cookie A, whose designs I love. They are not easy, but worth the trouble.The tiger striped ones and the multi color ones are wool ,that I got on sale. You notice that only 1 grey sock is done. That yarn I received during one of my workshops. It is home spun and has Malamute(dog) hair spun into . The yarn is thicker and the socks bigger, since they will be for Hubby. I just started sock number 2, but it will not get done for a while.
I'm almost packed for the big trip. By now I'm really looking forward to it and I can hardly wait. More when I'm back again.
What a sweet picture of Jeanette and Beppe. The lighting is so good. It looks like a Dutch Master painting.
ReplyDeleteThe socks are beautiful. Such great colours
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written and a lovely story about lovely people.
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