Knit & Purl

It's not that difficult & it feels good to start (& finish) a project that has nothing to do with actual work. It can be expensive to knit a sweater, sure; but choose a scarf or mittens, a hat, to begin. Look for yarn sales. Choose something that will be easy to set down & pick up again. Advice from us to you: do not decide to knit your Hanukkah & Christmas gifts this year. Listen to the voice of experience here - don't do it. The stress is more than you can handle. 

Free (!) knitting links & these are but a very few. Google 'free' & 'knitting' - wow. (Also, 'poetry' & 'knitting' - really interesting what comes up.)

Basic Knitting via YouTube

Join the online knit & crochet community, Ravelry, for free.

Knitting Pattern Central is huge & free; it has lots of tutorial links.

Teaching children to knit.

A poem about knitting (sort of:); and knitting for poets.

xoxo

(Vanessa Redgrave & Natasha Richardson, Rome 1968 via MSNBC)

Teach Yourself to Knit

It is not that difficult to knit a scarf. Stop sassing back; it is not. GG's editor just finished watching a few videos & clicking through The Basics of Knitting. We know basic knitting but wanted to see if we could recommend them. Yes, yes, yes. If you don't like these links, just do a search for 'teach yourself to knit.' Gazillion hits.

The weather is finally turning cooler & crisp (goodbye evil humidity...Giulia's fuzzy forehead was about to sprout funghi) & the urge to knit has hit.

There are lots of sales on yarns & patterns online & in stores. Warning: Don't invest in much beyond basic needles & some pretty yarn to test your interest. The larger the needles, the faster a scarf appears. Now go to it!

ciao-purrrrl-meow/GGCM

(photographs by valentina c & Not So Boring Life)