knitting 29 March 2008
I have always been fond of a bit of knitting. I find it therapeutic and can day dream while knocking off a few rows (not a euphemism for anything but knitting, I assure you). In my hey day I knit lots of children’s things and quite a few larger jumpers etc. The Mammy was also keen and recently took it up again – as I did myself though I have reached a hiatus known as I-have-to-finish-that-novel-rather-than-the-cushion-covers-I-have-on-the-needles. My mother has been knitting very colourful quilts in all sorts of styles and patterns. But we are in the ha’penny place creation-wise. Apparently the craze in the US at the moment is knitting covers for trees and suchlike so, basically, large areas of the outdoors are wearing Aran sweaters and perhaps even mohair (scary).
