Knitting... Such a simple joy. It takes so long, but it feels so good to be able to see the progress and to gift it to someone who really appreciates what you have done. It provides warmth, function, beauty, and serves to represent a feeling of love towards another person when given as a special gift. It takes few tools, and can be picked up/put down (HA!)/carried around easily. There are only two stitches; simply knits and purls.....it's like 0's and 1's in math!
If you don't know how to knit, I encourage you to give it a try and pick up the sticks. Knitting is NOT just for your grandma, this is not so hard that it takes a rocket scientist has to be present for you to figure it out, and it takes no more time than anything else you do.
Are you interested, but don't know where to start? You can start at your local yarn shop (btw-our local yarn store moved to "Carriage House Framing" in front of Ingles) or department store chain (Wal-Mart, Hobby Lobby, Michaels, etc) for supplies. Knitting Help or You Tube are great online video resources, which is convenient when you want to figure out purling at 2 in the morning. But likely, you have a friend that knits, that you never knew possessed this skill -- ask around and you might be able to find a "new or used" knitting friend and use him or her!
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