| I must admit that I have never done a
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| | together as it seemed just too much for a
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| survey and my conclusions would be
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| | novice knitter to handle. I can't imagine
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| considered unscientific, but I am fairly
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| | learning how to knit by following a
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| certain that when any of us think of who
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| | graphic or a photograph in an instruction
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| taught us to knit, a family relationship
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| | book. You just need those arms around
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| or special friendship comes to mind. How
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| | you, guiding your fingers, positioning
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| many of us learned our knit and purls
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| | the needles, and wrapping the yarn in the
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| from our mother, aunt, or grandmother?
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| | right direction to create a stitch.
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| Should I mention in these days of
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| | Didn't those first few stitches seem
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| political correctness, perhaps it was an
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| | awkward and clumsy? Did you ever think
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| uncle or grandfather who showed us a
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| | you would be able to knit in a darkened
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| wandering cable or two-color knitting?
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| | room or when watching television? I know
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| Possibly, it was when we were about to
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| | one thing is certain, you invariably hold
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| change or add another title to our life's
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| | the needles and throw the yarn in the
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| label, for example from "wife" to "wife
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| | same style as the person who taught you.
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| and mother" that we began to explore the
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| | Some methods promise a more even tension
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| craft of knitting. "Knitting little
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| | or perhaps speedier knitting but once you
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| booties" is a common expression that
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| | have learned a certain style, it seems
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| describes an expectant mother, assuming
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| | difficult to undo and so it becomes your
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| that once you have babies you must knit
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| | own knitting style. It takes a
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| for them. I have it on good authority
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| | concentrated effort to change your
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| from a friend who wishes not to be
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| | knitting technique and as knitters we all
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| identified, that it was the birth of her
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| | want to get on with the next project at
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| daughter that prompted her to investigate
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| | hand, not wanting to slow down our
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| the possibilities of knitting. The
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| | productivity with the awkwardness that
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| pattern she ambitiously chose was a "pram
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| | comes with changing our ways. These
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| set" consisting of a double-breasted
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| | knitting styles also follow along
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| sweater, leggings with a drawstring
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| | cultural lines and ethnic traditions
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| waist, and a hat with pom-poms. Our
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| | passed down through generations of
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| adventurous mom-to-be had not yet been
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| | knitters teaching young family members to
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| introduced to the glories of correct
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| | knit. These styles also remain particular
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| gauge and yarn weights. For the selected
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| | to geographical areas or countries as
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| pattern, written in fingering weight, she
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| | styles have come to be labelled as
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| bought a worsted weight yarn. Yarn is
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| | French, Scottish, German, Norwegian, or
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| yarn, right? When finished, she realized
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| | Greek.
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| that baby would have to wait at least
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| | An enthusiastic knitter will likely have
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| until the first day of elementary school
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| | no trouble remembering where and how
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| before placing a delicate limb into that
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| | their knitting skill was learned. Taking
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| outfit. Isn't this how we all learn?
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| | the time to pass on some of that familial
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| Mistakes are never failures, just
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| | knowledge will surely result in someone
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| postponed success and always a darn good
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| | who will look back in a few years and
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| lesson.
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| | remember the kindness shown in
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| I learned to knit from my mother who had
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| | demonstrating how to throw that yarn or
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| learned from her mother. My grandmother
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| | knit into the back of a stitch. Our
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| by all accounts was an avid knitter who
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| | knitting skill is a tradition that all of
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| would knit a sweater for anyone who
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| | us can attach to a smiling face and a
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| asked. I distinctly remember my first
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| | loving pair of hands.
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| project. After patiently learning to
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| | © Maddy Cranley.
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| knit, my mother sewed the knit sections
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