Does anyone still knit?

sillyvixen

rosalie-lavender wrote: »

Yes I knit. I knitted my daughter a Dalek for her birthday last year, she wants a clanger this year.:D

It is something I learnt to do as a child and still do.

i can't knit - my nan tried in vain to teach me!! but i do remember the clanger she knitted me from a pattern from women's own in the 70's. i loved that clanger. if i woke up tomorrow morning and had received the gift of knitting i would knit a clanger.. go on knit one for your daughter.

Fusspot

Thanks for all your helpful replies. Yes blow the boyfriend! I've bought some value wool today and started a very nostalgic knitting pattern that I used back in the eighties, it was just a typed sheet with a pattern from one of our department stores where I live to knit with their value wool, I misplaced it over the years and lo and behold have managed to get hold of a copy again, thanks to someone replying to my message on a local forum. I am so happy and glad to be knitting again! I also cross stitch too. I would rather make tops without sleeves like the one I am doing now, either that or scarves and baby blankets, nothing too heavy or complicated.

Butterfly_Brain

sillyvixen wrote: »

i can't knit - my nan tried in vain to teach me!! but i do remember the clanger she knitted me from a pattern from women's own in the 70's. i loved that clanger. if i woke up tomorrow morning and had received the gift of knitting i would knit a clanger.. go on knit one for your daughter.

I have knitted a clanger a paddington bear. raggy dolls (anyone remember them?) and a bagpuss for my dd over the years and she will not let them go

LameWolf

I'm currently knitting a 1940s style waistcoat, using pure wool I bought when visiting the Isle of Skye; it's taking me along time, much longer than it would have done previously, because my hands and wrists are very arthritic now, but I'm determined to get it done; and I think it'll look good, and definitely be a nice warm garment.

LindseyandMatthew

I'm a knitter, crocheter and cross stitcher and only 32

Seakay

Everyone on this thread knits:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2514569

Varied ages and expertise Lots of chatting and a bit of charity knitting and crocheting

lobbyludd

Fusspot wrote: »

Thanks for all your helpful replies. Yes blow the boyfriend! I've bought some value wool today and started a very nostalgic knitting pattern that I used back in the eighties, it was just a typed sheet with a pattern from one of our department stores where I live to knit with their value wool, I misplaced it over the years and lo and behold have managed to get hold of a copy again, thanks to someone replying to my message on a local forum. I am so happy and glad to be knitting again! I also cross stitch too. I would rather make tops without sleeves like the one I am doing now, either that or scarves and baby blankets, nothing too heavy or complicated.

good for you - because honestly, even if no-one else in the world under 95 years old was doing it, if you enjoy doing something as a hobby/pastime what would it matter what anyone else thought?

carlislelass

Learnt aged 5 and still knitting...now in 60`s. Now knit for a baby charity

heath480

Knitting is popular here where I live,3 wool shops in a small area.

I have been knitting since I was a teenager,Aran is my favourite.I don't like knitting with cheap yarn,it gets expensive using yarns like Rowan and Debbie Bliss.

thriftwizard

heath480 wrote: »

Knitting is popular here where I live,3 wool shops in a small area.

I have been knitting since I was a teenager,Aran is my favourite.I don't like knitting with cheap yarn,it gets expensive using yarns like Rowan and Debbie Bliss.

Agreeing heartily; you can spend a fortune on lovely warm squashy stuff in delightful colourways! That's what made me learn to spin my own, because I couldn't afford £40-odd per jumper, not when there were 7 of us to make stuff for. I do use a wheel (bought my first for £50 about 5 years ago, have worked my way up to a decent one by "recycling" money from the first one, still pick up & prepare my own free fleeces from time to time) but a spindle's much cheaper, much more portable and not a whole lot slower once you've got the hang of it. It seems ridiculously extreme-OS, until you realise a) it's not rocket science, 100 years ago just about everyone did it, b) after the initial expense, it's waaaay cheaper, c) after a bit of practice you get exactly what you want instead of having to compromise, and d) it's extremely relaxing, creative & addictive. To cap it all, I had a leg operation a couple of years ago, and the OTs & physios were so impressed by my rapid recovery, they said spinning wheels should be made available on the NHS!

Sorry, slight thread hi-jack there, but the OP's boyfriend's statement put me in mind of all the times we've been spinning in public, and people come up to us and say what a shame it is that it's such a dying art... when there are usually at least a couple of teenaged or early 20s lasses sitting there spinning with us, and kids queueing up to have a go. Not quite dead yet, then... :rotfl: