I’m loving all the posts I’ve been reading so far for Knit and Crochet Blog Week. The idea is for all the knitters and crocheters out there with blogs to answer the same questions for a week. Fun, right? I’m learning so much already about the bloggers I read.
So, naturally, I want to participate, too!
DAY ONE: How and when did you begin knitting/crocheting?
I learned my senior year of high school. My English (and everything else cool, like drama and humanities) teacher, Mrs Reniche, taught knitting on the side and knit and designed these amazing intarsia sweaters that she sold for hundreds and hundreds of dollars. My friend Theresa and I thought it was the coolest thing ever and the three of us got together after school and Mrs Reniche taught us to knit. Every week more and more people came, and we had the best time hiding in Mrs Reniche’s room, talking and knitting. And I haven’t stopped since!
Most people assume that it’s your mom or grandmother that teach you to knit, but I actually taught my mom to knit, and every time my grandma sees me knitting she says, ‘Allyson, you are going to give yourself arthritis.’
I started teaching knitting four years ago when I was graduating from college and I love every second I get to spend knitting, with knitters, and talking about knitting. And, luckily for me, that is pretty often!
LOVED your when you started story! I need to go check out that blog!
how cool too your teacher took time out of her day to teach you.
it was SO UN COOL when I started
good for you!
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Comment by Cindy — April 26, 2010 @ 4:04 pm