Asked to teach Gdd to knit!

Thanks so much Chardy, but TBH, in MN parlance, I honestly CBA now. And as per my pp, I don’t really like the look of crochet
Not to mention a lot of knitting projects lined up!

Gdd will be coming later, and I’ve actually managed to find the children’s needles I bought 2 or 3 years ago. No mean feat for me to find anything so quickly, I can tell you!

I read the thread heading as "Asked to teach God to knit". I was impressed but surprised.

I did knit and crochet when I was younger very basic blankets jumpers cardigans etc. I haven't done any for years I offered to teach my GDs to knit but my Dil didn't seem bothered I felt disappointed at her response.

NotSpaghetti

I think they look quite easy Callistemon21 but they are certainly striking anyway

I'm joining crochet blankets using the Join As You Go method; that looks similar.
However, I've never crocheted anything shaped, only squares and rectangles 🙂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxcJW0hgp3g

I used to knit squares, must have knit hundreds. Luckily someone else sewed them together to make blankets for refugees.
I really dislike sewing up.
Witzend 🤫

Callistemon21

Here you are - but squares, not stripes! From my Sirdar link 🙂

If you're young and a size 8 or 10 you can wear anything.
DD pinched my oversized Christmas jumper - oversized is in, apparently.

Oo, I like that, Callistemon! I think even I could manage that (squares are my speciality).

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I think they look quite easy Callistemon21 but they are certainly striking anyway

Sorry, I realised they're crocheted!

I knew Tom knitted but that is very clever.

Are they those all-in-one cardigans? Someone showed me how to knit them but I gave up!

Thought you might like to see this.
Tom Daley. Ghis is crochet but he knits too.

Fleurpepper

Nonna, how do you knit? The Italian method?

As said above, there are many different ways of knitting, depending on country.

My Swedish friend thinks my way of knitting is very weird. Can’t comment on hers - I’ve never seen her knit - I don’t think she ever does.

Granny23. Mum taught me to knit by sitting opposite me rather than beside. It must have been tedious for her but I love knitting and would do much more if it wasn’t for the dreaded arthritis!!! Tried teaching my daughter but she never really got the hang of it! However she has mastered cross stitch (which I love as well) She completed a cross stitch for me for a Christmas gift a few years ago. She admitted she was constantly in touch with her mum in law to get it done. Very proud of her. Now have a 3 year old granddaughter so will see if she wants to take on the craft mantle for the family - the boys (4 - aged 26! 23, 20 and 12 are into cars, engines and anything greasy!

YouTube has some excellent knitting tutorials. When I taught by grandson, I sat behind him guiding his hands as he watched the screen. The young ones all seem to learn from a screen these days.

My DD and her best Friend at school were both left handed. Their teacher gave up on them and declared that they would never knit. Really!!! It took me one wet Sunday afternoon to teach both of them. I am right handed but sat opposite them rather than beside them like a mirror image and they both got the hang of it easily, knitting left handed. I thought teacher would have been impressed but she was not. She declared that a left handed knitter would not be able to work to a pattern as these were all written for right handers, but that did not seem to bother them at all and they both managed scarves, hats, dolls pram covers and clothes, cushion covers, etc. Neither of them particularly enjoyed knitting, regarding it as a chore, like hoovering or washing dishes - I blame the teacher's attitude for that.

My gran taught me when I was 8. I made my first garment -a tank top when I was 13 and now aged 66 I wouldn't be without my knitting needles. Not a day goes by when I don't pick them up.

I had an amazing teaching assistant who taught my 30 five year olds to knit a few rows with cotton yarn and cocktail sticks ( no, really!) to adorn their Mothering Sunday cards.

Here you are - but squares, not stripes! From my Sirdar link 🙂

If you're young and a size 8 or 10 you can wear anything.
DD pinched my oversized Christmas jumper - oversized is in, apparently.

Anyone else remember the craze for knitted garments in all sorts of colours in stripes in the 1970s- shapeless jerseys knitted on circular needles, socks in multi-coloured stripes and so on?

They're back in again, grandtante, another retro fashion. We're just not with it, are we.
😂

Witzend

Fleurpepper

Good for you. Actually, I'd start with crochet and macramé- before knitting. Holding tension is so hard with knitting.

Slight snag there, in that I never learned to crochet - and alas I’m not going to start now. In fact I really don’t like the look of crochet - very unreasonable of me, I know, but it’s probably down to a pre-marriage housemate who was forever crocheting the most hideous, garishly coloured things - usually ponchos, which I had to pretend were lovely. I lived in dread of her presenting me with one - and having to wear it!

Oh Witzend, a group of us post-retirement women learnt in our 60s and 70s. We all have knitted since we were tiny.
Have a look at Bella Coco
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bella+coco+crochet+for+beginners

Callistemon21

I tend to crochet in a different style than most people (don't ask me how or why) and I have noticed an expert crocheter in our craft group watching me quizzically.

I crochet like I knit with the hook and yarn in the same hand. My left hand is purely to hold the work when crocheting or the none-active needle when knitting. It does draw puzzled looks.

MawtheMerrier

The ultimate crochet threat - be afraid, sons-in-law, be very afraid!

OH DEAR, OH DEAR!

I nearly died of laughter!

Anyone else remember the craze for knitted garments in all sorts of colours in stripes in the 1970s- shapeless jerseys knitted on circular needles, socks in multi-coloured stripes and so on?

Here in Denmark, some bright spark christened it hønsestrik which translates literally as hens' knitting.

To me, being bilingual, the expression conjured up the vision of a gaggle of Glaswegian women and lassies busily knitting. No-one could share the joke as "hen" in Danish has no application as a pet name for anyone female.

With 6 grandsons and no girls in the mix, I was delighted when one of the boys said they wanted to learn to knit. I don’t think we’d even got to the end of the first row before he pronounced it boring and dragged me outside to play football. To be fair, I’m only a basic knitter and my mother had to put up with the same treatment when she tried to teach me. I didn’t used to make her go in goals though!

I tend to crochet in a different style than most people (don't ask me how or why) and I have noticed an expert crocheter in our craft group watching me quizzically.

Nonna, how do you knit? The Italian method?

As said above, there are many different ways of knitting, depending on country.

Sorry if my knitting style offends, it’s the only way I can do it, and though it might make me slower, it doesn’t stop me producing lots of hand knits which people seem to like.