Knitting Blogs

The web is a wonderful place. Whatever your passion, there is a community for you. Netrings are sites where bloggers with a shared interest can list their blog and join a virtual group of like-minded people. Metaxu Cafe, of which I am a member is such a community centre for writers - www.me taxucafe.com.

I came across a netring today for Knitters - http://boogaj.typepad.com/knitting_blogs/.

Members write about the knitting project that they are currently working on and share knitting patterns.

I don’t knit but my Mum and Grandma used to knit and I was always touched by the bond that it gave them. They would help each other with difficult stitches or go pattern-hunting together. The hobby also drew the family together as they knitted sweaters and scarves for each of us. We all became involved looking at patterns that we liked, asking them to adapt some to fit more to our tastes. They would call us from whatever we were doing to hold the strangely shaped bit of work against us, measure, make a note and send us off again. And then finally, there it would be - a beautiful jersey or rug or scarf. It felt like the only one in the world, made specially for just you.

Once I was walking down Victoria Street in London, wearing a navy jumper my Mum had knitted for me. It had three white kangaroos hopping across my torso. She had found the pattern on a trip to Sydney. A woman stopped me and said, "I love your sweater. Where can I get one?"

"My Mum made it for me."

She looked so disappointed. And envious. I felt so proud of my Mum!

So, if you knit - or know any knitters - do go check out the knitting bloggers or blogging knitters and / or tell us about your knitting!

Acknowlegements: photo courtesy of Sue McNamara, Ithaca, New York, USA at http://cloudheights.blogspot.com/