Yay for yarn! Make something with lots of random coloured stripes if there's not enough for a whole item in one colour... Problem solved!
I find knitting is a great way to connect with older women I otherwise might not have anything in common with. A good example being when I met a mutual friend's dad's post-separation girlfriend (mouthfull)... Everything was a bit awkward until I mentioned my struggle to conquer fair isle and then she let loose with a stream of hints and tips and love of the craft and boom, instant comraderie. I bloody love it.
It's a mostly female tradition (even if it may have started as a male one, I've read many conflicting histories of the craft) but not exclusively so. There's nothing as exciting as meeting a man who knits.
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I find knitting is a great way to connect with older women I otherwise might not have anything in common with. A good example being when I met a mutual friend's dad's post-separation girlfriend (mouthfull)... Everything was a bit awkward until I mentioned my struggle to conquer fair isle and then she let loose with a stream of hints and tips and love of the craft and boom, instant comraderie. I bloody love it.
It's a mostly female tradition (even if it may have started as a male one, I've read many conflicting histories of the craft) but not exclusively so. There's nothing as exciting as meeting a man who knits.
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