... And Owning a Cat Doesn't Hurt ...

Cats are marvelous companions.  They instantly approve of everything you knit.  They watch with intense interest while your needles click and clack and they wait with great anticipation for you to turn your back and leave your knitting unattended so they can fully investigate the quality of your yarn and covertly help you "wind" it properly.  They think they are helping.  To suggest otherwise would be to malign their good characters, to be sure. 

I've often wondered why, when knitters are so ardent about their stash and projects, that they are almost always drawn to pets who like nothing better than to romp in said stash and tangle with it.  Why doesn't a knitter go for, say, something less "helpful" like, oh, I don't know ... a goldfish?

Because, dear friends, and I'm sure this will come as a surprise, a knitter is always up for a challenge and you can't say to a goldfish, "Gill, will you wind this for me, please?"

Oh, and, Q-tip?  I KNOW you're not really asleep.  You are lying in wait ...

Joy in knitting...

A Little Piece of String

That's how it begins.  A little piece of string and a lot of fascination with making your own fabric.  Turning that fabric into something beautiful comes with practice and experience but we still begin with a little piece of string.  It's not magic.  You don't have to be good - you just have to have the desire to learn.  If you're drawn to the craft, just find some string, some needles and do it.  It may look "funny" when you start but with patience and determination, the skill will grow.

This is a little top down jacket in progress.  When it's done, it should look like I actually know what I'm doing.  And it all started with a little piece of string.

Joy in knitting.