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| Knitting my first cardigan with this blue-violet-turquoise Malabrigo is making me very happy. |
The repetition of knitting brings me peace. Looping yarn around
needles, feeing its softness and its weight in my hand, watching a skein
turn into a hat, a blanket, a scarf--I have found pleasure and comfort
in this process for a dozen years now. When I spot a knitter waiting at
the airport or in a clinic, I feel a kinship with this
stranger and find comfort in watching her hands move.
Recently,
I began knitting my first cardigan. I am taking a class at my local
yarn store,
Klose Knit; the teacher is a new friend I made at a knitting
retreat last January, when I spent an entire day among knitters and
learned how to cable for the first time.
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| This is the final stage of the hat I knitted after I learned how to cable. | | |
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Here are some photos from the early stages of the "Sheer Beauty"
cardigan I am knitting. I began with 665 stitches; I have begun the
decreases, but, still, it's a very good thing I love the process of
knitting. Completing each row is a triumph, and it will be months before
I'm done.
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| Knitting on the deck in the September sunshine while not knowing what time it is--one definition of paradise. |
