Knit 'n' Yarn

[callmemadam]

Only of interest to knitters.

Once a month a group of friends gets together and Does Something. Maybe a pub quiz or just a walk. Yesterday it was an evening of knitting and crochet hosted chez moi. We decided to call it a knit and yarn meeting on the grounds that we are not bitchy. I provided the kitchen table, a lot of yarn and accessories, piles of patterns and the wine.



One person brought a fuzzy scarf. Another is knitting a child's jacket (in Sirdar Snowflake) for a charity. A square was knitted, crochet skillz rediscovered, new stitches tried out. Wine was drunk, tongues wagged, patterns for crochet bikinis and woollen underwear laughed at and then there fell one of those sudden hushes that comes over a group of absorbed people. A very relaxing evening and as a plus two people left yarn behind 'in case you'll use it?' A yarn swap would be a good idea...

Comments

[minniemoll.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a lovely evening. And knit and yarn is a much better name than stitch and bitch, I'm surprised it's not widely used.

Is that Colinette I spy at the front of your basket?

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Glad you like the name.
Yes, Colinette Jitterbug sock yarn. The hank in the basket is Copperbeach and I have another in Toscana which is already most of one sock. It was a lovely birthday present.

[debodacious.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a fun evening.

I think there is perhaps a scientific study waiting to be done on the addictive qualities of sock yarn - even a HIK has noticed that I seem to have a problem and he hasn't seen my whole stash:-)

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

I've become sock addicted. Do you think it's catching? Zeitgeist?Perhaps it's that you get the pleasure of buying nice new yarn but it's only one ball so it doesn't seem to count?

[gghost.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wish that you lived in my neighborhood.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Or vice versa!