Feels like I dropped off the face of the earth.
I have been knitting - I finished 2 iPod nano cozies (I know... so difficult) - but no pictures of the finished items. (and, one is in Seattle this week, so no pics for a while).
I'm almost done with my first sock, it has only taken me a year and a half :-).
And, I've restarted Birch2 - cause I screwed up.
See:
See that twist? Nasty, nasty.... not fixable. Ripped back and restarted - I'm glad I bought the fourth ball of yarn!
And, today's big news: I started teaching 14 kids how to knit today.
My church does a Tuesday after-school program for 3-5 graders, called Logos. This year and last, I've helped with the Worship Arts section of the program. Last year I participated in a play, directed a play, worked with Readers, and directed a choir (the best part of helping with this program is I get to do _so_ much stuff!). This fall, we're doing knitting. The kids are going to knit bandages for the Global Health Ministries. This is a great project, especially for a church group. Combines stewardship and a project that can be... well... less than perfect!
Fortuantely, I brought the wonderful Sabrina with me to help - because we had 14 kids in the knitting group (19 were interested... the other 6 got their second choice). 4 of the kids had knit before, another 5 or so got the hang of it really quickly, and there were the 2 or three that were having issues. A good group, I think - this will go so fast.
If they get tired of knitting bandages, we will knit hats - the kind where you cast on 40 or so stitches, knit in garter stitch until you have a rectangle long enough to go around your head, then seam up the back and seam up the top - hat! Tassels are cute on the corners, too. Sabrina thinks that this is a good project to teach purl as well - instead of all garter stitch, they can do sections of garter and sections of stockinette. (There are days I think she'll grow up to be a knitwear designer)
I like teaching kids to knit - and I've got kids back in this group that were in my choir and play last year, which is great fun, too.
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