Sunday Knits

Sunday means good  great conversation, food, fun, and of course, there's the knitting.  There are so many stories that are told, topics discussed, and knitting victories had.  Today if I had to pick just one of those things I think it's this:


About 3 or 4 weeks ago, Miriam ( a new knitter of just a month or two) arrived about a half hour after we had all really started seriously knitting (there's breakfast and coffee to be had before we get into the bulk of knitting).  Well, Miriam had come to inform us that... she was giving up knitting.  It was too hard.  She's done, through, she quit, it's over.  She came to see if Heather was there to teach her how to crochet.  The logic, "there's only one stick instead of two, it has to be easier!"  


Our lone crocheter was not in attendance that week.  And, no, of course we didn't let her quit!! We set her up with new yarn, new needles, and a new pattern.  The following week she was still knitting the object (I think it was a scarf, it really doesn't even matter though) and then we come today, after I've been absent from knitting for 2 weeks.  


I sit down, I look around to check out what everyone is working on, and mostly everyone has the same thing they had 2 weeks ago, except... Heather, who is taking a break from the blanket she's been crocheting for 30 years (no, I'm not even exaggerating), she's making a baby hat.  AND... This is where you need to take a seat, get ready for jaw dropping moment, take a deep breath... Miriam was knitting a... wait for it.... 




S O C K.  A sock.  A SOCK!!!!!!!


Not only was she knitting this sock, by the end of the session she was ready to turn the heel!! Amazing! 


Just 3 to 4 weeks earlier, ready to quit, and now, she's making socks.  


Just one more reason, I love knitting.