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Amy knitting a baby Aran sweaterKnitting 

Knit one, purl two...How do you do?  Welcome to our knitting nook on the web!  We have gathered together all of our knitting pertinent tools, yarn, links, books, patterns and more for you to browse and enjoy.

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Our Knitting Profiles:

Andrea - I learned how to cast on and do garter stitch from my Dad when I was seven or eight.  When I was sixteen, I decided to to take up knitting in earnest, and tried to learn how to do stockinette stitch.  The diagrams and instructions in the books I read made no sense to me ("I don't want to purl, I want to knit!"), so I unknowingly un-vented my own way of knitting-back backwards.  It worked well for me, and I made some doll sweaters.  Eventually, a knitter I met taught me how to purl ("I don't know what you are trying to do, Andrea, but it's not purling!  Let me show you..." "You mean I have to turn it around every row?!").  Then I found out about gauge, and being a loose knitter, despaired of ever matching the gauge a pattern called for...until I "met" Elizabeth Zimmermann through her books, which I found at the local library.  Her percentage system gave me hope!  I could knit at my gauge, and make things my size... and the design I wanted?  Wow.  It's been one great discovery after another since then. :) One of the more notable discoveries was the fact that there was a knitting guild meeting once a month in Stevens Point (info below).  I have enjoyed meeting fellow knitters and learning and sharing with them.  My dad says he may have taught me how to knit, but doesn't understand what I'm doing now...YO, ssk, M1...? :)

 

Heart of Wisconsin Knit and Crochet Guild meets at the Stevens Point Public library on the third Monday of each month, from 6 pm - 8 pm in the summer, and from 6 pm - 9 pm in the winter.  All levels of interest and skill are welcome.  For more info or for directions, feel free to contact me.

 

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