Ed!!!

[gness]

Forget the cookery....there is a programme starting soon on BBC4 about... .....wait for it.......KNITTING!!!

The gods heard me!! ☺

[gness]

Hand knitted socks are bliss to wear, Giveup. Is the wool the sort that knits up into a pattern...that fascinates me.

[SlackAlice]

gness with knitting needles[i better than an [i]axe] I suppose?

☺☺☺

[ferlew]

I knit socks on 5 needles. They are in great demand.

[gness]

Hi Slack....I was staying in a hotel with the daughter when she took ill and had to go to bed. I told her I was quite happy to sit in the lounge area with a drink and my knitting....She said I would look like Miss Marple.
That was when I planned the perfect knitting needle murder....☻

[Jeza]

I knitted mic an aran jumper. Although I say it my self it was gorgeous. The first time he wore it he was asked by many where he bought it from. When he said the wife knitted it I was approached to knit more. I declined. He sold the jumper for £125. It cost me £11 for the wool. This was back in the 80's. I put hours in to making that jumper and told him never again.

[gness]

Ferlew...hadn't appreciated the comfort of hand knitted socks til I hurt my leg and it was so swollen I couldn't wear my socks. A friend knitted me some and they are heaven to wear.....and quite funky now with all the new wools.x
Giveup....do you know that your wool shop in Honiton is magnetic? You should see me fly in there when I visit!...☺

[DaisyNonna]

Jeza, how did you allow him to live? A labour of love rejected!

[nungate]

My mum used to knit arran sweaters, she used to knit so many of them. When I was pregnant she knitted me two shawls for the baby, and I'd never part with them. It's a shame that she can't knit any more because of her dementia, as she really needs something to occupy her

[giveup]

Jeza,I had the same with my daughter. When she was younger I knitted her a sweater in white Promise wool with red lips all over it ,. She said it was itchy and sold it to her friend for a fiver. I could have slaughtered her. Gness I am using rainbow wool for my socks in shades of orange and brown. It was bloody expensive,but I don't actually sit down very often so they are there for when I do.

[Jeza]

Daisy, he asked me to make him another one. I can't say what my answer was as I would be banned.

[DaisyNonna]

Oh dear, Jeza. I can understand.
Some knitting can be beneficial.
As a shy Fresher at Uni I sat knitting in the common room as I knew no one to talk to and hated my digs. Young man came up and asked what it would cost to knit him a sweater. I said, the cost of the wool and take me to the Fresher's Ball.
Cinderella did go to the Ball!
Don't know how I had the cheek. I was very lonely.