Simple Pleasure 5. Knitting.
I love knitting. The simple technique from 2 sticks, some yarn and a movement to create a fabric. If you know the basics, something beautiful can come out. "Knit with confidence through all crises" is a sentence from Elizabeth Zimmerman and she is right with that. Knitting has helped me a lot during the last year. Kept me focused on the positive side of life. So, I took my needles, different yarns and patterns with me to Ireland, next to 2 almost finished Estonian lace projects which only needed some grafting. Still very into lace, and I only knit them to give away. My first finished shawl I knitted here in Ireland is for Anne. Knitted in hand-dyed merino/silk yarn from A Verb for keeping Warm. I won that beautiful skein in a competition from the podcast Fiberbeat . It needs blocking which I will do at home, and than send it off to Anne. Than I started a lace shawl from Kieran Foley in bright blue Madeline Tosh lace yarn. It will take a long time to finish it off. Anothe...