Knit Wit

Tuesday 9 June 2009



How utterly delighted am I that my daughter has taken on my love of knitting.

It never even dawned on me to teach her as early as I did... When we lived in Beijing, my friend's mother was teaching her granddaughter at around age 5 or 6 and I thought to myself two things: Firstly, "by golly, that's a young age to knit!" and secondly, "I'm onto it!"

So I taught Ella the next day.

Sure, the first few practise runs were nightmarish, but with a little patience, Ella soon cottoned on and now knits up a storm. This is a blanket for her stuffed dog Samson, and she's begun her first colour change.

Exciting!

Now I've just got to get her anorak finished before winter creeps away. Watch this space!

3 comments:

Tiny Concept said...

How precious! What a wonderful skill to pass on to Ella. Maybe I could put in a order for some dolly blankets for Peyton - how fast can Ella knit!!

Anonymous said...

never figured this out - but I love to needlepoint - I should teach one of my girls!

Is Ella sitting by the heat or the air??

TB

Tania McCartney said...

TB - she's sitting on the heater!

TC - I'll tell Ella she has a client for Peyton!

...spooky, you both have a Peyton and a Peiten!

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