This weekend, I celebrated Thanksgiving with my family (we’re not tied to the *actual* day).
After the big meal was enjoyed, Mom and I sat down with our knitting.
Just like we do after most meals together. After Holidays, after bimonthly Sunday lunchs, after a cup at the coffeeshop; we knit.
This tradition began 4 years ago, after Thanksgiving dinner.
I’d been knitting for a year and my mom had become increasingly interested in the bright colors and soft textures. We found some smooth yarn and good needles and after Thanksgiving dinner, we began.
Snuggled next to each other on the couch, with the smells of cranberry and pumpkin still lingering, she made her first stitch.
And then her first row.
And (a few months later), her first scarf. She finished 3 bags before she ever finished that first scarf, which cemented my belief that beginners should start with something *small*, not a scarf!
Tomorrow I’m releasing the Learn to Knit kit.
I’m nervous, jittery and excited. It helps to take a moment and remember:
It’s the culmination of all my teaching-people-to-knit experiences and it all started on that couch, at Thanksgiving.
It’s just me, coming over with my yarn and needles to sit down and teach you for a bit.
That’s not so scary, is it?
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