knittn in the south - Google Search

knittn in the south - Google Search

How's this for my first blog? I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, but I'll jump in with both feet and see what happens.

I'm Mary and I live in the suburbs of Savannah, Georgia. I've been knitting since I was in my early 30's. The first time I actually picked up a pair of knitting needles was in the 7th grade, Mrs. Marshall's French class. We had to put on a play about the storming of the Bastille and (if I remember correctly....this was a looooonnnngggg time ago!) there was a scene where the French women knitted while the men were doing all the fighting. Anyway, Mrs. Marshall showed all of the girls in the play just the basic knit stitch. I play my part brilliantly, put down the needles for about 20 years, then picked them back up again and learned more than just the knit stitch, thanks to a wonderful next door neightbor, Sylvia.

I went to see Sylvia one day and there she was knitting away on the most beautiful sweater I'd ever seen. Suddenly, what I'd learned those oh, so many years ago, rose to the surface and I talked Sylvia into showing me how to get started again. The first things I ever really knitted was sweaters. I thought that was all knitting was used for...sweaters. I must have knit seven or eight sweaters those first few years. I've branched off quite a bit now...socks, skirts, dishcloths, scarves, felting. I've even made a cowboy hat for my husband.

This is just the start...hope to post more soon.