Kate knits away in Cambridge today
Kate promised me that she would position herself in a public place today and get knitting for World Wide Knit In Public Day. And she kept her word.
Although a solitary figure, she was joined in spirit by hundreds of others around the globe keen to promote the craft’s revival. It is no longer just enjoyed by grannies as celebs have taken it up, enthused Kate.
Kate, chief exec of Headway Cambridgeshire, of which I am a trustee, returned home in time for the England game and sent me this pic during the interval.
She said:
“Why do I love knitting? Well, I find it like a kind of meditation – very soothing and restful. I enjoy the creativity of making something and of experimenting with different yarns. I particularly enjoy making gifts for other people, they often seem to appreciate the fact that you have evidently spent hours making something with them in mind almost more than the actual item itself. I enjoy making blankets, scarves, shawls, scarves, gloves and socks perhaps more than making traditional jumpers, as the fit and size isn’t so important and I’m not very patient at making sure I take accurate measurements! It can also be a very social activity – I get together with a group of other knitters in Cambridge and we meet up twice a month to knit together and chat and to admire each others’ handiwork!”
I love a good yarn, but have too much on my plate to take up this new hobby, although I used to enjoy patchwork sewing. I wonder what the tourists thought of Kate knitting away outside King’s College……
Forgot to say – if any knitters would like to join our twice monthly get-togethers, check out
http://www.knitcambridge.blogspot.com
Come on down.
‘one-nil, one-nil, one-nil’!!
I couldn’t possibly comment:
“During the French Revolution, when guillotine was a staple of public life, a group of women known as les tricoteuses became famous for knitting while they watched the beheadings. The image is often used to symbolize how numb the French people had become to the grisly executions. But this research suggests that the women may have been undisturbed by the guillotine because they knit, not the other way around.”
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/sci_update.cfm?DocID=209
Bob, what a gruesome image and an interesting conclusion which I’m sure Kate will note.
you are so sad
Mr ? I find you very offensive and I think you would find knitting very enjoyable if you tried it.