Wednesday 27 March 2013

There's Such a Thing as Getting Too Into Our Knitting


This is a 1955 knitting ad from McCall's. And yes, it's true that we put a bit of ourselves into every thing we knit: our creativity, skill, time, effort, love, and hopes for the future. But it doesn't necessarily follow that we have to make everything we knit an actual part of ourselves. I hope we can stop short of using yarn for hair, for instance.

Coming up: Look for a review of Interweave's Knitting Traditions Spring 2013 issue tomorrow morning!

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