For the first time Knitting Club did a display for the Open Day! Mrs Waites and the Knitters did a great job showing off the results of their hard work this year. We always start our beginners with finger knitting which made up the lettering of the display. We've made meters of this with multi colour yarns and different thicknesses. The final ritual for each knitter is to hang it over the staircase of the Year 6 classroom to see how long it is!
Learning how to knit with needles requires patience and this year our knitters have been stars. Long ago the little girls at Great Gaddesden School had to knit socks on four thin steel needles. Today's knitters, boy and girls, have much more fun. We have made owls, pussy cats, cave girls, snakes, cakes, a giant spider, a multi coloured penguin, a pod with peas in it, even a very lively can of baked beans.
Each knitter has used skill and patience and perseverance but we have also had a lot of fun and a lot of conversation. We could call it chat club but the subjects have covered much more than gossip - politics, books, music, philosophy, all human life has been at Knitting Club and I have really enjoyed the company and the conversation. May be we should call it Knit and Natter!!!!
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