Friday, December 10, 2010

Learn to Knit Anyone? In 30 minutes, I promise




I don’t know why I’m sleepless tonight so I’ve been blogwalking amongst the many blogs in Craftzone. I saw a few crochet projects but very, very few knitting projects. In fact, i only know one other blogger, Wie from My Handmade who knits. So, I’ve been thinking, would anybody be interested to learn how to knit? It’s actually very easy. There’s only two stitches to learn which is knit (the top  picture) and purl (the bottom picture) and I’m sure if you’re interested enough to learn, you can master these two stitches in less than 30 minutes.

I have some extra straight needles lying around and lots of extra yarn that I can offer for practice. So, I’m offering my time and my tools for anybody who’s interested to pick up knitting. I’d like to start in Putrajaya. If you can get a group of 3-5 people, I’d come and teach at your location. I’d bring the yarn and needles and I promise you you’d be knitting in no time. 

It’ll be more of an Intro to Knitting class where for a fee of RM10.00 per person, you’d get to use my needles (on loan) and my stash of yarn to knit a gauge. You’ll learn to do the stockinette (another term for knit) stitch, garter stitch and purl stitch. And you get to keep whatever  you’ve knitted. Upon completing this class, you can decide if you want to take up knitting more seriously and start on a simple project like knitting a cushion cover or even a baby’s sweater. Then, I can help you get started with getting your own set of needles and yarn.

You don’t have to wait for Malaysia to snow to start knitting. I was like that before and thought that knitwear would be unsuitable here. But when I started knitting seriously, I found that the yarn are not just made from wool but there’s cotton yarn, linen yarn, bamboo yarn that is very suitable for our weather. Most of the things I knit, I use cotton yarn. It’s lightweight and suitable to wear in the office if you find the aircond is a bit chilly or at the  movies. It’s suitable for babies and for those who’s allergic to wool ( I just found out that you can be allergic to wool).

So ladies (and gentlemen, if there’s anybody interested out there), do keep an open mind on knitting. Let me share the joy of knitting with you :)

11 comments:

  1. Salam kak, count me in.. dah lama nak belajar knitting nih.. hehe.. jeles bila jumpa/tgk auntie2 kat kedai benang tayang topi yang diorang knit.. hahaha... Nanti akak explain sekali which yarn is which.. sbb saya ingat semua pun wool.hahaha.. bila pegi haby&wool mcm blur tgk yarn semua.. :P

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  2. MamaDaniel, cari la kawan sorang lagi ke and get a convenient time. Email me the details and let me know the time, date and place at least 48 hours in advance sebab nak kena buat arrangement for Danial and Arwen.

    halizda, find at least another friend who’s interested to learn too. Email me the time, day and place same as above.

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  3. Bestnye!! I wished I could attend but I live too far away....I'd love to learn how to knit and so does my daughter. Maybe someday,huh?

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  4. Nanti kalau dah ada bullet train to JB, I’ll come down and teach, ye Aisyah. Boleh belajar online gak. byk tutorial

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  5. akak kat mane?teringin gak nak blaja

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  6. emmm agak2 kalau saya drive ke putrajaya ni bole sampai tak eks hihihi..(asking my confidence hahaha) teringin plak nak knitting. kalau free time lunch hour kat opis nii bole jugak knitting sebari dua kan

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  7. For you Mila, I can go to ur office. Senang situ pasal dekat rumah MIL boleh tumpangkan budak2 sat.

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  8. Hi Rozi,
    If you have people who wants to learn I want to join your class. Nak cari kawan ni susah. Just let me know the dates just in case I can join.

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  9. salam. menarik jugak knitting. memang berminat. dah mula ke kelas ni?

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