Friday, May 30, 2008

Rebellious Knitting

MaryAnn reminded me yesterday that I need to stop being such a contrarian and follow the pre-class instructions for the knitting class that starts a week from today.

Somehow, I was under the impression that this was a knitting "group," as in we all get together and knit our individual projects, the beginners getting expert advice from the more advanced members. But that is the result of having skimmed rapidly (as usual, missing the cogent information), the announcement of the class. It really is a class, taught through the UT Extension. We are supposed to show up with two sets of #9 needles, a skein of cotton (for knitting a dishcloth), and a skein of worsted weight (for a scarf).

I have never knitted with anything smaller than a #10.5 (I am all about the instant gratification, so I use BIG needles that make things move along much, much faster). I don't use dishcloths (unsanitary), I'm getting pretty comfortable with the scarf thing (I want to knit a beret), and from somewhere in the depths of my whiny-child brain rises a protestation of "do I have to?"

Yes, Pam--you do. So stop with the kvetching already, and get your sorry butt over to Walmart for a hunk of "Peaches & Cream" yarn and some baby needles.

I am so immature.

1 comment:

THIS, THAT AND EVERYTHING said...

I can see that we might have our hands full at this class - LOL. Ummmm, do you think my name is in the listing because they will need crowd control in this knitting class?