Once more I've been conned, sorry, convinced by my workmates to do my part for charity and do a little knitting for children around the world.
Being a beginner I can knit (k) one, purl (p) one and that's about all. Combining one row of knit and one row of purl I have a stocking stitch (ss) assuming I am knitting on the right side and purling on the wrong side.
A couple of months ago a friend of mine was watching the Paul O'Grady show which appealed to the knitting community for baby hat. Knitting is not something I have done since school, but the pattern looked easy (and was). Being the softy I am and the recipient of a donation of needles and wool I ended up knitting three baby hats. I admit I did not go as far as putting pompoms on the top of them, but they looked wearable.
By enlarging the pattern one of my nieces or nephews is going to get a larger version for Christmas.
www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/P/paulogrady/children.html
Simple patterns like the one at the Paul O'Grady Show link above are easy for beginners like me, however it is interesting to note that easy to follow patterns are hard to come by. At this level of knitting I do not want to spend money on purchasing a pattern I am not going to be able to use in the foreseeable future. To this end I have been searching online for free patterns.
www.oxfamireland.org/shops/knitting.shtml
Oxfam Ireland has some easy to follow patterns for fingerless gloves, hat with peak and a hat with ear flaps.
Knitting for charity is something that anyone with a pair of needles can do. As the long nights will soon be drawing in, why not prepare for them by taking up knitting and using up those old balls of wool.
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