I’ve been knitting rapidly through the excellent film Son of Ranbow, the creepily good Being Human and a train journey from Leeds to London and gradually building up the stripes of my blue and pink scarf. You can definitely see where I’m progressing, where the most recent rows of stitches are considerably less holey than the earlier ones, but for my first knitting endeavour I’m quite happy.
It’s perfect to do in front of the telly. It’s equally perfect for getting out of  my boyfriend’s demonstrations when he wants to show me some new way of coding websites (django being his latest inspiration). I instead threaten to tell him about purling, casting off and other knitting related jargon. I guess programming and knitting are kinda similar?
That reminds me, I need to knit me a robot. Maybe some nice people at iknit will show me how to do this at one of their knitting groups, I’m trying to build up the courage to head down to one of these this week. I hope they are friendly. Its conveniently close to where I live  and since I have a few days of next week I reckon I should do a recce and check the store out – Wish me luck!
Son of Ranbow… I believe that is a Jim recommended film if I recall… never did make it through that one, how was it?
Also… the colours are perfect.
hugs!
Hey, that’s awesome that you just picked up knitting – I just started again recently too! I decided to try and make one of these: http://bit.ly/erL14z But never again with the type of yarn I chose. Way too thin and delicate; having to double knit/it’s taking forever.
If you haven’t been yet, Loop in Angel is the cutest store. And the assistants are all really lovely and helpful! The yarn can be expensive, but I think it’s just because I went for a mohair blend when I went there. They have knitting circles/a sofa to just go and sit and knit on. Good luck with your scarf – it’s looking great already
Thanks Laura – I’ve given up on knitting – too tricky for me, I much prefer crochet! I visited Loop after your recommendation – loved it.