Stitches and Hos
February 13th, 2009
On Tuesday 24th February I will be bringing both types of needles to The Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath Birmingham to DJ for the lovely folks at Stitches and Hos. Stitches and Hos is a monthly knitting night hosted by a motley crew of enthusiasts for all things knitted, crocheted, cross-stitched or threaded.
Say it loud – I knit and I’m proud.
I am a devoted and enthusiastic knitter, although I practice what I like to call ‘extreme knitting’, which is where you have no idea what you’re knitting and you haven’t learnt to cast off yet. Casting off or binding off is basically what you do when you have finished your project, the last step: getting it off the needles. When you can’t do this you basically can’t stop. Its what the more edgy, adrenaline junkie – knitters amongst us do. I would say it is the fixed wheel bicycle riding equivalent of knitting. What can I say? I just get off on the buzz.
If unlike me you were actually any good at knitting and you were rolling in it (wool that is) you could knit yourself an IPhone, a Gas mask, a sandwich, a jumper for your kitten or indeed a Ferrari.
So if you are at a loose end on Tuesday, make sure you bring your 80s bat-winged jumper pattern and your knitting kit to the Hare and Hounds, we cast off at 7.30pm.
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