A Knitter or Crocheter For All Seasons?
As spring is in the air in the northern hemisphere and those in the southern hemisphere start setting their sights for the arrival of winter, a lot of crocheters and knitters find that their crafting changes along with their wardrobe. Have a look through your finished projects and explain the seasonality of your craft to your readers. Do you make warm woollens the whole year through in preparation for the colder months, or do you live somewhere that never feels the chill and so invest your time in beautiful homewares and delicate lace items. How does your local seasonal weather affect your craft?
As spring is in the air in the northern hemisphere and those in the southern hemisphere start setting their sights for the arrival of winter, a lot of crocheters and knitters find that their crafting changes along with their wardrobe. Have a look through your finished projects and explain the seasonality of your craft to your readers. Do you make warm woollens the whole year through in preparation for the colder months, or do you live somewhere that never feels the chill and so invest your time in beautiful homewares and delicate lace items. How does your local seasonal weather affect your craft?
Last July I cast on a blanket. This year the weather turned beautifully warm at the beginning of April, and I was knitting my Narragansett jumper (in a nice and cosy merino/camel yarn)… So it appears that I am not at all seasonally minded *laughs*
I knit what I want to knit, whether it’s the appropriate season
or not. Luckily (or not!) the weather here is so variable that most of the
things I knit can make an appearance “out of season” anyway ;)
Lately I have been much more interested in knitting cardigans. I
looked at my shop-bought wardrobe and realised that I like layering, and my
most-worn items tend to be in that vein. It works for the weather – much easier
to slip a cardigan or shrug on and off as the clouds race across the sky than
to wear a jumper. So I knit Cria and Shalom, I have yarn to knit at least 3
more cardigans once I have chosen the patterns.
I’ve definitely noticed that I lack the inclination to knit
summery items. Perhaps it’s because I like the feel of wool, alpaca, angora…
And hate the feel of cotton yarn. I’ve tried knitting with 4ply cotton, which
was the most unenjoyable knitting I think I’ve ever attempted. Even if I did love the colour!
But, I do want
to knit things that work for summer, I’d like to be an all seasons knitter.
Well, I have some mystery bamboo yarn in my stash so this may be the year to experiment
*laughs* That’s if we get a decent summer of course ;)
