The Knitting Club finally meets

One of my biggest stress busters the last few months has been knitting, started doing it for all the SMT/security/PCM meetings that we have every monday. It helps me to stay focused and sane :). The first time, i brought my knitting along there were the usual comments and jibes, as well as requests for scarfs, but now no one bats an eye when they see me camped in the knitting room (opps, meetings room) with my knitting, note pad and coffee.

So when I started talking to friends about it, we realised that there were a few knitting enthusiasts amongst us as well as a few who wanted to learn, and a few who then put us in the category of old maids :).

So this monday, the first knitting club get-together took place at my home with Salima, Karen and me (the enthusiasts), Zahra (the learner)and Alka (who came for the comfort food or dal, mattar pulao, zeera aloo and chatni's). Salima has set herself a goal of completing a scarf she started 5 years ago in two weeks, Karen, has been working on socks (how cool is that) for the last two year, and I wanted to finish the scarf  I started earlier this winter. So we thought if we sat down together with khana, tea and crepes (salima- makes fabulous crepes) we could motivate each other and relearn some of what we all seem to have forgotten, casting, which is knit, which is pearl and how do you change colours midway (I still havnt figured out how to do this without leaving a mark)?

Karen counting the stiches, while alka decided to join in and make a coster just for the fun of it. There was talk of darning needles, patterns, knitting books- cant wait to see where we go with this.

Zahra, the novice of the group, finally moved past the casting and first row. This girl has the right attitude, long way to go :) !







My new goal is to complete the scarf in two weeks and start on an Afghan (with diffrent coloured yarns) and get more of the ladies and gents (oh yes, there was one brave soul who is interested in learning how to knit) involved in the knitting club. I was also teased about my comments on the proper way to hold needles (but that was my mom talking not me, ladies)

Salima jan finally figured out the pattern she was working on and that it was pearl the bumps!









Look forward to more evenings like this one!