Oh, the weather again!!!

The wind today will have been gusting up to 50mph but the sun has been peeking out most of the time so it has remained bright with plenty blue sky. It's not cold either, well, by our standards anyway.

I would love to run out and get a photo for you all but the men are coming around to do the windows so I'm staying in to supply the coffee and make sure that it's done to a suitable standard - in other words, top notch, which I'm sure it will be.

I'll sit and do my knitting  and keep an eye on them :))

It's not what I remember!!!

When I was a wee boy, I remember that my mother showed me how to knit. She was almost always knitting something and I wanted to be able to do that as well so she showed me and off I went, knitting away. After a week or so I lost interest and never went back.

Unfortunately, my mother is no longer with us and I have forgotten how to knit entirely so it is a full-scale learn again situation. Since my last post, when I expected to have no problems at all, reality has struck and I have been struggling to get - nowhere.

I'm not giving in though. I will conquer it, perhaps not as quickly as initially expected but I will succeed.

Don't hold your breath though.

Sound daft? It's guaranteed!!!

Does anyone remember that a few days ago I commented on learning to knit? Well, the yarn and the pins arrived this morning so there's not much excuse now, no reason to dodge the column and all that.

I've found a couple of short films on youtube,  How to knit - The basics and How to knit - Casting on so I think that I'll have a good look at them, the first one is about six minutes and the second is around three minutes and after watching them I expect to be able to knit a new garden or something.

If I never mention anything about knitting again then I'm sure that you can work out why.

Please, no gales of laughter outside my front door, it'll stop the neighbours getting a decent nights sleep :))

This might sound daft!!!

This might sound daft but here in Shetland, men used to knit. When my grandfather was at sea and he had a little time to himself he would get the pins out to do some repairs or make a new pair of socks, maybe a jumper for himself or his wife, perhaps for one of his children, my mother and uncles and aunt.

I'm sure that a lot of men still do knit here, especially if there is no pub close by, the telly is on and it's raining outside. What better to do as you stare at the news or the music is on - and save a fortune as you do it.

So, I've made a decision. Not just a wee decision either but a big one!!! A change in my life when you think about it. I'm going to learn to knit. I'm doing this to keep myself busy, to give myself the ability to have clothes that I like and to be able to repair clothes instead of having to buy new ones that I can't afford.

You never know, this might have been a photo of one of my older relatives - or maybe one of yours - making a new pair of underpants.

You can do a lot with a pair of knitting needles you know!!!

I'll let you know how I get on and if I start taking orders I'll give you an idea of the prices, alright!!!