{"id":2413,"date":"2012-04-04T17:13:45","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T21:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2012-04-04T17:13:45","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T21:13:45","slug":"the-accidental-knitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/?p=2413","title":{"rendered":"The accidental knitter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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l knitted this ruffled orange scarf with yarn bought in Montreal, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A\u00a0funny thing happened a couple of months ago \u2013 I became a knitter.<\/p>\n

It started like this\u2026.\u00a0 I was in Canada, looking for a birthday present for a friend of mine who is Canadian but lives in the U.K. I thought a Canadian present might be nice.<\/p>\n

My friend has been known to knit. Many years ago, I did a bit of knitting too, and it occurred to me that I could buy some wool in Canada and knit my friend an “Australian-made” hand-knitted Canadian Scarf.<\/p>\n

I did and she liked it.<\/p>\n

Not only that \u2013 I really enjoyed knitting it. Travelling as much as I do, I spend a lot of time in hotel rooms \u2013 and this seemed a great way to pass the time.<\/p>\n

A couple of weeks later, my work took me to Cincinnati \u2013 where I bought some fabulous wool.<\/p>\n

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I bought this fab-u-lous chunky wool in Cincinati and a shop with a very fat and very friendly cat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then I found myself\u00a0in Miami were I\u00a0bought some red ribbon yarn.<\/p>\n

Last week, in Texas\u2026 well\u2026\u00a0 you get the idea.<\/p>\n

Every yarn store I have visited has been staffed by the most wonderful people \u2013 friendly and welcoming.<\/p>\n

There is always a big table where women (and the occasional brave man) sit around knitting and talking. They are quite happy to teach me a new stitch and help me decipher a pattern.\u00a0 I have been invited to join them for coffee, wine and even dinner.<\/p>\n

It certainly has made my travels a little less lonely, and I now have some unique souvenirs of the places I have been.<\/p>\n

So \u2013 in very short space of time I have knitted a pullover, a shrug, a shawl, two hats and seven scarves (including the one I gave to my friend).<\/p>\n

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It’s hard to believe I knitted this crazy lacy scarf – but I did!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve dropped some stitches that I meant to drop – and a few I didn’t. I’ve even learned to knit a hole – deliberately!<\/p>\n

Not only that, but a character who is going to appear in my next novel has started looking over my shoulder while I knit. She thinks it looks like fun. She travels a lot on her job as well, and by the time she finally gets out of my head and onto a typed page \u2013 I’ve got a funny feeling she may just have become a knitter.<\/p>\n

If she’s lucky, I might share some tips with her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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