As I sit on the couch knitting my striped blanket project, my teenage daughter is next to me, knitting a pair of fingerless gloves with four tiny needles. I think we are engaging in a timeless craft. The first known knitted fragments that exist date from around 1000 CE. For the last 1000+ years, people have been going to town with two sticks and a piece of string! Did you know that knitting was once strictly the realm of males? Now, it is a sport for all. The best thing about knitting is the human connection: yes, you can teach yourself from a book, but it's infinitely better to have a teacher by your side, helping your clumsy hands figure it all out. Knitting skill is handed down, generation to generation, person to person. The second best thing is also about connection: most knitters enjoy knitting gifts for family and friends, or charitable endeavors. If you ever receive a hand knitted item, you are the recipient of tangible love.
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