This past weekend my son was playing hockey up-island (Courtenay, BC). Now, if you aren’t a hockey mom, it might surprise you that not only do we drive 3 hours to & from this away game, we also arrive 1.5-2hrs in advance of the game (and the game itself is 1.5-2hrs). I love my child, and love what team sports teach him, so I instead of ‘complaining’, I’ve made it my mission to seek out tourist spots in the areas he’s playing. This time, however, I made a plan to search out a local yarn shop. I found one only 7 minutes drive from the arena so I could go there and back before the game. We carpooled, so another hockey mom came along with me to Uptown Yarns. What a lovely store, nice little space, and plenty of room for classes. The owner’s mother chatted with us about the recent sock knitting class and her current project on the needles. My friend exclaimed she wished she was that talented…to which I replied, “its just math…” So, being an accountant, math isn’t so hard, so she’s thinking about when she’d have time to learn.
Yesterday, I was a Canadian Blood Services donation clinic and of course I brought out the knitting to pass along the time. Three different people approached me to watch, “wishing” they could knit. Again, I explained it’s simple and they were intrigued. Two had learned when they were much younger, but had “forgotten”, one had attempted learning online but really wanted a person to show her.
So, after having 4 people in 2 days talk to me about learning to knit, I believe its time for me to start up my classes again. I’ve been in touch with Westshore Parks & Recreation (where I used to teach), so I’ll keep everyone posted. I may just do the Beginners class in spring and do sock knitting via private/semi-private sessions until the fall.Now to play with my patterns that I’ll share/teach…