I run into ladies all the time who are interested in learning to knit or crochet. The base offers classes, but for my friends I don’t mind teaching them! (Not that I want to take business away from the wonderful base Arts and Crafts Center, but you know, I’d rather have gal pals to sit around at home with while the kids play and we stitch!) A year and a half ago, I went to Chrissy’s home to teach her to knit then Katie and I started doing crochet lessons for church ladies at the Weasel’s Den. It just didn’t last very long.

I met Muriel just a few weeks ago at her birthday party (we had “met” on Facebook months prior to her moving out here.) She wanted to learn, so I offered to have a knitting get-together. She had a friend I didn’t, Keri, who wanted to join us too. The more the merrier! So today Muriel and Keri (and her sweet daughter) came over to learn the basics of knitting.

I made mini blueberry muffins and just had to try out my new lens. Sneaky Rhino tried to ruin my photo, but I like it better with his cute fingers reaching for the muffins! The gals and kids and I chowed down while I taught them the long-tail cast-on. Muriel and Keri did great and by the end of the session they had cast on a few different times. Then we started learning the knit stitch, which we’ll continue practicing next week (unless they become masters during the week at home!)

I’ve become more friendly since moving to Misawa and really love getting together with other ladies. I do playgroups and church things, but I think a weekly knit-together would be a blast. It gives me an excuse to have my downstairs clean on a Thursday and to bake. Plus, we can all do some sweet projects together and motivate each other. First we’ll do dishrags, but then we’ll move on to awesome hooded pocket scarves and whatnot. I can’t wait until next Thursday!