I Successfully Teach a Co-Worker How to Knit!

A few months back, one of my colleagues, Jenny, asked me if I could teach her how to knit.  I was so overjoyed by the possibility of teaching one of my coworkers to knit, it actually took me a few days to calm down and actually bring in some needles and yarn for Jenny to get started.  Within 2 really, really short lessons, Jenny was knitting up a storm — she eventually finished half a ball of peaches and cream cotton yarn in a garter stitch swatch and clearly was ready for a real project. 

With two other coworkers, Andy and Sydney, the designer of the wonderful Obama scarf on the blog, we traveled to the My Sister Knits yarn store (a recommended place for anyone in the Chicago area) in Beverly, a neighborhood on the far southwest side of Chicago.   Although Jenny wanted to start with a baby blanket as her first project, we convinced her to start with a more manageable scarf pattern.   She immediately learned the three additional stitches needed for the scarf — the purl, yarn over and knitting two together stitches — and is making amazing progress on the scarf (even fixing her mistakes on her own!).  I can’t wait to see the finished product, and see Jenny start her baby blanket!