Hypatia’s Nifty Knits

My mother was a knitter, and from a very young age, I was fascinated with the art and determined to learn how to knit. I had to wait, however, until the magical age of five years, before my mum agreed to teach me. I proceeded with practicing to knit long strips, which I proudly presented to my ever-encouraging dad as “neckties”, even though they sported many holes, and the widths ranged from the twenty or so stitches, with which I started, to eighteen, fifteen, and back to twenty or more, as I lost, and found them. I remember asking my dad, one time, why he never wore the ties I had made.

I can’t recall the answer he gave, but I’m sure he satisfied my question with a very diplomatic reply. When I was about eight years old, my mom was expecting my younger brother, and was busy knitting for him, I dearly wanted to contribute to the layette, so I learned to read a knitting pattern, and proceeded to make my first pair of baby bootees. After that, there was no stopping me, I was totally hooked! My dolls, big and small, were the models for my creations. When I was married, and expecting my first child, I went into a frenzy of knitting, taught myself how to do cables, twists and all manner of intricate patterns. I still really enjoy the rewarding art of knitting, and put love into every stitch. I truly hope the wearers of my creation feel the joy of wearing them as I did creating them!