On Wednesday 21st October fifteen brave souls arrived at BISC to share in the age old art of ‘knit one, purl one’. As with all other BISC events there was off course enough refreshments in the form of cake, tea, coffee and hot chocolate to give everyone the energy boost they needed.
BISC volunteer Pat Bennett, CU members Keith Upton and Emily Weston, and Anna Guyatt and Andy Bell as member of the Knitting Society (University of Bristol) took the lead in organising and teaching the rest of us.
Pat, Anna and Andy started the afternoon inspiring us with beautiful examples of both simpler versions of the knitting art and also slightly more challenging pieces. And then it was down to business as we seriously tried to get the hang of knitting in the modern age. Some tried ‘plain stitch’, some tried ‘pearl stitch’ and others were brave enough to try a combination. Plenty of mistakes were made, but this did not deter us in the slightest. We laughed, ate, chatted and kept on trying with much more success by the end of the afternoon.
In fact, we were so inspired that most of us signed up to become members of the Knitting Society – highly recommended!
Please see http://www.ubu.org.uk/societies/knitting and find out how to join.
And as you can see from the photographs, this is not only an art form to be enjoyed by the ladies. The gentlemen were quite excellent and figured out the mechanics of knitting in no time.
Until our next ‘knit one, purl one’ afternoon, I wish you farewell. The Blogmaster.
