“She enjoys rain for its wetness, winter for its cold, summer for its
heat. She loves rainbows as much for fading as for their brilliance. It
is easy for her, she opens her heart and accepts everything.”
In this 4th day of the 3rd Annual Knitting and Crochet Blog Week, the topic question is, "How does seasonal weather affect your knitting?" Many knitters only knit warm things with wool in the cold weather and cooler things with cotton in the warmer months.
Well, I don't really like knitting with cotton, and I always seem to be cold, so I don't really follow those conventions. I pretty much knit whatever I'm in the mood for, not worrying about the season.
I would say that I am a cold-weather item knitter, though. I love knitting mittens and hats and cowls
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| Fingerless mitts for Christmas |
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| Graham hat for me |
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| Cowls for Christmas |
But I also love knitting shawls. Are those seasonal? I guess if I knit them in wool, they'd be better suited for cooler weather. But like I always have a sock going, I always have a shawl going, too.
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| Traveling Woman |
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| Multnomah |
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| Autumn Grace |
The nice thing about knitting these items is that you can pretty much knit them year round. Inevitably, when I'm knitting one of these "warmers" as I call them or give one away, another person decides he or she wants one. That works for me. Not only do people like my knitting enough that that they want something, but now I have an excuse to make it rather then I just want to.
So all seasons are beautiful and all knitting is knitable within those seasons.
Enjoy reading the blog posts, everyone. I've had such a good time reading everyone's take on these topics.
