Alex (son no.2) was helping me take photographs of my knitting yesterday, when he suddenly asked if he could learn to knit. He’d seen these cool skull wristbands and wants to make them. They were published on Magknits, so I wasn’t sure whether they would still be available, but the designer, Jennifer Tallapaneni, kindly sent me a copy yesterday. Thanks Jennifer, you made a young man very happy!
Here he is casting on for the first time:
And the coolest part of this for me? This weekend my auntie Gilla will be coming to stay with us from Germany. She was the person who taught me to knit when I was thirteen, the age that Alex is now – I think it will be lovely for her to see the craft passed down to another generation.
I checked with Alex if he minded me posting this about him. He said it was fine, but could I link to his Youtube page to show that he could be cool too… Well Alex, I’ve gone one step better (hope it works!):
Thats so awesome that your son is learning how to knit. I love that guys are starting to knit more it is just awesome.
Result! We’ve got to keep drawing them in. Alex is very talented. I was just crying with laughter at The Robbery! I so want your ‘blonde’ dog! She just looked so bemused throughout the vid!
Steve was really happy when we got the dog. He said he finally has the dumb blonde he always wanted!
Oh my, this has given me the giggles because I taught my step-daughter recently, so the memory just came rushing back. Truly wonderful.