For me, any day is Knit in Public Day. Daughter Eva had a softball game today, and my parents offered to take my two-year-old Ella for the evening. I packed up the knitting and we headed to the game.
I got a lot done on my JustForMeKAL scarf, while we waited for another game to finish. When our game started, I switched to my KnitRedKAL cardigan, which doesn’t require as much attention.
Seven-year-old Beth came up to talk. She’s a pleasant young lady who loves babies and little children. Normally, she would play a while with my youngest, but today she asked me what I was doing. I told her I was knitting, and showed her how the stitches are made. She asked about my yarn, so I showed her some wool (from sheep), angora (from rabbits), alpaca (from animals related to camels), silk (from caterpillars), mohair (from goats), and cotton (from plants). She was fascinated. “Do you have any yarn that is from horse hair?” she wanted to know.
She called to her mom, “Momma! You need to get some yarn stuff!” Her mom likes to sew, but doesn’t knit or crochet. I hope Beth can find someone to teach her. With any luck, she’ll have Mrs. Pounds for a third grade teacher. Mrs. Pounds has a crochet station in her classroom. When Eva was there, all the students in the class learned to crochet. Great curriculum!