Welcome

Welcome to my new blog - Garter Goddess - all knit all the time.

This idea for this blog has been in my head for a long time. I have taught several people to knit. Some go on to be "master" knitters who can knit, purl, increase, decrease, do cables, lace, etc. One person I taught made a dishcloth the first night and went off with one of my knitting books and came back with a pair of mittens. Others that I have taught are still working on just the knit stitch and are content to stay there and that's okay. This blog is for them!

I was in my local yarn shop the other day and a lady came in looking for some ruffling yarn. She went on to tell us how she had a sister who was a knitting teacher who had tried to teach her to knit for years unsuccessfully. Finally she got a learn to knit video from the library and taught herself. She was ashamed to admit that she had only made garter stitch scarves and some basic garter stitch slippers.

The light bulb went off in my head. How many others like her were out there? I mentioned how I had thinking of writing a book for just this very knitter. The shop owner reminded me that this book had already been written - The Knit Stich - by Sally Melville. No I said, not what I have in mind. I want easy patterns that did not require any purling. Use the knit stitch and basic geometry to make simple items. Add novelty yarns. Eventually combine the yarn over and knit 2 together to make make the garter stich take shape and make garter lace. It has to be easy. This type of knitter doesn't want a lengthy explanation. They want something simple and repetative.

Reality sets in. I have never written a book. I wouldn't know where to start to get a book published. But - I do know how to write a blog. So here we are. There are some great free patterns out there on the web and I have alot of ideas of my own. We'll start simple and work our way up to more complicated.

The patterns and explanations will assume you know how to cast on, how to knit and how to cast off. There are lots of places on the Web you can Google to reference these things if you need a refresher.