I don't know if this is the right place for this thread, but now that Jamie's retired, who cares?

Seriously, though, I didn't want to hi-jack this thread, so I answer in a new one:

Quote Originally Posted by Tobus View Post
I'd love to learn. I just don't know anyone who knits that could teach me. How did you learn to knit? From a book, or by someone teaching you in person?
I clearly remember my mother teaching me how to knit socks when I was about six, but she keeps insisting she had nothing to do with it, so it might have been my Nan. Anyway, it's not too difficult to learn basic knitting from Youtube or a book. If you can teach yourself to make a decent kilt, you can definitely teach yourself to knit.

I taught myself all the fancy stuff like lace knitting, entrelac, cables etc. from books and magazines, just trying, failing and trying again. I'm stubborn, so I'm now a knitter of lace shawls, fair isle patterns, Norwegian nisse-hats, kilt hose, sweaters, more sweaters, oven mits, table cloths, doilies, sweaters and sweaters. Did I mention sweaters? The winters here are COLD.

I've recently taken up a new and fancy (for me) way of turning the heel of hose, which means I can now knit toe-up socks with much nicer heels. I prefer toe-up for two reasons: You get the heel out of the way fairly early on in the project, and you can knit free-hand patterns without having to think upside-down.

Maybe the next kilt kamp should include a knitting class? There must be lots of knitters who could teach.

I'd be willing to share tricks and tips (and patterns - unless copyrighted) with fellow x-markers who want to learn, but I don't know how well distance learning works with crafts...