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September 25, 2007
how knitting will save the world
So this morning I was on the train to Turin and decided to knit a scarf for a friend. Before I could start knitting however, I had to wind the skein of Allison's luscious Hiccup yarn into a ball. Try doing this with only a pair of arms, and soon I found myself in a tangled mess of thick and thin.
The lady sitting in front had been watching me with a kind of amused look on her face, and she finally snatched my yarn, held it in her hands and said to me, in an exaggerated but amused tone, "Vai vai..."
How nice of her to help! So I rolled up in no time. And I started knitting the scarf, during which she stole glances at me, as if to check my progress.
At work, Andrea helped me deconstruct the scarf-in-progress since I decided it was too wide, and on the train home, he became the yarn-ball boy, holding the yarn and easing some yarn whenever my working yarn ran short.
And tonight, I came back from a lovely dinner with friends, to find an email from this guy properly titled "Sweet treats for the knit-minded" with a related article.
It's only Monday and people have been so nice. I hope it doesn't go downhill from here.
Posted by Yasmina at September 25, 2007 12:22 AM
