Knitting Fun

What fun it is to share our knitting skills with others.
Having a stressful IT job I found knitting during my lunch break to be relaxing. Many people in my agency had noticed this and seen my work and 'wished' they could knit and so our Human Resource Div. arranged for me to teach a 'Learn to Knit for Stress' class during lunch hours. Because of shortness in time, I broke the class up into six parts over three weeks and what fun we had. Everyone learned to knit and finished a project or was on their way to finishing it by the last class. We decided to continue the group and meet twice weekly to knit, chat, and continue learning. Some of these ladies turned into wonderful knitters and although several of us have retired, there are still a couple of the ladies left to knit during their lunch breaks. Also out of this group came a couple of knit meets. I haven't been able to attend either but I understand that one of the groups in particular has a great time each week at their Knitting Laugh-in. But guess what, during my long winter of chemo-treatments several of these ladies have come to visit and 'sit & knit' with me during times when my resistance was not to low to have visitors. These ladies also made chemo hats for me and a prayer shawl and brought me books and Cd's to occupy my times. What a huge pay-off I've received for spending a few hours to teach someone a craft that I loved. Even more important is the friendships that have been established and having them continue even though we no longer work together. Knitting is like that, bringing people together. The logo we chose to use as a knitting group at work, 'K2TOG' has truly fit this group perfectly.