I know, this post was supposed to be aboout me. Instead it turned into something about my heritage and my mom. As compensation you get to see some awesome baby-photos from me. You are very welcome ;)
I grew up in a household where it was totally normal that knitting needles rattled. My mom always used to knit. She learned it earlier but really began when I was on my way. She once even sent a self designed pullover to a magazine for a competition (and she still has a photo of that one, but I don't have that on hand, sadly).
And she used to knit A LOT for me.
I mean, I even got baptized in some clothes she knit for me:
And also to every other occasion I had some stuff knitted from my mom. And sometimes, when I was lucky, my clothes matched my moms:
Once, when I was smaller, I was sitting beside here on the couch, saying "When I'm grown up, I'll sit here with you and we two knit together."
My mom laughed about this ... but today, when I'm visiting here I do sit there, beside her on the couch and we both knit. And when I'm lucky she's also knitting some things for me again!
So, that's part of the story how I began with knitting. It seems to be in my heritage.
The other part, you ask?
The other part definitely was my stay on Iceland in 2010. I was working there as an Au Pair for a few weeks over the summer and fell in love with all the Fair Isle sweater. (I'll tell the story of them another day, promise!) I came back from there with enough inspiration & motivation for both, my mom and me. She hadn't knit for a long time, but then started again when she was teaching it to me. That's why I have this cardigan, that I'm wearing on my favorite social meadia avatar pic:
( It's this one. But my mom only followed the chart.)
Then, a few weeks back, while I was on winter vacation with a few friends I teached knitting to one of them (At first it was only one of them. At the end of the week 6 out of 10 were knitting...). To teach knitting brought motivation & inspiration to me even more. I really started and am now ready to knit ENDLESS clothes! Not only just hats and scarves... I've only just started! :)
So, if you're ver stuck with your knitting motivation: Teach it! Since we did it, both my mom & me can't stop any more. It's a little problem - but one of the good ones!
