Yesterday's knitting group yielded this enterprising work -- I- cord knitted without needles, on fingers. R is self taught, his current crochet in the background, needle free knitting in front.
He was away with friends last weekend, they wanted to try his crochet hooks, leaving him temporarily without, so he also figured out crochet without a hook.
he's unstoppable!
And here's the cross stitch wall hanging coming along. It's really lovely to see in person.
And Sandy has finished a Valentine's day sweater, intarsia and embroidery
One of the courier stories was mine. A courier/livery/errand small business I was consulting with to help get it organized after a successful launch, occasionally had snags where a courier was needed in two directions at once, time-bound legal documents often. That was part of what needed organizing.
On this occasion, a package needed to get urgently to a bank on my way home, so I sent the courier on the other delivery, and rescued the dilemma by taking the bank package myself.
I announced myself and requested that the bank officer be alerted to come sign and accept the documents. She came down, looked around the bank floor, then turned to me and said indignantly "I was interrupted to come sign for a couriered package! There's nobody here! Do you see any courier?" I offered her the package, and the signature sheet, and she still insisted I couldn't be the courier. Showed her my business card and title, and she conceded.
I think her fixed notion of a courier was a young male college student, because often they were. Or something.
Happy day everyone, from the lady with two knitting groups and no courier cred.
What lovely projects people are working on!
ReplyDeleteSandy lifts the group to another level!
DeleteI remember spool knitting as a child. We would make our own devices with spools and little tacking nails. We never did a thing with those snakes of our work, mainly because we never stuck to the projects long enough to have accomplished more than what would make a doll rug. But I do remember the thrill of the possibility.
ReplyDeleteIt's so funny and so human that the woman who came to sign for the documents absolutely could not "see" a courier.
I remember we had such ambition with that French knitting, using cotton reels and nails! Rugs! Placemats! Which didn't happen.
DeleteThe bank official typified narrow minded bank officials!
This is a new one to me, I've not heard of knitting with fingers. I seem to always learn something here! You were the upscale courier.
ReplyDeleteI know of Maori finger weaving, ancient technique. There's arm knitting, too, making big projects. Now you know!
DeleteSue is eyeing a crochet project but wondering if her sore hand can manage it.
ReplyDeleteMaybe just a few minutes at first?
DeleteI would say that women showed a certain inflexibility of thinking -- not uncommon in bankers!
ReplyDeleteYesh!
DeleteFunny how so many people have such pre-conceived notions as to what a person such as a courier should look like. Some would go so far as to call it sexism. Your knitting group looks (and sounds) like such a pleasure.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was sexist, too. Also classist: a well-presented businesswoman couldn't be a courier!
DeleteAh, your invisible courier hat just fooled her! Loved the sign off today, two knitting groups and no courier cred. But you could just keep trying different invisible hats and see who else you could fool!
ReplyDeleteThat's a cool idea!
DeleteWe had a wealthy sales exec neighbor in Santa Barbara who retired while his wife still worked and then he was bored. He simply wanted something to do, so he signed on as acourier for a local company and had a grand old time. Wouldn't that bank officer have been surprised! Your group looks like so much fun.
ReplyDeleteShe'd have been floored! I now have two knitting groups, both fun. Yay me.
DeleteStrange to insist that you couldn't be the courier!
ReplyDeleteLegal dox, anxiety about chain of delivery, probably.
DeleteI like your hand knitting. And the courier story is a great one! Ah, preconceived perceptions!
ReplyDeleteYes, assumptions do us in.
DeleteThis is the "old" knitting group? Trying to keep them straight. What a wide-ranging conversation; sounds like a delightful afternoon. I had to look up dpns. Presumably the driving was fine?
ReplyDeleteChris from Boise
The Friday group I've been in since it started, the Tuesday one is new, met twice. We have wet weather, temps in the fifties f. No ice! Snow gone.
DeleteBeautiful work coming out of the knitting group! And interesting conversation.
ReplyDeleteThat was only a sample of the convo!
DeleteOne of the women in my exercise class produced a 'rug' she had made by arm knitting. A little on the loose side for me but at a distance is looked very thick and cosy.
ReplyDeleteI've seen them made with roving. I wonder how durable the fiber is with no twist.
DeleteYou'd think the package and sign-sheet would have convinced her. Wow.
ReplyDeleteWhen you consider the chain of handling, she was under some pressure to establish that it was intact, the right package and untampered with to that point. Legal documents. So it was understandable when confronted with what she thought was an unlikely stranger rather than the students she knew.
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