What Kind of Knitter are you?

It may seem obvious to say knitters are not all the same – but knitters are often either product knitters or process knitters, and some are scientists who are good at maths and others are more interested in colour.

When I was young and had few clothes and little money – I was a product knitter – knitting things to wear, but I am really a process knitter – it is the process of knitting that I enjoy and so now I am quite happy to knit for other people and give away the results.  I also think that is why I now find it easier to rip out and reknit things. 

When I joined a knitting group I realised that many of the other members were scientists or people who were good at maths.  They found working with colour quite difficult.  Whereas I have always found working with colour easy – it is maths that is difficult!  I found it a real struggle at school but remember that there was a topic called Tessellation - which I found easy.  It didn’t seem to me to involve maths at all but was about fitting shapes together – that kind of maths I could do!

I have started reknitting the Noro Kogarashi yarn that I wrote about previously and the photo below shows my sample square.

 

Multi-coloured yarns like this can help those who find choosing colours difficult.  They are also quite therapeutic for me as I don’t have to think too much about which colour to use next.  I am still not happy to use the yarn as it comes and find it hard not to cut it and join it again to spread the colours differently across the knitting.