Teaching kids to crochet and/or knit

Looking for a craft to teach your children? A craft which will result in quality, usable and functioning products? A craft which will teach them focus, goal setting and accomplishment as well as design planning and follow through? Sounds like a tall order, right? Nope, the answer is as simple as [...]

A Knitter

Hats, scarves, sweaters and gloves, these are just some of the wonderful winter items that can be created and shared by someone who loves to knit. Fortunately, knitting is a hobby that doesn’t take too many tools to do.

A pair of knitting needles, some yarn, time and patience is all you will need, maybe [...]

Learn to be still

Can knitting help you appreciate life? How can it help you learn to be still?
How do you know if you need to take time to be still?
By: Lisa Akers
We’re living in an outcome-based society. If what you’re doing isn’t producing a result, chances are you’re going to quit doing it. We’re just too busy to [...]

Knitting mistakes

Knitting is a metaphor for life. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes!
Knitting isn’t Skydiving - By: Lisa Akers
You know, one of the most wonderful things I’ve heard lately is that knitting isn’t like skydiving. There’s very little that you can do when you’re knitting that you can’t take back or even accept as a flaw [...]

Knitting Circles

The Benefits of Knitting Circles By: Lisa Akers
I was reading Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and was struck by something very powerful. He said that our growing fear and insecurity about work, finances, the future, and the vulnerability that comes with that fear is really paralyzing our society. Our response to [...]

Boredom and Frustration - A Knitter

By: Lisa Akers
It seems a bit unusual to consider boredom and frustration to be a knitter’s best friend. I know that it wasn’t my friend when I began to knit. It’s that feeling that makes you want to give up in the middle of a project or makes you want to stab your needles in [...]