Melissa called me at 2300 two nights ago after being flexed home on call. We went to get some lunch together (it was coming up on lunchtime for us nocturnal shift workers) and stopped at the store to pick out some yarn and knitting needles. We sat on the couch together, practiced and practiced casting on and knitting in garter stitch, and she labored to produce this "coaster". That little square took almost 6 hours to knit, but I still say that is VERY good considering how awkward it is to first learn how to hold the needles and figure out where to hold your fingers so your stitches don't slide off the ends, and how to wrap the yarn and maneuver the needles through the loops, not to mention the propensity to knit very tightly when you first start. She gave me that coaster and some day, when she is bashing out socks and mittens and sweaters and what not, I will give that coaster back to her! Another knitter is born!
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