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THIS AIN’T YOUR GRANDMA’S KNITTING

TERESA OZOA

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@tozoa

teresaozoa@gmail.com

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Tom Daley

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British Olympic Gold Medalist in Diving

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KNITTING AS METAPHOR AND MEDITATION

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“... a four-week reflective workshop: “Knitting the Fabric of Your Life, One Stitch at a Time” [that] will use the knitting process as a metaphor to examine how we cope with four recurrent themes in life: starting something new, repeating a pattern, changing things, and making an ending.”

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The Mental Health Benefits of Knitting

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KNITTING AS SOCIAL COMMENTARY

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YARN BOMBING

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Denmark 2006

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The Pussy Hat Project

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“Guy Makes Sweaters of Places Then Photographs Himself in Those Places”

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Sam Barsky

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KNITTING AS EDUCATION

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KNITTING AS CODING

Functions — reusable blocks of code

Another essential concept in coding is functions, which allow you to store a piece of code that does a single task inside a defined block, and then call that code whenever you need it using a single short command — rather than having to type out the same code multiple times.

Anytime you make use of a JavaScript structure that features a pair of parentheses — () — and you're not using a common built-in language structure like a for loop, while or do...while loop, or if...else statement, you are making use of a function.

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KNITTING AS CODING

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“6 Math Projects Explained by Knitting and Crochet”

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KNITTING AS PLAIN OLD FUN

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18 Projects that Prove that Knitting is Cool!

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CELEBRITIES WHO KNIT ...

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  • George Lucas
  • Krysten Ritter
  • Robin Williams
  • Princess Kate Middleton
  • Ryan Gosling
  • Russell Crowe
  • Scarlett Johannson
  • Meryl Streep
  • Kate Moss
  • Rosey Grier

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Iconic Knitwear Moments in the Movies

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Awesome Knitted Cosplay

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FanGirl Physics

Glamourie by Alice Starmore

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KNITTING BASICS

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Knitting vs. Crochet

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Knitting vs. Crochet

TWO needles

Stitches are loops

Stitches move from one needle to the other

Two basic stitches (KNIT, PURL)

Smooth or textured fabric

Projects can be delicate / time-consuming

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ONE hook

Stitches resemble knots

Stitches build from each other

Stitches range from short and small (chain) to tall and twisty (triple crochet)

Bumpy and textured fabric

Projects can be bulky / quick

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BASICS TO BEGIN

KNIT

  1. Make knotted loop
  2. Cast-on L needle
  3. Hold work in L, yarn in R
  4. Insert R tip thru loop from bottom
  5. Wrap yarn from back to front (knit) OR from front to back (purl)
  6. Repeat
  7. For new row, turn work, repeat

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CROCHET

  1. Make knotted loop
  2. Hold work and yarn in L
  3. Insert hook through loop from bottom
  4. Grab yarn, pull thru
  5. Repeat
  6. For new row, insert hook thru existing stitch, then grab and pull (2 loops on hook)
  7. Grab and pull thru both loops

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TUTORIALS

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Knitting

Crochet

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More resources at the fantastic time sink that is ravelry.com

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Credits

Special thanks to all the people who made and released these awesome resources for free:

  • Presentation template by SlidesCarnival
  • Photographs by Startupstockphotos

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