I went to Catholic school throughout childhood and high school. However much the nuns screwed with my head I have to admit that I learned a lot of useful stuff. I am fairly proficient at baking and sewing, fairly good at embroidery and and knitting and not at all bad at cooking and housekeeping.
I change hobbies all the time, and after years of not knitting I feel the urge to again, I know tricot and crochet, but one of the reasons I gave up is that I like knitting articles of clothing, but living in the tropics make it, well, a great waste of time.
So Doper Gods and Goddesses of Knitting, is there any point to start again? Any ideas I can take into consideration? My knitting skills might be a little rusty, so any pattern book or magazines that you can recommend?
How tropical are we talking? Do you live in an air conditioned house, for example? I ask because I stumbled across a book last year called, I believe, “Beautiful Hand Knits for the Home”. It was a fairly small book, only 20 or so projects, but there were some cool cushion covers and such. If a blanket doesn’t really appeal to you in the heat, maybe nice, soft cushions to decorate the house with?
What about bags? I’ve seen tons of patterns for knitted net bags (like for groceries). With plastic grocery bags seemingly going the way of the dodo, these could be a)useful b)small , easily completed projects for someone getting back into knitting c)cheap! and d) not going to make you swelter in muggy heat!
Let us know! I’m relatively new to knitting and still all infatuated with it:)
Oooh oooh ooh. I don’t knit with animal fibers and I have the issue of finding warm enough fiber choices, because most vegetable fibers are pretty non-warm. Some are super suitable for hot climates.
Bamboo is an awesome fiber that comes in lots of different weights and colours. It’s slinky and delicious and has natural antibacterial properties. Perfect for cute little warm weather tops, dresses, skirts, naughty underthings. There are whole pattern books of naughty underthings.
Linen of course is a classic tropical-wear fiber and there are a number of good cotton and linen blends. And of course hemp, same sort of deal. Both are a bit tough on the hands to knit with but wash up really soft.
And of course there’s the whole home decor knitting thing…
But I’m willing to bet if you want to knit, you can find the right combination of fibers and patterns to suit your weather! Slinky little bamboo shrug for winter, such as it is, evenings? Lace… all sorts of lace. Which is both not-necessarily-warm and deliciously time consuming as a hobby.
